Syncing files in a multi-user network (version mgmt)

[brucew268]

As I look at the software provided by NAS's or in trying to find network mgmt software oriented and priced for a consumer, I'm having trouble finding how they solve this problem.

All the computers in our home office are laptops and we often user them for meetings away from the office (often without internet access).

So I want to keep the master copy of various personal and office files on the NAS, but sync the files up to two laptops. Any changes made to a file on either laptop should be sync'd back to one location on the NAS, with the software on the NAS keeping track of old versions of the file and who changed each.

Looking on the Synology website forums (the NAS maker I am currently considering), it does not seem that the software will handle this. I've seen mention of Goodsync, Alway Sync, Quick Shadow Backup, SynchBackupSE, Power Folder, but no real discussion of this issue or a review of how well any or all of these products handle this with version/sync control of a particular file sync'd to multiple laptop users.

Any ideas where to go for this info, or am I on my own here? Seems like it would be a common issue for networks.

Thanks

 

[thiggins]

Built-in NAS backup usually doesn't handle versioning. It's generally rsync based doing full and incremental backup.