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# File synchronization
Tools to synchronize data and so called clouds are pretty handy to use files on different machines.
Tools to synchronize data and so called clouds are pretty handy to use files on
different machines.
There are tools with a main server and there are tools that don't need them.
## Synchronizing with main server
The biggest advantage of having a main server contain your data is that - as long as the server is online -
The biggest advantage of having a main server contain your data is that - as
long as the server is online -
you can sync as you please.
You do not need to care which machines are online to get all the files you need.
If you are talking about a cloud, this is this.
- [Owncloud](owncloud.md) is a self-hostable, open-source file hosting service that can be dockerized.
- [Owncloud](owncloud.md) is a self-hostable, open-source file hosting service
that can be dockerized.
- [Onedrive](onedrive.md) is a very popular piece of software despite being proprietary.
You can not self-host it, but you can run a dockerized client.
You can not self-host it, but you can run a dockerized client.
## Synchronizing without main server
If you can bare the difficulties ascending due to the mentioned above problems, this is probably a more
If you can bare the difficulties ascending due to the mentioned above problems,
this is probably a more
safe way to "host" files.
There is no single server as point of attack with all your data.
- [Syncthing](syncthing.md) is a free and open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool that can be dockerized.
- [Syncthing](syncthing.md) is a free and open-source peer-to-peer file
synchronization tool that can be dockerized.