User eMail: Automatic backup of Workspaces on a hard drive

[Peter Helfenstein]

User suggested by email:

I would like to be be able to configure Collanos to automatically backup all Workspaces to a place on my hard drive. Maybe even keeping an up-to-date copy on the hard drive all the time (you already implemented iNotify on files folders in the software I assume)

Today it is already possible to backup the whole Workplace data, and to use the Copy To... function to copy folder structures from within Workspaces to the local file systems. You are right, both are manual operations, not yet automated.

In the future we might add some automatisms and more options. Your suggestions to backup individual Workspaces automatically certainly makes sense. Extending the Copy To... function to be executed automatically for complete workspaces shouldn't be that complicated. We will look into it.

A somewhat related feature is the real-time synchronization of operating system file system directories to workspaces and vice versa. Basically a bidirectional sync mechanism for nested directory structures. We have started a research project in this area to better understand how to do it. Currently we are discussing if we should duplicate the data, i.e. copying it from the OS into the own Workspace, or sync directly to from file system to file system (storing and showing only a reference object in the workspace).

While you can certainly expect more features in this area, there are not yet firm release dates for these extensions.

[ShadowMan]

It is great to hear that you have started a working group (i.e. "research project") into real-time synchronization.  I have stated in other post of mine that this is the make or break part for suggesting this to many of our customers.

I think you should do both versions of sync.  The user could then decide which way is best for them.

I would start with the one that is easiest to implement based on your code base, and add the other one later.