File Mirror Software?

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

Hi,

Is there any software that will automatically mirror a network shared folder or indeed entire drive to another drive elsewhere on the network, and can be set to automatically run in the middle of the night every night?

Files can already be copied between the drives manually, but its a bit tedious when they're weighing in at a few hundred GB each drive.

Basically I'm looking for a software version of RAID 1 that works across network shares. All its for is to send a whack of info to the server, which then backs that up to Ext. HDd or Tape an hour or so later.

So...does anyone here recommend anything?

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

Create a batch file that synchronizes the files/folders on the drive with a network share location, then schedule this in windows to run overnight.

Sounds like what I'm looking for, also sounds free!

Got a guide for that?

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

use the "XCopy" command and use either a UNC or Mapped Drive letter for your shared network folder destination.

Use the /Y parameter to suppress prompting to overrice
Use the /Z parameter to resume copying over the network, if you connection drops and reconnects

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx

er...

I really don't get it. I can see that XCopy will do what I want, and that its reasonably simple, but I don't know how to make a file that can be opened by Task Scheduler.