BatchSync Secure FTPS/SFTP
BatchSync Secure is a secure and high speed solution for
automating file synchronization, backups, mirroring, and replication
over the FTP, FTP/SSL and SFTP over SSH2 connections. BatchSync
Secure is designed to be run scheduled and unattended at the
server, with extensive logging options and email notifications
to help with remote monitoring.
BatchSync Secure is the perfect solution for:
- Web content distribution
- Web server mirroring
- Remote server backup
- Offsite database backup
- Email backup
- Log file downloads
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Features at a Glance
- Folder sync between local/network and FTP, FTPS and SFTP
server folders
- Secure - Full support for FTP over SSL/TSL and full support
for SFTP over SSH
- FIPS 140-2 certified components
- SSH public key authentication
- One-way file synchronization
- One-way file replication
- One-way file move (transfer & delete)

- Two-way file synchronization (bi-directional)
- SyncDB smart change tracking
- Task Editor for task editing & Sync preview
- Command line software for batch files
- Run scheduled/On demand
- Run as a service
- Multithreaded transfers
- Automatic reconnects, retries, and resumes
- Include/Exclude filtering with names, size, date, attributes
- Use regular expressions in filters
- Email notifications
- Extensive logging with auto-rotate schemes
- Windows Vistacompatible
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Features in Detail
Folder
sync between local/network and FTP, FTP/SSL and SFTP over SSH2 server
folders
The folders being synchronized can be local folders or reside at
a network share (UNC filenames and paths are supported). The other
side of the sync set can reside on any common FTP, FTPS, or SFTP/SSH2
server. BatchSync Secure uses standardized FTP/FTPS/SFTP protocol
commands, so it does not rely on any server side extensions or non-standard
features.
Full
support for FTP over SSL/TSL connections
FTPS is a secure and encrypted version of plain text FTP. FTPS
creates an encrypted tunnel over the internet, securing usernames,
passwords, and all data. FTPS file transfers are encrypted with
strong encryption ciphers like 256-bit AES, Blowfish, and Triple-DES.
BatchSync supports both implicit and explicit FTPS connection methods.
Note: FTPS is also known as FTP/SSL, FTP/S, FTP over SSL, and FTP
over TLS. Read more about FTPS
at Wikipedia.
Full
support for SFTP over SSH2 connections
SFTP is a file transfer subsystem of an SSH2 server. In this setup,
BatchSync is an SFTP client and makes a connection to the SSH2 server
in a secure manner. The SFTP protocol encrypts usernames, passwords,
and all data with 256-bit AES, Blowfish, or 3DES ciphers. The 256-bit
AES encryption is adopted as an encryption standard by the US government.
Note: The name SFTP is a little confusing, as this protocol actually
has nothing to do with the FTP or FTPS protocols. Instead, it's
dependent on a "secured pipeline" created between BatchSync
and an SSH2 server. So even though the name "SFTP" is
close to "FTPS", they are two totally different protocols
and are supported by different servers:
- FTPS: BatchSync <-> FTPS server
- SFTP: BatchSync <-> SSH2 server
Read more about SFTP
and SSH
at Wikipedia.
FIPS
140-2 certified
Product uses FIPS 140-2 certified components for reliable secure
transfers (certificate #733). The FIPS 140-2 is a standard that
describes US Federal government requirements that IT products should
meet for Sensitive, but Unclassified (SBU) use.
SSH
public key authentication
You can utilize the SSH public key authentication functionality
to log in to remote systems by using private/public key pair. This
provides even higher level of security than password logins. Both
OpenSSH and SSH.com key file formats are supported.
One-way
file synchronization
New and changed files are transferred from source to target.
One-way
file replication (mirroring)
New and changed files are transferred from source to target. Any
extra files or folders that no longer exist on the source are also
deleted on the target. This helps you to manage clutter on the target,
making the target an exact replica of the source.
One-way
file move (transfer & delete) 
All files in the source folder are transferred to the target, and
after 100% successful transfer, they are deleted on the source.
In other words, files are moved from the source to the target. If
a certain file is not transferred in full, it is not deleted on
the source. You can create a hot-folder sync task that is configured
like this:
c:\OutBox -> ftp.yourserver.com/InBox
And all files found in the c:\InBox (and its subfolders), are moved
to the remote /InBox. The sync task can also be set up in reverse:
ftp.yourserver.com/OutBox -> c:\InBox
Two-way
file synchronization (bi-directional)
New files are transferred in both directions. The file date stamps
are used for comparison. BatchSync will adjust server file dates
using server time-zone settings for proper time comparisons.
SyncDB
smart change tracking
When synchronizing files over the FTP protocol, file comparison
is much more difficult than when doing local file syncs. This is
because all of the file dates change when files are transferred,
due to FTP protocol limitations. Similarly, text/html/ascii file
sizes change when these types of files are transferred, due to file
system differences. This raises a problem, as there is no way to
directly compare local files to FTP server files, as they all look
like they have been changed.
The solution to this problem is SyncDB. The SyncDB feature tracks
these changes and allows BatchSync to accurately transfer only those
files that have really changed.
Without SyncDB, consider the effect on a large web site, where
possibly 10,000 or more html files would be transferred during each
sync, since the file dates and sizes would be changed during the
transfer. Now thanks to SyncDB smart file tracking, only files that
have really changed are transferred, resulting in only a few files
being transferred during each sync.
Run
scheduled/On demand
BatchSync is distributed with two executables: Command line sync
and Sync with GUI, called Task Editor. Command line sync software
is used to run scheduled sync tasks, and it can also be used to
run tasks via batch files, or directly from other software.
Run
as a service
Sync tasks are scheduled using the standard Windows task scheduler.
This allows you to run sync tasks as a service, when nobody is logged
onto the computer. You can also use other task scheduler software,
like Microsoft SQL Executive Task Manager for automating the task
execution.
Task
Editor software with Sync Preview
The Task Editor is an easy to use tool for creating, editing, and
running the sync tasks. It also has a sync preview feature, which
displays sync results without actually transferring any files. This
preview feature is a great tool for testing and fine-tuning the
sync task filters and options.
Multithreaded
transfers
The BatchSync supports up to 25 simultaneous browsing and file
transfer threads. This will greatly increase the performance of
the file synchronization.
Compression
Support
BatchSync accelerates the file transfers with on-the-fly file compression
using the MODE Z command.
Include/Exclude
filtering
You can specify multiple include and exclude filters for each task.
Filters can use file/folder names, file size, date and attributes,
and can utilize regular expressions for powerful control over filters.
File name filters can be matched within a specific sub folder, set
of sub folders or all folders.
Handling
of Conflicts
BatchSync can detect conflicts (=file has changed on both source
and target) and you can specify the action to take in conflicts,
like skip file, skip and report, always upload etc.
Recursive
folders and symbolic links
You have an option to ignore subfolders (no recursion to subfolders)
and also ignore symbolic links. Specific folders & symbolic
links can also be excluded with filters.
Automatic
reconnects, retries, and resumes
The number of reconnects, retries and timeouts can be specified
individually for each task. You can also use unlimited retries.
Software will automatically continue (=resume) the transfer in exact
point of failure, rather than starting from the beginning of the
file each time. When reaching the max limit for retries, you can
be notified via log files and email notifications (more below).
Email
notifications
Each task can be set up to send emails on successful and/or failed
syncs. You can specify multiple recipients for the notifications.
Emails are sent using standard SMTP server protocol.
Extensive
logging with auto-rotate schemes
You can generate up to four different log files for each run of
the sync task. The log files are: Transfer history log (shared summary
log file for all sync tasks), FTP command log, list of files transferred
and error log.
There are various auto-rotation schemes available for log files,
so you can e.g. set up log file to be rotated when its size reaches
10MB. Or set new log file to be created every day or every week
etc.
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