We’re pleased to announce that the first beta of the highly anticipated Jungle Disk 3.0 (2.93a) is now available. This release adds several heavily requested features including Sync and a new backup engine based on the backup technology built for our Server Edition. You can read more about 3.0 in our previous blog post. The 3.0 beta is free to all Jungle Disk users (as will the final 3.0 upgrade). If you’re not a Jungle Disk subscriber you can sign up on the Jungle Disk Site then download the beta software below.
This is the first beta for 3.0 and there may be some rough edges. There are also some known issues so we recommend you read through the release notes. A couple of the issues to be aware of:
- If you want to migrate to the new Backup Vault feature, which supports compression, de-duplication, large files, and extended filesystem metadata you will need to re-upload your automatic backup data. The Legacy Backup feature is still available if you prefer to keep your existing backups.
- The Mac version currently requires OSX 10.5 or later. We are evaluating support for 10.4 in the final release, however it is missing some of the APIs that we use for the new Sync feature.
If you do run into issues with the beta that are not addressed in the release notes, please post to our Beta Support Forums. We’ll do what we can to help and get any issues fixed for the final release.
Once you’ve read the release notes you can download the appropriate software below:
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Matthew Hurne said,
October 17, 2009 @ 1:06 am
I have found a potential bug in Jungle Disk Desktop 3.0 Beta 1 (on Ubuntu 8.04 at least). I set up a Backup Vault and imported my legacy backup configuration. When I did a backup preview, the amount of data to be backed up was roughly double the amount of data backed up by the legacy job. I sorted the list of files that would be backed up by size, and discovered that the files in my mounted JungleDisk Network Drive were to be included in the backup, since the Network Drive mountpoint was /home/mhurne/jungledisk. I closed the backup preview, entered the backup configuration interface, and intended to mark /home/mhurne/jungledisk as “Do Not Backup”. However, it was not shown in the interface (which makes some sense to me). I’m guessing the intended behavior is for the Backup Vault feature to automatically exclude the Network Drive mount from the backup, and hiding the mount in the configuration interface helps avoid confusion. However, as stated, it appears the Network Drive mount was going to be included in the backup. I closed the program and hand-edited the JungleDisk XML configuration file, adding /home/mhurne/jungledisk to the list of excluded directories in the backup job. I then started the program and did a second backup preview, and the size of the backup was what I expected in the first place. So the bottom line is: I think the software is including the Network Drive mount in Backup Vault backups when it shouldn’t, and there’s no way to force it not to include the Network Drive mount via the configuration GUI. Thanks guys!
Mike said,
October 17, 2009 @ 8:10 am
This is good news, thanks!
I’m using JD Desktop 2.62b but I never use it’s backup features, I only need it to run some Amazon S3 drives (mapped to drive letters) and access them from other applications like SyncBackPro. So I guess that I won’t see any of the new advantages, like simultaneous file uploads, am I right? If that’s the case, is there be any reason for me to upgrade to 3.0?
Jungle Dave said,
October 17, 2009 @ 9:01 am
@Mike – we’ve made some improvements to the network drive functionality, such as faster notification of changes between multiple machines. The new Sync feature may also possibly replace your need to use another Sync product.
@Matt – Good catch. We’ll get that fixed. The mount point should indeed be excluded by default.
Matt said,
October 17, 2009 @ 10:14 am
Thanks Dave – unfortunately, I had a bigger problem with the beta last night. I tried several times to run a Backup Vault backup, but the software died with a segmentation fault every time after a few seconds. I’m on Ubuntu 8.04, 64bit. Looking forward to the stable release!
Bill Christo said,
October 17, 2009 @ 11:25 am
From what I understand so far, the server edition offers remote management and 3.0 does not. Additionally, I am not clear whether the 3.0 edition offers backing up and restoring of extended filesystem information such as ACL support as the server edition does. Also, the server edition does not appear to offer sync support, just backup support. Finally, not sure if 3.0 offer’s multiple simultaneous uploads.
Can you please explain the main differences between the server edition and the desktop/workstation 3.0 editions?
Thank you!
Vacilando said,
October 17, 2009 @ 11:58 am
Finally synchronization has been added. Congratulations, folks!
Jungle Dave said,
October 17, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
@Matt – please e-mail developer@jungledisk.com so we can hopefully track down the cause of your crash.
Jungle Dave said,
October 17, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
@Bill – the server edition supports remote management and multiple uploads. We’ll be adding additional server-oriented backup features to it going forward as well.
RobC said,
October 18, 2009 @ 7:09 am
Hi JD,
Do you think that OS X 10.4 is going to be supported in the final product? In other words, how’s that evaluation going?
Thanks.
Jungle Dave said,
October 18, 2009 @ 9:31 am
@Rob – well, to be honest, you’re the first person to ask about it, and part of the evaluation is understanding the demand for it.
EricG said,
October 18, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
JD,
I would like to echo RobC’s desire for OS X 10.4 support. I have some older computer’s that will never get upgraded to 10.5, and it would be terrific to be able to continue to use JungleDisk on them with the new sync feature.
Also can’t wait for the public folder feature, when that is ready!
Eric
RobC said,
October 18, 2009 @ 5:18 pm
Hi Dave,
I see, well I guess then that me being alone in asking for it is a good sign of it not getting supported…
Okay, fair enough, well I’ll hope that a mob of others ask for it too, whilst more sensibly expect to either have to upgrade to 10.5 (and see how a Powerbook copes with it), or alternatively stick with the present version of JD until I get a new Mac.
Either way, the new version sounds great, and I’ll get to it one way or the other, eventually.
Thanks.
Joshua Nunn said,
October 18, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
I’m wondering when a portable version of the beta might be available? I can’t run the MSI at my workplace so I’ve been running the portable editions previous to this. Any time frame?
SteveS said,
October 18, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
Hi, the link to the download page seems to take you to a page for “Current beta 2.93″. I can’t find 3.0.
Thanks,
-steve
CB said,
October 19, 2009 @ 12:46 am
Thanks; an exciting update. I have it installed, but won’t really be able to tell how well it works for me until my first sync set is uploaded (slow cable upload — a couple of days).
Some more details on the sync would be nice; things like:
- is there a canonical version, or is that determined by the most recent of the sync’d locations? (if the latter, is it timestamp only, or is there a reference to size or contents?)
- is a file that is deleted from one source (syncd machines or the web app) removed from all sync’d locations?
- are files watched continuously for changes, or is there a periodic sweep (and if the latter, what’s the interval)?
- what happens if files are manipulated (added/changed/deleted) directly from the network drive ’sync’ folder? Would these changes be propagated to all sync’d machines?
etc (any more details would be nice).
Thanks.
CB said,
October 19, 2009 @ 1:22 am
I see now that some of what I asked is actually covered in the Release Notes.
Adam said,
October 19, 2009 @ 9:07 am
@RobC — My PowerBook G4 runs Leopard quite well.
Jungle Dave said,
October 19, 2009 @ 9:58 am
Joshua – we usually don’t provide the USB versions until the release-candidate or final release stage.
Jungle Dave said,
October 19, 2009 @ 9:59 am
Eric – just to be clear, even if we do include 10.4 support it probably won’t include the Sync feature due to the missing APIs.
Jungle Dave said,
October 19, 2009 @ 10:01 am
@Steve – 2.93a is the current beta release. 3.0 will be the final release.
Alex said,
October 22, 2009 @ 1:44 pm
I found an error: Syncing is not possible with these existing folders on my online disk having names with characters like “ä” “ö” “ü” (often used german character, other languages as well). Jungle Disk handles these folders everywhere correctly, except in sync configuration. When chosing the existing “/Büro”-folder it changes the name to weired characters and creates a new folder on my online disk with this wrong name.
Please fix this! Alex
Gary said,
October 23, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
One thing isn’t entirely clear, although I can probably figure it out.
Does the desktop app have to be running for sync to occur? Is Linux any different from WinXP in that regard?
Esp. with Linux, things get a little fuzzy when I quit the desktop app. If I have questions once the fog clears enough to see them, I’ll post them here.
-gary
Jungle Dave said,
October 23, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
@Gary – on Windows & Mac there is a background service, so the Monitor app doesn’t need to be running (although sync icons won’t show up on Windows unless it is).
On Linux, there is only a foreground app, so it does need to be running.
seb mckinlay said,
October 26, 2009 @ 5:34 pm
I am using the Workgroup beta release primarily to use jungle disk as an online disc (i.e. not for back up but as my workgroup’s primary network drive) and am trying to figure out how the sync function works. I want to sync all of the folders that are on the jungle disk to the local drives on the PCs of all of the various users in our firm – the purpose being to let us access the network drive when offline and also to provide a local backup. Does the sync work this way round or is it primarily to sync from the local drive up to the jungle disk? I am running Windows.
Jungle Dave said,
October 27, 2009 @ 10:09 am
@Seb – the sync function will do what you’re looking for – it’s actually bi-directional.
Ben Richardson said,
October 27, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
@RobC – My PowerBook ran better and subjectively faster on 10.5 than it did on 10.4.
Shierod said,
October 28, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Testing the 3.0 Beta today .. I hope this corrects some of the Version Control Issues We have seen in the Past.
Errol said,
October 29, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
I am running XP SP3 and using the 3.0 Beta version 2.94a. I had about 1.5 GB of data to upload via sync. I set it up this morning and let it run. When I got home from work it had loaded close to 6GB of data.
I checked the online disk and it is showing 5 to 6 copies of the same file in each folder. I canceled the sync process in the desktop monitor. Is this a known bug? Should I wait for a future release to start using the sync feature?
I was just getting ready to sing up with SugarSync (despite their lack of linux support) when I found out about the sync functionality in 3.0. I am so looking forward to being able to consolidate my backup and sync needs with JungleDisk.
How long until the official release. Hopefully, all these bugs will be worked out by then. I’ll not begin deleting all the excess files.
Jungle Dave said,
October 30, 2009 @ 8:59 am
Errol – please post to our support forms (http://support.jungledisk.com/forums/76920/entries) and we’ll see if we can determine the issue.