I have 2 Synology NAS drives, which I am looking at installing BTSYNC onto.
Each already has folders which were 'nearly' in sync - I used to have a VPN between the 2 sites these NAS boxes sit on, and use a windows client (SyncToy) to Sync between them - but due to other changes, the VPN is no longer an option - hence switching to an alternative way of syncing.
So, NAS A has a folder which is \\NAS-A\Data - NAS B has a similar (but not identical) folder which is \\NAS-B\Data
I've already setup BTSYNC on NAS A and added \\NAS-A\Data as a new folder
What I would then like to do is setup BTSYNC on NAS B, and for it to copy everything from \\NAS-A\Data into \\NAS-B\Data (which doesn't already exist) and everything on \\NAS-B\Data onto \\NAS-A\Data (which doesn't already exist)
...but I've a feeling, instead, I'm going to end up with the data on \\NAS-B\Data deleted and replaced with an exact copy of \\NAS-A\Data - but I can't find anything in the FAQs to confirm this!
So working with local and remote folders which already contain data, how do I setup BTSYNC?
Install On 2 Nas Boxes - What If My Sync Folders Both Already Have Data?
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Hopefully a really basic, dummy question...
I have 2 Synology NAS drives, which I am looking at installing BTSYNC onto.
Each already has folders which were 'nearly' in sync - I used to have a VPN between the 2 sites these NAS boxes sit on, and use a windows client (SyncToy) to Sync between them - but due to other changes, the VPN is no longer an option - hence switching to an alternative way of syncing.
So, NAS A has a folder which is \\NAS-A\Data - NAS B has a similar (but not identical) folder which is \\NAS-B\Data
I've already setup BTSYNC on NAS A and added \\NAS-A\Data as a new folder
What I would then like to do is setup BTSYNC on NAS B, and for it to copy everything from \\NAS-A\Data into \\NAS-B\Data (which doesn't already exist) and everything on \\NAS-B\Data onto \\NAS-A\Data (which doesn't already exist)
...but I've a feeling, instead, I'm going to end up with the data on \\NAS-B\Data deleted and replaced with an exact copy of \\NAS-A\Data - but I can't find anything in the FAQs to confirm this!
So working with local and remote folders which already contain data, how do I setup BTSYNC?