a local Dropbox thing?

Tue Dec 10 12:14:54 MST 2024

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
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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 <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Or you can just setup an rsync to do it. That's how all my backups
>> work.
>> 
>> ---
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander
>> 
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 14:00 Snyder, Alexander J
>> <alexander at snyderfamily.co> 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.
>> 
>> ---
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander
>> 
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 13:42 David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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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