Another Pertino discussion, just for non-pc mobile devices?
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Accessing files remotely. I've had this discussion here before, and have looked at and tested a few programs - SOONR (no AD integration), Syncplicity - (3rd party AD integration). Now that 2012 R2 (well, really since 2008 R2) has come out, and all of my users on Windows 8.1 pro, I can have users right click on a network folder resource and make it available offline on their laptops. Problem freaking solved. Exactly what we need. Then when they connect via vpn or come into the office, shazaam, they sync up, all is well.
Now, to access those same pesky files from my Android, or Iphone, Ipad, etc..., without shoving them up to the "cloud", that is a different scenario. I see Pertino as a viable option for this, and this only - no laptops or other windows devices, just mobile devices that need an "app".Where am I going wrong, how would you do it different just go have files available on your phone or I device??
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You could use Own Cloud internally for mobile devices.
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Server 2012 should come out with a native app for iOS/Android at some point for file sharing but right now it's only windows 7/windows 8.
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@thecreativeone91 Thanks! but how? Step 1>....
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Pertino would work to some degree, but that only gets you the connectivity. Accessing files is still less than ideal to mobile devices. Pertino would be ideal for eliminating the need for the cloud files across the board, even on the Windows machines.
I think that @thecreativeone91's idea of ownCloud is probably your best bet. It's not in the cloud or anything to do with cloud, actually, it's just a different type of file server that works really well with mobile devices.
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NTG runs ownCloud for internal use out of our Toronto datacenter on Linux. Free OS, free cloud storage platform. Works great.
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@scottalanmiller We have several business's with their own Domains. We have users (Lawyers) that need to write to the File Servers on those remote domains. Will OneCloud provide the solution, prompting or requiring the user for credentials when accessing a OneCloud system at a remote office? Or would Pertino be a better solution to access those remote shares on a different domain. It is not a Forest, so the user has to have credentials on that remote domain as well.
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@thecreativeone91 $3,600 for OneCloud Standard subscription? wow.
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@Bob-Beatty said:
@thecreativeone91 $3,600 for OneCloud Standard subscription? wow.
ownCloud not OneCloud.
As for the functionality. You forward the port through the firewall to the server, put in the URL to the app, and you have full access to everything allowed to your user ID.
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That is my test server, not open to the internet, and just usable from in my house.
My public production server is SSL encrypted. I have a friend using it to share some Japanese TV that he recorded with me and he has access only to that one folder.
Another friend has access to a different folder where we share documents related to my D&D campaign.
Neither of those two can see all of my normal documents that I have synced there.
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ownCloud really is fantastic. I've got it setup for very similar reasons to @JaredBusch. When you share a file or folder via a link the users only get access to that specific data. Anything other then that isn't even shown to them. You can also hook it up to an LDAP server with minimal effort and use that as the authentication mechanism. I also have mine encrypted via SSL.
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WorkFolders is the native one I was refering to. However while they've promised it for iOS/android there is no eta on it for android. Its for ipads only at this point. And you must have a windows server 2012 r2 file server. I'm not sure how this would impact you if using device cals either.
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@JaredBusch Thanks Jered - I'm a dork - I meant owncloud. lol. I read the rest of the page - I get it - you just pay for a support subscription, but you can use the product for free.
When you say user id - is that AD integrated, or a user id you created in owncloud?
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@Bob-Beatty said:
@JaredBusch Thanks Jered - I'm a dork - I meant owncloud. lol. I read the rest of the page - I get it - you just pay for a support subscription, but you can use the product for free.
When you say user id - is that AD integrated, or a user id you created in owncloud?
Either, you can use AD to create the users.
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@thecreativeone91 The problem, right now with Work Folders is it doesn't support team/shared folders - it is basically for getting access to your folders, not a domain share that everyone or others may access, from my understanding of it - I may be wrong....
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So you are looking for something more like Sharepoint? Where users can share files/data with their team?
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Does ownCloud share files that reside on a Windows server, or does it host the files itself?
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@Dashrender said:
Does ownCloud share files that reside on a Windows server, or does it host the files itself?
I have it installed on a Linux box. I believe that they have a Windows server component as well. Although I'm not sure the answer to your question. Although I can share the directory via a CIFS share on my Linux box.
