Best practice for using rSync?

[Atomic]

Hi Forums,

I am trying to set up a sync from Mac and Windows to FreeNAS, via rSync. If possible, I want to go with SSH (simple and secure) to keep specific folders in sync. And in a second step I want to backup FreeNAS snapshots to a Netgear ReadyNAS, using SSH.

I have read a lot about rSync and the rSync features of FreeNAS (in the FreeNAS forums and the FreeNAS documentation), during the last two weeks. There are rSync-servers and rSync-clients, push and pull configurations and key exchanges. But what are the advantages or disadvantages ,of the different methods? Why should one device become a rSync-server and another one a rSync-client? Why is "Deltacopy" a popular rSync-server for Windows?

Can somebody tell me, why to use what setup in which use case?

Thanks.

 

[adrianwi]

No idea with Windows but i use arRsync (as a client) on my iMac to transfer local media folders (music, pictures, books, etc.) across to a FreeNAS box (server) as a backup. I've also got 3 separate datasets on FreeNAS for Time Machine backups from my 3 Mac machines.

ReadyNAS also supports rSync so you should be able to do it all using that.