[ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....

[Dave Hanson]

Thanks - I've been trying to get my head around the horde3 installation,
not recommended - It's an absolute nightmare, I've given up I'm afraid.

I'll have a look at OwnCloud....

Dave

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jon Spriggs <jon at sprig.gs> wrote:

> On 20 June 2011 12:31, Dave Hanson <dave at hansonforensics.co.uk> wrote:
> > Good Afternoon All,
> > I'm thinking of creating my own Dropbox type file storage at home (For no
> > other reason than I'm tight!) I did some quick googling but the only
> thing's
> > I can find are cloud based which seems a bit excessive.
> > To summarise what I'm after:
> >
> > The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block
> ftp
> > ports etc or only have 80 & 443 open.
> > Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a
> > particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own,
> > that sort of thing)
> > Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the
> network
> > allows.
> >
> > I wondered if anyone has done anything similar, the 2GB on Dropbox
> doesn't
> > take long to fill and I don't really fancy having multiple accounts with
> > different companies etc.
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Dave Hanson
>
> Consider one of the following:
>
> 1) Apache with mod_dav_svn (pro: uses Subversion to provide versioning
> of your files, con: uses Subversion, which might be overkill for what
> you need, also, multi-machine access may be a bit wonky)
> 2) OwnCloud (a KDE project, exposing WebDav data) (pro: It's a set of
> PHP scripts, which means you probably will be able to deploy it
> anywhere, con: relatively new to the game, not all proxies will permit
> the extended requests needed for WebDav, doesn't give you any version
> control)
> 3) Horde's Gollem module, which provides webdav, XMLRPC and a full
> HTTP interface (pro: Horde is pretty rock solid, having WebDav as well
> as XMLRPC access should get you over most hurdles, and where it
> doesn't, you've got HTTP access, It also has "drivers" for SQL based
> storage, FTP, SSH, or local file system access which means you can
> pretty much use any back-end you want as well con: Horde is a bit of a
> bugger to configure, and Gollem will take some tweaking as well.)
>
> None of these will be a drop-in replacement, but they are all things
> I've toyed with in the past.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> --
> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
>
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-- 
Best Regards,

Dave Hanson
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