Sync User Folder

hello all:
i have multiple computers like most of you (one @ work, one @ home, laptop, etc...) and i just purchased a 500 GB firewire drive and what i want to do is sync all of my home folders so they are all duplicates.
right now i am at work copying my entire User folder to the firewire drive. my question is, am i going to be OK just running Synchronize Pro when i get to my laptop or any other computer to sync the entire home directory or will i run into problems? all computers are running the latest updates so they all have the same version of software 10.4.5 on them.
thanks in advance for your help!
john.

finally i found some information...
(but i have not done the experiment)
in the cmdlet New-SyncShare there is a parameter for spec the -UserFolderName<String>
article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296635.aspx
as specify in the Deploy Folder procedure: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn528861.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
On the Specify the structure for user folders page, choose a naming convention for user folders within the sync share. There are two options available:
User alias creates user folders that don’t include a domain name. If you are using a file share that is already in use with Folder Redirection or another user data solution, select this naming convention. You can optionally select the
Sync only the following subfolder checkbox to sync only a specific subfolder, such as the Documents folder.
User alias@domain creates user folders that include a domain name. If you aren’t using a file share already in use with Folder Redirection or another user data solution, select this naming convention to eliminate folder naming conflicts
when multiple users of the share have identical aliases (which can happen if the users belong to different domains).
But in the Set-SyncShare cmdlet there is no way to modify this parameter, so i think that in the question there are only wrong answers.... (i'm preparing for the exam 412 too)
please, Microsoft could verify and let us know? (at least one year after the first question...) :)

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