Is there an application that does this...?

[Robertsonland]

I just bought a new DS1511+ with 5 2TB drives in a Raid 6 config. My wife is a photographer and she stores her data on her local as well as backing up (via Crashplan Free) to a separate 2TB drive. I'm however looking for a program that performs similar to a "dropbox" program but doesn't go over the cloud and can sync more than one directory (Limitation of Cloud Station) as well as determine where the "cloud" is for that directory (Another limitation of Cloud Station).

1. I would like to define a directory or multiple directories which will act as a "cloud" for a user (my wife)
2. She would store her data on her local drive (PC/dir1, PC/dir2) and it would automatically be synced to the cloud for each directory (NAS/clouddir1, NAS/clouddir2) immediately as Dropbox or Cloud Station currently does.
3. If she deletes a file it would be "marked for deletion" but would not be purged for X number of days to allow her to recover if it was inadvertently deleted but won't waste a ton space keeping a lot of old files there indefinitely.
4. Not concerned what happens if a file is altered on the NAS side as that won't be an issue

She won't need to sync to multiple computers but I'd like to do this with multiple areas of her computer (Photos, Personal Data, etc)

Is there an application that can perform these tasks without too much interference in the operating system (Win7 x64)

Thanks

Lance

[Trolli]

What about Windows offline files?
-> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... line-files

[Robertsonland]

Thanks for the reply.

I think windows offline files is the opposite of what I want to do. She saves to her local HDD and I want that to sync up to the NAS realtime. I pretty much need Dropbox/Sugar Sync where my NAS is the cloud. Perhaps once DSM4 comes out of beta they will expand it's capabilities to move more than 100MB and perhaps monitor different directories as well as place the files in different directories on the NAS.

[jokemeister]

I thought the Synology Data Replicator had the ability to live sync folders unless I've got myself mixed up.

[Fit]

Thanks for the reply.

I think windows offline files is the opposite of what I want to do. She saves to her local HDD and I want that to sync up to the NAS realtime. I pretty much need Dropbox/Sugar Sync where my NAS is the cloud. Perhaps once DSM4 comes out of beta they will expand it's capabilities to move more than 100MB and perhaps monitor different directories as well as place the files in different directories on the NAS.

Correct, it does the opposite.

[Fit]

I thought the Synology Data Replicator had the ability to live sync folders unless I've got myself mixed up.

Synology Data Replicator does offer this functionality for your local LAN which is OK in this case I guess. The only thing it is missing is condition 3:

3. If she deletes a file it would be "marked for deletion" but would not be purged for X number of days to allow her to recover if it was inadvertently deleted but won't waste a ton space keeping a lot of old files there indefinitely.

As soon as Data Replicator syncs, it will delete files on the DiskStation side as well. It will not wait for X amount of time; you cannot configure this.

[Trolli]

As soon as Data Replicator syncs, it will delete files on the DiskStation side as well. It will not wait for X amount of time; you cannot configure this.

You can set the number of versions to keep - the file will still be there in older Replicator snapshots. You will also have the option to keep deleted files.