You configure PeerSync Server by selecting "Jobs" (a Job is a source-target file backup/synchronization scenario). Each job can have its own unique set of options. For example, one job can run in real-time, one can run every night at 12:00 and exclude all Excel files, one can run every 10 minutes and use "bi-directional synchronization", etc. PeerSync Server allows very precise control over each file synchronization/replication operation.

Windows XP Home/XP Pro/Vista* Workstation, Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows NAS Applicance OS

*The software will run on the above platforms, we encourage users to fully test the solution within their environment by donwloading a 15-day trial.

• True event driven Real-Time detection
• Interval, i.e. every 10 minutes, every 6 hours, etc.
• Scheduled, i.e. every Monday and Friday at 12:00 am
• On Demand
• From a Desktop Shortcut
• From the Command Line
• At Startup
• As a True NT Service

One PeerSync Server License can be purchased alongside x number of remote connection licenses allowing you to install PeerSync Server on machine A and connect to machines B, C, D etc. No software is required on the remote machines. From A, files can be sent to B, C etc., pulled back from B,C etc. and swapped between B & C. Remote connection licenses (servers B, C, D, E, F etc.) can be purchased for $249.00 each. Peer Software's "Remote Connection Licensing" model is unmatched in the software industry. All competing products require a license on each machine, greatly increasing cost and administration complexity.

PeerSync Server contains all the features of PeerSync Workstation, including:

• File Synchronization:
  New or updated files are copied from a source location to a target location. Only files that are new or changed are copied.
• File Replication:
  This is the same as File Synchronization with the added feature of deletions. If a file is deleted off the source, it will also be deleted from the target. This is a powerful feature for managing space and clutter.
• Intelligent File Deletion:
  Replicated or deleted files can be permanently deleted with this feature, or sent to a user-specified "temporary" or "deletions" folder. Files are held in the "temporary" or "deletions" folder and you can set them to be automatically deleted after a specified number of days. This is a powerful feature for managing storage space, and providing protection from accidental deletions.
• Bi-Directional File Synchronization:
  This allows files to be synchronized in both directions between multiple machines.
• Compression:
  At the file or folder level, compressed files can be password protected. Compressing files can greatly reduce file transfer times.
• Option to Transfer NT File/Folder Security Descriptions (ACLs).
• File Failure Retry and Connection Loss Detection:
  This allows PeerSync to monitor connections that have failed, as well as files that have failed to copy, and allows a specified amount of retries on a specified interval to be made.
• Administrative Summaries:
  These reports provide you with a way to summarize activity across a set of servers, so you don't have to look at what has happened on each server individually.
• Unicode File Synchronization:
  PeerSync Server allows you to synchronize files containing Unicode (Mac) and Asian characters.
• Bandwidth Throttling:
  This is a performance-enhancing feature. Based on the timing of actual packets sent and received, PeerSync dynamically adjusts the timing between packets sent to optimize bandwidth utilization.
• Advanced Reporting:
  These options allow log files, administrative summaries, and email reporting to be configured for individual folders/jobs.
• File-Revisioning:
  This feature keeps a specified number of backup copies of a file.
• Import Variables such as Folder Path, Log File Names and Deletion Folders:
  Importing variables permits you to implement a faster way to handle a number of similar jobs.
• Files/Folders Included or Excluded:
  This is done via extensive filtering capabilities.
• Support for UNC file/path names:
  This includes dynamic mapped drive creation, as well as local drives.
• Enhanced Service Control/Display:
  This allows you the ability to monitor PeerSync Server when running it as a service.
• Blackout Setting:
  This feature gives the ability to blackout certain times of the day when data can be collected in real-time (from local folders) and processed only when the blackout period has ended. This feature will optimize nightly syncs as it will eliminate the time-consuming comparison and overhead processing of a scheduled scan.
• PeerSync Observer:
  From your desktop, you can monitor the activities of computers running PeerSync Server across a network. This allows you to see how PeerSync Server is doing on other servers without having to remotely log into each separate server.
• Profile Display Options:
  These can be set to display at different levels: Basic through Advanced.
• The PeerSync Profiler:
  This feature gives PeerSync Server a powerful and easy-to-use GUI interface.
• Application Priority Setting:
  By default PeerSync Server is designed to run in the background with minimal impact on other applications and processes. Additionally, PeerSync offers 4 application priority settings from Low to High.
• Increase Read/Write Buffer size to 1 Mb:
  This option allows you to more efficiently handle very large files when you are using very high bandwidth.

PeerSync Server also contains the following features, not contained in PeerSync Workstation:
• Remote Drive File Synchronization:
  PeerSync Server allows synchronization between remote drives.
• Pricing:
  $599.00 per license.


Recommended Options
• ByteReplicator
• Enhanced Package
• Embedded Open File Manager
• Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
• Multi-Threading
• Enhanced Scanning (for Multi-Threading)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)