[AusNOG] Anyone know how to... Cloud Storage

[Tim Butler]

Dropbox does have selective sync: https://www.dropbox.com/help/175/en

It's not intelligently cached as you've requested, but I use this 
feature for photos as I don't want them synced to my laptop (especially 
with a 128GB SSD!).

The other project I've been watching is OwnCloud (http://owncloud.org/). 
The idea of a self hosted / Australian hosted system I like and the web 
interface is quite reasonable, just the client sync side of things needs 
a bit of work first.

Thanks,

Tim

On 27/06/12 1:45 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've been looking for a Cloud storage solution, but haven't succeeded 
> in finding exactly what I want so far.
>
> I like Dropbox and Google Drive (especially GD), but they both have 
> the problem where they are replicating a primary user, then syncing to 
> all sources.
>
> We're trying Google Drive now, and I've uploaded 30Gb of data, but 
> that has (as expected) sync'd to each machine the full 30Gb of shared 
> files... taking up lots of space.
>
> What I really want is:
>
> - Cloud stored as a primary point - not replicating an initial desktop
> - Cache controlled - only cache xGb of data (full files) and perhaps 
> just pointers to the rest - especially rarely used things.
> - Appears as a folder on the machine (like Dropbox/Google Drive)
> - Security controls per share (or user)
> - Full backups and version rollback
>
> Google Drive/Dropbox on the iPad/Android do the caching well - only 
> getting what you need when you need it, and caching a certain amount. 
> Full OS machines just sync everything it seems.
>
> I have been asked many times if I know any solution like this... and 
> perhaps I just haven't come across it yet and it is out there.
>
> Thanks in advance for any responses.
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