Optimized configuration for compare folder on low bandwith

[ChristopheL]

Hello,

We need to compare directories containing a lot of small files on remote servers using a low bandwith internet connection.

Could you please help us to configure properly beyond compare for this scenario ?

for exemple, what are the comparaison options to choose for an optimized network traffic please ?

Thanks in advance

Best regards,
Christophe

[Aaron]

Hello,

You can control and limit the bandwidth used for an FTP server, but if it is a network shared device then this is managed by Windows. All of the FTP specific settings are in the Tools menu -> FTP Profiles. Here you can limit the connections to 1, etc.

Limiting the comparison to only a Timestamp/Size comparison would help, since a CRC, Binary, or Rules-based compare would require downloading files.

You could also try running BC3 locally on both machines, and generate a Snapshot on the local machine, then transfer and compare the Snapshot. Snapshots are generated in the Tools menu -> Save Snapshot dialog.

[ChristopheL]

Hello Aaron,

Thank you very much for your reply.

The issue about comparing date/time is that we are not on the same time zone that the servers we access.

The idea of the snapshop is interesting: is there a way for generating snapshot on linux using command line please ?

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Christophe

[Chris]

Christophe,

You can generate a snapshot from the command line using a Beyond Compare script. However, the current version of BC3 for Linux requires X-Windows to run, even for a script. This means you can't login via SSH to run a script remotely without an X-Window session.

[Aaron]

In addition to Chris' comments about the Snapshot (also documented in the Help menu -> Scripting Reference chapter for more details), the timezone for an FTP can be configured. This is done in the Tools menu -> FTP Profiles. If automatic detection is not working, you can manually pick which timezone is should be, and BC3 should translate and display the timestamp accordingly.