Dropbox

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Project Status

Jason will do presentation at the August 6th weekly meeting.

Questions and Concerns

  • What is the maximum file size supported for transfer?
  • Is there an issue when large numbers of files must be kept up with?
  • Do we want a Dropbox style service or an FTP style service?
  • How well does the solution handle file permissions, especially group permissions?

Software

ZCluster Copy Nodes

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  • Cons

SparkleShare

http://sparkleshare.org/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Open Source
  2. Availibility for Mac, Windows, and Linux
  3. Version control (Git based)
  4. Notifications of changes to folder contents
  • Cons
  1. Sharing folders not built into desktop client
  2. Git isn’t built for handling large, binary files
  3. Version control not built into desktop client

FileZilla

https://filezilla-project.org/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Free
  2. Supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP
  3. Supports resume and transfer of files > 4GB.
  4. Client supports Linux, Mac OSX and Windows
  • Cons
  1. Server requires Windows XP, Vista or 7.

RhinoSoft Serv-U

http://www.serv-u.com/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Web based admin
  2. Supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS
  3. Supports web and mobile transfers
  4. Guaranteed fidelity to RFCs
  5. Supports both IPv4 and IPv6
  6. Supports large files (>2GB) on all interfaces
  • Cons
  1. Liscensed ($500 for 250, $3000 unlimited for 1 year)

F*EX Frams' Fast File Exchange

http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Item 1
  • Cons
  1. Item1

OwnCloud

http://owncloud.org/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Present in EPEL repository
  • Cons
  1. Item1

SeaFile

http://seafile.com/en/home/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Item 1
  • Cons
  1. Item1

dotCloud

https://www.dotcloud.com/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Item 1
  • Cons
  1. Item1

Globus Online

https://www.globusonline.org/

Features

Pros and Cons

  • Pros
  1. Item 1
  • Cons
  1. Item1

Links

Random links I am using to sort through the project.

http://git-scm.com/

http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/research360/2012/05/mrd-hack-days-file-backup-sync-and-versioning-or-the-academic-dropbox/

http://orbital.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/project-plan/

https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Main_Page

https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FAQ

http://orbital.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2012/05/04/shared-versioned-network-drives/

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