Synco Documentation

  1. Introduction
  2. Installation
  3. Concepts
  4. Backup Policy
  5. Storage Solutions
  6. Backup Scripts
  7. Basic Server Backup
  8. Backup Staging
  9. DNS Indirection
  10. Server Synchronization

Synco uses hostnames to control backup behaviour. If you use DNS CNAME records, you can control which server is the master.

If you have a cluster of serveral machines, this allows you to have them synchronizing, but you can change the master server simply by editing the DNS CNAME record.