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Synchronizing very large folder structures

We have a folder structure on our intranet which contains around 800,000 files divvied up into around 4,000 folders. We need to synchronize this to a small cluster of machines in our DMZs. The depth of the structure is very shallow (it never…
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Does rsync change file content (dealing with hardlinks)?

Imagine I have a file remote/A which syncs to local/A and local/B is a hardlink of local/A. Is there a threat that on a next remote/A change and synchronization rsync will not delete local/A but only replace/add some part to it, thus changing…
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Correcting CentOS System Clock

Using the time C function (number of seconds since the Epoch) shows that the time on my current CentOS 6 server is about 7 hours behind compared to another server with the correct time. How can I correct the system clock? I don't think it's drift…
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SyncToy alternative for Windows 7 - synchronise folder with network drive

I have a Windows 7 laptop, which I want to back up to a network folder. There is a drive (partition) on my laptop machine that I want to backup to a network drive. If I delete a file in the folder on my laptop, it should also be deleted from the…
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How to keep the time on multiple servers in sync

I want a cluster of servers to have the exact same time. All are using UTC time zone. Using NTP currently, i still see they seem to be off by 10-20 miliseconds each. Whats the best way to have them each the exact time?
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Syncing user accounts across multiple servers

I have been wondering if there is a better way to manage user accounts across multiple servers. At the moment, I have a main user account (e.g. 'user') on my home/dev machine, and for each server I manually create that same 'user' account. Then I…
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Access Denied when syncing between s3 buckets on different AWS accounts

I'm trying to setup sync between two buckets on different AWS accounts. I got cp working with: @ubuntu:~$ s3cmd cp -v s3://src/dir/ s3://dest/folder --recursive I am the user who owns /src/dir and I've added: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Id":…
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Is there any way to synchronize AD users with Office 365 but still be able to edit them online?

I'm performing a migration to Office 365 from a third-party mail server (MDaemon); the local Active Directory doesn't include any Exchange server, and never had any. We will need directory synchronization in order to enable users to log on to Office…
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Synchronize Chrome bookmarks across multiple machines

Update: no longer relevant, please vote to close. We all know and love xmarks for keeping Firefox bookmarks sync'd across computers, but... Almost everyone at our company has switched to Chrome. Has anyone found any tools to synchronize users'…
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OpenLdap synchronize home directory between client and server

I have recently setup Ubuntu ldap client authentication on karmic and lucid desktop clients and the ldap server is running on an 10.04 LTS server and this is the link I followed for client setup and probably this also works for 11.04. I could able…
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Google Cloud Storage Fuse vs GlusterFS, pros, cons and costs

I'm setting up some web servers on Google Cloud Compute and I need a directory synced between all the servers to keep the web sites in sync. I'd also like to use the autoscaling feature to provision new servers when needed. I realise GlusterFS…
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Is there a global config file for Unison synchronization tool?

I'd like all my unison profiles to have merge = Name * -> meld CURRENT1 CURRENT2 diff = /usr/bin/meld CURRENT1 CURRENT2 confirmmerge = true as options. I know I can add these options to each .prf files in ~/.unison/, but having a global config file…
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Need to make all the timestamps on local files match their corresponding ftp hosted file's timestamp

I screwed up and downloaded ~10GB worth of files from my offsite backup location (ftp server) without checking the 'preserve timestamp' option in the client. The PC with the local files is a netbook that uses a WiMax (4G cellular) connection for…
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Getting contact list from IMAP server

I want to update my local Thunderbird address book with a list of valid email addresses on an IMAP server. I'm not that familiar with IMAP, does it allow this? If so, could someone point me to an existing code library (preferably python) that…
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What program to use for incremental backup of large single file

I'm looking for a program to make incremental backups of one large file (3GB) on windows systems over internet. Any idea? Thanks!
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