Small, medium and large business users looking for the highest level of performance, reliability, automation and cost effective file synchronisation, replication, and backup for your servers, workstations and desktop computers.

• Server Backup and Mirroring
• File Distribution
• Database Backup

PeerSync provides powerful file mirroring, branch office synchronisation, distribution solutions and more for your High data Availability needs. With PeerSync you will able to ensure that your data and applications are accessible, providing a reliable IT solution for your business. PeerSync's data retention capabilities provide high-end data backup and recovery in today's IT environments. For any type of business, PeerSync's backup capabilities protect your critical data, providing an easy-to-use, reliable solution for your every day data retention needs. As your business grows and requirements change, you can cost-effectively upgrade, add options, and extend solutions.

PeerSync Workstation - Designed as a powerful workstation synchronisation solution, it offers Real-Time and Scheduled Synchronisation and Backup of files to servers as well as other workstations.

PeerSync Server - A powerful file mirroring, backup, and distribution solution, it is installed directly on the server and synchronises from Desktop to Server or Server to Server. It also allows for remote-to-remote synchronisation.

PeerSync Observer - A utility that allows you to monitor all PeerSync activity across the LAN. Observer gives you a centralized view of all PeerSync activity on the network.

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Details

PeerSync Workstation Edition
PeerSync Workstation is the ideal way to synchronise from Desktop to Server. It is installed on the desktop (workstation), not the server, but can synchronise to and from a server. It can also synchronise to a secondary storage device.

PeerSync Workstation gives you:

• Backup and Synchronisation - of your important files with another PC, server or storage device.
• Background Operation - unobtrusively runs in the background, allowing other operations to be performed.
• Real-Time Updating - of important documents and data files.
• Multiple Source-Target Configurations - for speed and flexibility when dealing with multiple computers.
• Open File Manager Option - saves all your files, even the ones that are in use.
• Transparent, Around-The-Clock Data Availability - for the network administrator.

PeerSync Workstation is installed on your desktop or laptop "workstation", not the server, but can synchronise to and from a server. PeerSync Workstation is designed to run on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista PCs and Workstations.

You configure PeerSync Workstation by selecting "Jobs" (a Job is a source-target file backup/synchronisation 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 synchronisation", etc. PeerSync Workstation allows very precise control over each file synchronisation/replication operation.

PeerSync Workstation features extensive operating modes, including:

• 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 Windows Service

One PeerSync Workstation License includes a Remote Connection License, allowing you to install PeerSync Workstation on machine A and connect to machine B. No software is required on B. From A, files can be sent to, and pulled back from, B. Additional remote connection licenses (servers C, D, E, F etc.) can be purchased for a nominal charge each.

PeerSync Workstation contains the following features:

• File Synchronisation: 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 Synchronisation 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 Synchronisation: This allows files to be synchronised 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 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 summarise activity across a set of servers, so you don't have to look at what has happened on each server individually.
• Unicode File Synchronisation: PeerSync Server allow you to synchronise 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 optimise bandwidth utilisation.
• 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 optimise 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.
• Remote DRive File Synchronsiation: PeerSYnc allows synchronisation between remote drives.

Workstation Optional Add-on Modules

• ByteReplicator
• Enhanced Package
• TCP WAN Connector
• Embedded Open File Manager
• Volume Shadow Copy

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PeerSync Server Edition

PeerSync Server installs directly on the server and can accomplish one or more of the following:

• Server Backup to another Server
• Server Synchronisation and replication between Servers.
• Server Backup to NAS or other storage device.
• Distribution of files (push) from server to workstations.
• Files Backup (push) from workstations.

It also makes remote-to-remote synchronisation quick and easy. Hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, mid-sized businesses and individual users use this popular software solution for flexible, "bullet-proof" file synchronisation, file replication, and file backup - all in one extremely affordable package! Just "set it and forget it," and PeerSync Server unobtrusively manages data on a real-time or scheduled basis.

In addition to boosting productivity by assuring on-demand data-availability, PeerSync Server additionally bolsters the bottom line by decreasing your total cost of ownership with cost-effective Peer licensing. PeerSync Server requires minimal set up time and administration, and has little impact on your current environment. Powerful options including Embedded Open File Manager and ByteReplicator further establish PeerSync Server as the industrial-strength standard for data protection, distribution and business continuity.
PeerSync Server gives you:

• All the base features of PeerSync Workstation.
• FTP Site Synchronisation - PeerSync Server can send and receive files and folders from an FTP Server.
• Remote Drive File Synchronisation - allows synchronisation between remote drives.
• Linux - Novell - Unix Solutions - with PeerSync Server installed on a Windows OS system, you can synchronise files between any network shared drive including: Linux, Unix or NetWare.

PeerSync Server runs directly from the server and synchronises from Desktop to Server or Server-to-Server. It also allows for remote-to-remote synchronisation. With PeerSync Server Edition installed on Windows OS, you can synchronise files between any network shared drive including: Linux, Unix or NetWare.

You configure PeerSync Server by selecting "Jobs" (a Job is a source-target file backup/synchronisation 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 synchronisation", etc. PeerSync Server allows very precise control over each file synchronisation/replication operation.

PeerSync Server features extensive operating modes, including:

• 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 includes 1 Remote Connection License, allowing you to install PeerSync Server on machine A and connect to one other machine B. No software is required on B. From A, files can be sent to B, pulled back from B and swapped between servers. Additional remote connection licenses can be purchased for a nominal charge. 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 Synchronisation: 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 Synchronisation 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 Synchronisation: This allows files to be synchronised 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 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 summarise activity across a set of servers, so you don't have to look at what has happened on each server individually.
• Unicode File Synchronisation: PeerSync Server allow you to synchronise 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 optimise bandwidth utilisation.
• 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 optimise 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.

PeerSync Server Optional Add-on Modules

• ByteReplicator
• Enhanced Package
• TCP WAN Connector
• File Transfer Protocol
• Multi-Threading
• Embedded Open File Manager
• Volume Shadow Copy
• Enhanced Scanning

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Requirements

Workstation Edition:

• Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista Workstation

Server and High Volume Server Editions:

• Windows NT/2000/XP Workstation
• Windows NT/2000/2003 Server
• Windows NAS Appliance OS

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