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    • gjacobse
      gjacobse last edited by

      This has been asked - but not so much in this manner. We are currently looking at about 200GBs of various files which need to be accessible from any number of locations across the U.S. and Canada.

      Currently they are using VPN which is having issues with dropping the connection, and then the Users AD account being locked out.

      Planning for the future, we are looking for a 400-500GB solution for these files to eliminate the issues with being able to access them.

      We have covered options like

      • DropBox
      • Box.net

      But so many of the devices used for travel are the MS Surface and only have 50-120GB of local storage. So a 'sync' option is not going to work.

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        NextCloud.

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        • gjacobse
          gjacobse last edited by

          One plan was to go Sharepoint, but believe the file space requirements exceed allowable space.

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          • dafyre
            dafyre @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

            NextCloud.

            Nextcloud would likely try to Sync all of that data though.

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            • gjacobse
              gjacobse @scottalanmiller last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

              NextCloud.

              I wondered. And with AD integration - would provide security

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              • gjacobse
                gjacobse @dafyre last edited by

                @dafyre said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                NextCloud.

                Nextcloud would likely try to Sync all of that data though.

                That is a concern over shotty internet connections, and extremely limited local disk space.

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                • travisdh1
                  travisdh1 @gjacobse last edited by

                  @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                  One plan was to go Sharepoint, but believe the file space requirements exceed allowable space.

                  NextCloud can implement Sharepoint protocols, if you really want to hamstring it that badly.

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller @gjacobse last edited by

                    @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                    @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                    NextCloud.

                    I wondered. And with AD integration - would provide security

                    AD is never something that provides security. It integrates with existing security, but provides no security on its own. NextCloud with AD or without AD are equally secure.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @dafyre last edited by

                      @dafyre said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                      @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                      NextCloud.

                      Nextcloud would likely try to Sync all of that data though.

                      Only if you told it to. If you don't want it to, why woudl you be telling it to?

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                      • gjacobse
                        gjacobse @scottalanmiller last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                        @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                        @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                        NextCloud.

                        I wondered. And with AD integration - would provide security

                        AD is never something that provides security. It integrates with existing security, but provides no security on its own. NextCloud with AD or without AD are equally secure.

                        be that as it may - will need SSO as best possible.

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                        • gjacobse
                          gjacobse @scottalanmiller last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                          @dafyre said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                          @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                          NextCloud.

                          Nextcloud would likely try to Sync all of that data though.

                          Only if you told it to. If you don't want it to, why woudl you be telling it to?

                          So sync is option, not required.

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @gjacobse last edited by

                            @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                            @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                            @dafyre said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                            @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                            NextCloud.

                            Nextcloud would likely try to Sync all of that data though.

                            Only if you told it to. If you don't want it to, why woudl you be telling it to?

                            So sync is option, not required.

                            Anything that doesn't use a VPN will use Sync. That and web. NextCloud offers both. Sync that you control, so only syncs the parts that you want. But if shoddy Internet is a problem, then you want sync.

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                            • travisdh1
                              travisdh1 @gjacobse last edited by

                              @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                              @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                              @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                              @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                              NextCloud.

                              I wondered. And with AD integration - would provide security

                              AD is never something that provides security. It integrates with existing security, but provides no security on its own. NextCloud with AD or without AD are equally secure.

                              be that as it may - will need SSO as best possible.

                              No reason you can't do that with NextCloud. I still need to connect my personal NextCloud install to the LDAP server in my lab. Anything that enables LDAP can be used with AD. It's figuring out the connection string that's a pain.

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                              • Dashrender
                                Dashrender @gjacobse last edited by

                                @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                One plan was to go Sharepoint, but believe the file space requirements exceed allowable space.

                                Really? How?

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                                • gjacobse
                                  gjacobse @Dashrender last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                  @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                  One plan was to go Sharepoint, but believe the file space requirements exceed allowable space.

                                  Really? How?

                                  Cost issue, the current Sharepoint doesn't allow for it. They actually don't have Sharepoint currently.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @gjacobse last edited by

                                    @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                    @Dashrender said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                    @gjacobse said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                    One plan was to go Sharepoint, but believe the file space requirements exceed allowable space.

                                    Really? How?

                                    Cost issue, the current Sharepoint doesn't allow for it. They actually don't have Sharepoint currently.

                                    That doesn't make sense.

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                                    • Dashrender
                                      Dashrender last edited by

                                      Cost is an issue? Assuming you got hosted SharePoint only I think it's $4/u/m... Or you migrate them to online only version of O365 use email there, etc and SharePoint.

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                                      • Dashrender
                                        Dashrender last edited by

                                        Assuming you don't need syncing, you can use NextCloud via the web interface or webdav. Then you skip the sync worry.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                          Cost is an issue? Assuming you got hosted SharePoint only I think it's $4/u/m...

                                          Tiny capacity, though.

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                                          • Dashrender
                                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                            @scottalanmiller said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                            @Dashrender said in non VPN Cloud based storage:

                                            Cost is an issue? Assuming you got hosted SharePoint only I think it's $4/u/m...

                                            Tiny capacity, though.

                                            1 TB per user?

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