sync/mirror/echo files between offline drives
I posted about this last year with Acronis True Image 2019 Standard, but unfortunately still doesn't look to be possible with Acronis True Image 2020 Standard. I really need a way to automatically sync/mirror/echo files between offline local drives. Doesn't need to be real-time, but like at least once a week would be good. That way I can have a backup of my files on a secondary offline drive. I don't want any cloud-based synchronization tools.
I just signed up for the free 30-day trial of Acronis True Image 2020, so don't know yet if this issue has been fixed, but one problem with Acronis True Image 2019 is that if the backup drive doesn't have up to twice the storage space needed for the backup, the backup will fail. So for example, I can't copy 3 TB of files from an external 4-TB drive to different external 4-TB drive. I also can't use ATI 2019 Standard to just copy the files by themselves (to create a mirror directory) without using a TIB archive. I like the TIB (TIBX) archives to make sector-by-sector backups of my internal hard disks and system partitions, but I don't really need TIBs for files saved on external drives (like photos).
Otherwise, I've been pretty happy with the performance of ATI 2019 Standard, and would like to upgrade to ATI 2020 Standard. But I am posting to the forum here again because I would really like to see Acronis make a feature available on ATI Standard to sync/mirror/echo individual folders and files between offline drives. I tried out FreeFileSync 10 and Microsoft SyncToy 2, but I found both of those applications too difficult to use and automate. Is there any chance that Acronis might make this feature available for 2021 or 2022? Otherwise I might have to get a different payware solution. Google Ads suggested that I get GoodSync, which looks like it should be able to do what Acronis True Image 2020 Standard can't. Any other suggestions for automated mirroring/syncing solutions would be appreciated too.


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Are there any conflicts with running Acronis True Image 2020 Standard and Acronis True Image 2021 Beta at the same time? Otherwise I would have to install it to a Windows VirtualBox to try it out.
KB #62856 says "Side-by-side installation of Acronis True Image 2021 Beta with any other version of Acronis True Image is not possible."
Can I get the 2021 Beta as an ISO to run as a live disc? Then no conflicts to test it out.
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Nicole Sharp wrote:
Are there any conflicts with running Acronis True Image 2020 Standard and Acronis True Image 2021 Beta at the same time?Otherwise I would have to install it to a Windows VirtualBox to try it out.KB #62856 says "Side-by-side installation of Acronis True Image 2021 Beta with any other version of Acronis True Image is not possible."
Can I get the 2021 Beta as an ISO to run as a live disc? Then no conflicts to test it out.
You can install the beta application in a virtual machine to try it out, I have done so myself using VMware Player 15 running Windows 10 64-bit and the beta.
There are no ISO downloads for the beta as far as I am aware.
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