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I am currently using Dropbox. Just decided to sync my huge (about 5 GB) iTunes Library (music collection) in Dropbox. For that I must subscribe to their paid account. But before I do so, I'd like evaluate the alternatives.

Is there an alternative that does this?

  • Local LAN sync (eg: sync my huge music collection across computers in local network without uploading/downloading them to internet)

The following would be nice (but not required):

  • Native android client - so music will be made available in the Android music app / SDHC card
  • Selective sync: sync particular folders / exclude certain folders on certain computers .. eg: excluding porn folder on work computers ;-)

Just like Dropbox, it MUST work on 64-bit Windows, Linux and Mac.

Know of any? (I am currently evaluating Spideroak. Boy, was it so complicated to use?)

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Well, in both cases, the underlying answer is rsync and optionally a frontend for it. works on all 3 major OSes, open source, and only syncs what's changed.

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I'm afraid rsync is the solution. Why, how about manually copying files around? ;-) – Sridhar Ratnakumar Jan 28 at 7:23
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rsync is more efficient with file changes, and works over a network, or locally. – The Journeyman geek Jan 28 at 10:45
I was hinting at usability of a rsync-based solution. With Dropbox, I don't even have to do anything to get my files in sync (it "just works"). Whereas with rsync I presumably have to manually invoke it once in a while (or add it to Scheduled Tasks, cron, so on) for each pair of the computers I have. – Sridhar Ratnakumar Feb 17 at 7:17
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Doh! Dropbox recently (6 days ago) added support for LAN sync. I'm sold!

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Dropbox LAN syncing has been around for more than a month. The first “stable release” build of 0.7 was on 2009-12-11: forums.dropbox.com/… Also, it still uploads for the “to the cloud” sync, but it will use the local network for inter-machine syncs. See also dropbox.com/votebox/10/selective-sync and dropbox.com/votebox/3/android-app – Chris Johnsen Jan 28 at 9:10
Thanks Chris. I am now subscribed to their 50gb edition. – Sridhar Ratnakumar Jan 29 at 23:59

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