Server-to-server mirroring with GoodSync Connect lets distant teams share live project data over low-bandwidth links, with client networks kept fully separate.
GoodSync pre-copies data in the background, then a final delta sync keeps the switchover to about an hour, even for 20–50 TB moves
Only the servers talk to each other, so a global team can work on synced data without a cross-site VPN or exposed file server
File servers across the firm's European and Asian offices stay mirrored with no central dependency
The company is an international architecture practice with decades of experience and four offices across Europe and Asia. Its two larger offices each have roughly 150 architects, and the two smaller ones have 20–30. Project files, PDFs, Office documents, and CAD standards libraries still live largely on-premises, in small data centers at the main offices, while later-stage BIM work is moving to cloud platforms. The IT team has to keep these offices collaborating on the same data without compromising security or data protection rules.
Teams in different countries need the same project data, but security and data protection requirements rule out giving users direct access to servers in other offices, and the long-distance links are slow.
The firm follows a zero-trust approach. It needed to minimize firewall openings between offices and avoid exposing whole servers over VPN or other broad connections.
The connection between the European and Asian offices has limited bandwidth. Most tools struggle here, especially with large design files.
The firm had used Microsoft DFS for replication and library synchronization. It wanted something faster and more dependable.
Replacing or moving servers means moving tens of terabytes. A straight copy would mean a long outage for architects who are working against deadlines.
It's the best solution we found on the market to handle the low bandwidth between those two offices.
The firm uses GoodSync Connect to mirror data between servers in different offices, so users only ever work on their local server while the servers reconcile changes in the background.
Dedicated servers in the European and Asian offices mirror each other with two-way sync. Staff in each office work on their own local copy, and changes flow across as bandwidth allows.
The firm is setting up a mirror of one office's data to another, giving it a second live repository alongside its tape backups if a site is ever lost.
When moving to new servers, the team starts GoodSync in the background, lets the bulk of the data copy while everyone keeps working, then runs a final delta sync. Only about an hour of downtime is needed.
GoodSync fills three distinct roles in the firm's infrastructure, each using the same simple approach: server to server, with no client exposure.
GoodSync Connect links the servers in the two distant offices. Teams hand work off across time zones, and smaller files flow through quickly. Users never connect to the other office's server.
Between offices with better connectivity, GoodSync mirrors data for faster local access. The firm finds it faster and more reliable than Microsoft DFS.
The shared library of CAD standards, hatch patterns, blocks, and Revit families that BIM managers maintain across all offices is being moved from DFS to GoodSync.
GoodSync gives the firm a simple, dependable way to keep offices in sync while holding to its security principles.
Teams on two continents work on the same data, synced in the background, while the firm avoids exposing servers over VPN or opening broad firewall paths.
Small and mid-sized project files move through the weak connection in a controlled way that uses available bandwidth well, which is why the firm chose it over the other tools it tested.
Server replacements of 20–50 TB happen in the background, with a final cutover of about an hour.
GoodSync does a good job. Small files just flow through, it's controlled, and it uses the bandwidth in a very good way.
Only servers connect across offices, so users never need access to another site's network
Reliable sync over limited bandwidth and low-downtime migrations of tens of terabytes
See how GoodSync can keep distributed teams on the same data, even over slow connections and strict security policies.
