Hi David,
I'm sure you know this... W10 will be at end of life in about 10 months.
That means what you do today will require you to redo it again in about
10 months.
Keith
On 2024-12-09 15:02, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I poked around the NextCloud site and found they have something called
HomeDrive. They have bundled their software with a hardware device. It
seems to fit what I’m looking for, but I’d rather host it on the
little Dell Optiplex box I just got. Do you (or anybody) have any
experience self-hosting this particular thing? Would there be any
problem installing it to run under Win 10? (I think Win 10 has the
ability to install Linux, right? Might that help?)
BTW, I don’t need everything that Dropbox does. There are some
things about it that annoy me, like how it will try to mirror
everything you have onto a machine that has far too little storage for
all of it. You can tell it NOT to do that, but then you have to go in
and explicitly say what you DO want it to mirror, if anything. It’s
kind of a kluge, because their goal is to get people paying to use
their cloud, which is the opposite of hosting files locally.
-David Schwartz
On Dec 9, 2024, at 12:35 PM, Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have been using Nextcloud/Owncloud for over 7 years and am 100%
happy with it for all my needs. My computers are now just place
holders with everything synced to Nextcloud
so all my computers are always current and backed up. plus it keeps
deleted and versions for fallback plus way too many other options.
it is also quite easy to install.
Recently Just as a test we setup Ubuntu 24.04 and Nextcloud Server
snap and I think that is my new direction as it is easier faster and
no Dependencies to deal with
upgrade are just snap refresh
Todd
On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:26 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
The part i like about Nextcloud voter an Rysnc backup is that I can
connect to the files via my phone or laptop just as easily. but I
also am not considering this a backup as much as it is a file sync
that is hosted in my home.
And rsync backup I would consider far more detailed, but you can
also connect that via nextcloud if you want both.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 10:50 AM Snyder, Alexander J via
PLUG-discuss <[email protected]> wrote:
Or you can just setup an rsync to do it. That's how all my backups
work.
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Thanks,
Alexander
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On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 14:00 Snyder, Alexander J
<[email protected]> wrote:
It's called Syncthing.
https://syncthing.net/
Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It
synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time,
safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and
you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with
some third party, and how it’s transmitted over the internet.
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Thanks,
Alexander
Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 13:42 David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
What sort of options are available for creating something that works
like Dropbox only just on your local network?
Dropbox works ok, but it sort of requires files to be duplicated
inside of all of the local machines. I want my project-related files
all stored in one place, not inside of different machines, because
I’m at the point where I’ve got tools that run on one or another
machine that can’t be upgraded further without a big cost, while
the existing ones still work just fine for my needs. Also, I don’t
want to have to pay for multiple licenses for something (eg., MS
Office) when I can just use one machine for that.
I’ve got two older Intel-based Mac Minis, a new (M4) one on order,
and just got a little Dell Optiplex box; I want them all to be able
to access a common file-store in order to share files. I also want
to be able to use my various mobile devices to connect to the local
WiFi hub to see them if needed. (Maybe I could use the Optiplex for
that since it’s intended to be a server anyway. It needs to run
Windows tho.)
I also have a small 4GB Samsung T-9 that’s fast enough that it
performs like a local SSD storage when connected to a USB 3.2 Gen2
port. I want to make it visible to all of the machines, and be able
to add more in the future as my needs expand. (This thing is the
size of a stack of 10 credit cards.)
In a perfect world, there would be something like a USB port
multiplexer with USB 3.2 Gen-2 plugs on two sides that lets you plug
in some external USB drives on one side and computer USB connections
(or just an ethernet cable) on the other side. Each computer would
be able to see each of the USB drives and interact with them as if
they were all plugged into each machine. I’m not aware anything
like this exists.
Maybe I could hang something off of the main router? But then it’s
just another machine acting as a file store, like a NAS, but it
needs to be really simple and just look like other mounted drives,
like how we used to see drives on file servers 20 years ago (F:, G:,
H:)
But if I plug it into the switch in my office that’s also plugged
into the main router (via wire) then that’s the same thing.
Are there any appliances that fit this use-case that don’t cost
very much? Or could one be built fairly easily?
-David Schwartz
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