[needs-packaging] anything-sync-daemon

[Andrew]

Anything-sync-daemon (asd) is a tiny shell script designed to manage target directories in tmpfs and to periodically sync them back to your physical disc (HDD/SSD). This is accomplished via a symlinking step and an innovative use of rsync to maintain back-up and synchronization between the two. One of the major design goals of asd is a completely transparent user experience.

Running this daemon is beneficial for two reasons:

 - Reduced wear to physical discs
 - Speed

Since the target directories are relocated into tmpfs, the corresponding onslaught of I/O associated with system usage of them is also redirected from the physical disc to RAM, thus reducing wear to the physical disc and also improving speed and responsiveness. The access time of RAM is on the order of nanoseconds while the access time of physical discs is on the order of milliseconds. This is a difference of six orders of magnitude or 1,000,000 times faster.

URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58263
License: GPLv3
Notes: Needs an Upstart script.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Andrew (andrewkvalheim)]

Related discussion on Ask Ubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/129047/how-do-i-install-anything-sync-daemon

Upstart init script designed for Ubuntu:
https://github.com/graysky2/anything-sync-daemon/blob/master/init/asd.ubuntu