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RSync Windows Utility Phase 1 (POC)

$15-25 USD / hour

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Posted over 9 years ago

$15-25 USD / hour

We need a general purpose utility that will use RSync to synchronize two drives or folders over the Internet or any IP network. The connection must be encrypted using SSH or SSL. A secure login should be used. The utility should monitor the folders and drives that it is supposed to sync and should start syncing when new files show up or when files are changed. It should call VSS to insure that we get a stable copy. The utility will need some kind of small database to save the folders/drives to be monitored and synced. It should be able to map synced drives and folders so it can sync non-identical folder structures. Error checking and auto-recovery should make sure that any interrupted transfers are cleaned up. Phase 2 will add multiple logins for a client/server architecture, with one server syncing files for multiple clients.
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Hi I normally use a scheduled RSync to backup my important data (its linux version). Which version of RSync do you want to use on Windows? Do you want to run cwRsync as an external process or you want to use RSync library, compile it (using Cygwin) and use it as a module? I can write the utility with Python to monitor folders/drives for changes. Database might be SQlite. Windows has small defects when you monitor folder changes. For example it may report a file/folder rename incorrectly. But here it's not important. Is it possible to have OpenSSH server on destination? In this case RSync can simply connect securely via SSH. OpenSSH is configurable to prevent clients to open a shell. And, please let me know that what do you mean with VSS? Do you mean MS Visual Source Safe? I have some experience about this project. I have designed and implement a system to share/backup unused disk spaces of many client nodes with each other with p2p network protocols, automatically synchronize changes and ..., for a Spanish company last year. I can help on this project. Regards Iman
$25 USD in 20 days
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Good day! I'm an expert solution architect with 17 years of experience. I have worked on similar requirements for internal bank application at Standard Chartered Bank and can deliver this solution as desired. Look forward to a chat
$23 USD in 40 days
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Dear Client, I believe this note finds you well. I've gone through the project requirement. We're well known to Rsync and with VSS Automated System Recovery for Disaster Recovery of Microsoft System. I do understand that you need a general utility which will be responsible to make a connection between two and more hops on a network and copy files to the another system to get copy backed- up through a secure IP line. We've worked on the same concept where we've worked on a Video streaming facility where Hope is connected to the direct server over a secured line. System is getting video in encrypted format and rendering on the local system as per the requirement of the client. It means we're capable to do this task. Let me know what's your availability to discuss on this project so that we can do brain storming on the same. Apart from this we've already implemented the Phase-II in above mentioned projcet. Will be waiting for your prompt response. Thanks Arvind C. Team Core Techies
$15 USD in 40 days
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