Opensource dropbox-type software?

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James Bennet picture James Bennet · Mar 7, 2012 · Viewed 12k times · Source

Opensource dropbox-type software?

Ive got a VPS and I want to use it for cloud storage. Is there any opensource software to sync folders to a server in this way?

Has to run on Linux.

Answer

Appleman1234 picture Appleman1234 · Mar 7, 2012

Have a look at the following.

Based on ghoti's comment.

The difference between cloud storage and remote backup is mainly buzzword, the number of remote hosts your backup is stored on and the easy of synchorinisation / use .

Other remote backup solutions that may suit your need include

  • unison also see auto remote backup guide
  • rsync also see the following guide using ssh, rsync and lsyncd
  • cron,ssh and version control system of your choice (git,sunbverstion,etc) (cron job that runs commit command at a given interval, use postcommit hooks on the server to checkout additional copies in other to use more than one host)

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