And not a NAS. As you know a NAS is just one part of the puzzle and you added what we get when we have a server to host apps to do all you asked. However once in a while a manager doesn't want to have a server and then we call the server a NAS just to, well, you know.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-self-hosted-dropbox-alternatives-tested/ is the usual that I could set up and approach DropBox functionality.
Morning everybody (at least it is where I am).
I've just started with a new company and as the most IT literate member of staff I've been tasked with sorting out their IT infrastructure.
I come from a networking background and have good basic knowledge of PC's/printers/NAS servers etc. but I was wondering if you could help point me in the right direction for what NAS server to use (or an alternative).
There are around 5 people working here, all of which access a shared directory of files to work from (spreadsheets, word documents etc.).
At the moment the entire company is running off Dropbox which works to an extent but has some shortfalls.
The biggest issue is that the connection speed here is very slow - a basic DSL running at about 2Mbps download, and 0.5 upload. I'm looing to see if there are any alternatives using WISP linking but I'm not holding out any hope, and there certainly isn't the budget for a leased line.
The biggest issue with this is that sometimes if someone is working from one of the bigger spreadsheets and saves a change, it can take a long time for this to sync with everyone's dropbox on their PC's, and if someone else needs to use it urgently it's a bit of a nightmare.
A NAS would seem like the obvious choice but actually a few people wor from home so Dropbox' cloud set up is pretty good for this.
I'm looking for a sort of half way house really, a NAS server that can sit locally for everyone to work from in the office, which then syncs with a cloud directory for anyone to access externally. This would also act as a good offsite backup. Accessing the NAS server itself remotely wouldn't really be viable due to the connections speeds mentioned before.
Does anyone have any ideas or options?
Cheers
Ben

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