Syncovery (Super Flexible File Synchronizer until 2012)
is
backup
In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "wikt:back ...
and
file synchronization
File synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules.
In ''one-way file synchronization'', also called Web mirror, mirroring, updated files are copied ...
software that allows backing up and synchronizing files to the same or different drives, to different media (
CD,
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
, Flash, zip), or to a remote server.
Features
* Like
Allway Sync,
GoodSync and Unison, it has the capability to remember the previous state of
directories in a database, and thus also synchronize deletions. It can also detect moved files and move them on the other side.
* The program fully supports
Unicode
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characters so that it can copy filenames in all languages.
* Includes a
scheduler
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, which can run as a background app or as service. Service configuration is particularly seamless, and progress is reported to the GUI.
* Support for various Internet protocols, including
FTP
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and dat ...
,
FTPS
FTPS (also known as FTP-SSL and FTP Secure) is an extension to the commonly used File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that adds support for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and, formerly, the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL, which is now prohibited by RFC756 ...
,
SFTP/
SSH
The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH Protocol) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Its most notable applications are remote login and command-line execution.
SSH was designed for Un ...
,
WebDAV
WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a set of extensions to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which allows user agents to collaboratively author contents ''directly'' in an HTTP web server by providing facilities for conc ...
,
SSL, and
HTTP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, wher ...
.
* Natively supports many cloud storages, including
Amazon S3 web storage, Microsoft Azure BLOB Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, DropBox, Box, Sharepoint and OneDrive, Backblaze B2, Rackspace Cloud Files, and others.
*
Compression
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Physical science
*Compression (physics), size reduction due to forces
*Compression member, a structural element such as a column
*Compressibility, susceptibility to compression
* Gas compression
*Compression ratio, of a ...
Support using the Zip, 7-zip, and Syncovery's native Sz container formats.
*
Encryption
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Support for AES-256 and PGP.
* Copy files locked by the operating system.
* Versioning, i.e. the ability to keep multiple older versions of each file in the backup.
*
Block Level Copying
* File
masks & filters.
See also
*
File synchronization
File synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules.
In ''one-way file synchronization'', also called Web mirror, mirroring, updated files are copied ...
*
Backup
In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "wikt:back ...
*
Disk image
A disk image is a snapshot of a storage device's content typically stored in a file on another storage device.
Traditionally, a disk image was relatively large because it was a bit-by-bit copy of every storage location of a device (i.e. every ...
*
List of backup software
This is a list of notable backup software that performs data backups. Archivers, transfer protocols, and version control systems are often used for backups but only software focused on backup is listed here. See Comparison of backup software ...
*
List of disk imaging software
References
External links
Official website
Backup software
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