I probably could do the second and third as one two way run, I just haven't tested it to know how it works. The last run is is to catch any changed files on the back up disks and to sync them to the data disk in dynamic folders. The second run copies any changed photo files on the data disk to a dynamic folder on the backup disk. The first run copies any new photo files on the data disk to the backup disk. I do three runs of the sync tool for just photos, excluding sidecar files. Check sum validation of the files copied, dynamic folder creation, scheduling, file exclusions, and network support, are the features I'm using and haven't found complete, in other sync tools. For that I'm using Create Synchronicity which has a few unique features as a file sync tool. I'm not using it to track whether copies are made of the files on different disks. I'm really wanting to use the 7th version of the software, which is in beta and maybe to be released the end of the month, before committing, as it adds more exif data editing functionality to the product. I'm setting up the catalogs without out checksum checking starting out, and then will apply the checksum collection later as I get more comfortable with the software.

I setting it up with a catalog of each disk I use, the main data disk, and a catalog for each backup disk. I'm just starting out with it, so can't really give any insight into the product yet, but it seems like what I want for managing files out side of tools like Capture One, Lightroom. Take a look at abeMeda to see if it fits the database requirements well enough for you. I like to test things so I really know how things works, so it takes me a bit of time to finalize things. I'm just writing this out as if I have everything setup as it makes it easier to write it out. I might not have everything below setup and running, but this is the direction I'm moving toward. I still working on managing my files, and things may change.

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