Is there a free cloud solution for storing files, but for a server?

Shamil2020-10-07 12:45:33

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Shamil, 2020-10-07 12:45:33

Background.
There is a company with branches in the Russian Federation that work in 1s.
Previously, everyone connected via RDP to the server and worked directly from it.
On this server there was a folder, a "file dump", in which they stored all kinds of documentation, reports, and so on.
Over time, it was decided to transfer everyone to thin clients ... But
the problem with the "shared" folder remained.
in this folder, i.e. save in the same place ... (copy to a PC, edit and throw it back - users will not subscribe to such a chain :( )

Actually, is there any solution (client-server), a kind of dropbox, Yandex disk - but so that everything turns on my server?

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Ronald McDonald, 2020-10-07
@jawakharlal

NextCloud, Pydio.
I don't know if this will work for you. In NC, you can edit docks immediately in the web interface.

root31337, 2020-10-08
@root31337

owncloud deploys easily on any Linux server

Sergey Ryzhkin, 2020-10-07
@Franciz

Synology cheto similar stirs up, they have clients under Windows to mine already.

Vladimir Korotenko, 2020-10-07
@firedragon

Something went wrong. Describe thin clients in theory, they should generally communicate via samba, or rather they shouldn’t even, because everything is on the server. There are solutions from MS but quite expensive. You will knock on the PM, maybe we’ll come up with something for sane money

Artem @Jump, 2020-10-07
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Is there a free cloud solution for storing files, but for a server?

No, It is Immpossible.
You have mutually exclusive requirements.
If you need a cloud server, there are no problems, there are many of them, but it cannot be yours by definition, because this is a service provided to you.
Putting your own server for storing files is also no problem, but it will not be cloudy, because this is not a service.
Specifically for your task, it is optimal to make a shared SMB folder using BranchCache technology.
About free - this thing comes out of the box in Windows and Windows Server

CityCat4, 2020-10-07
@CityCat4

There is some garbage in Synology, I don’t remember what it’s called, but there are clients for everything and there is a web muzzle. Put a virtual machine with Synology (although there will be questions with licensing) - and use it. Or buy a piece of iron.

igbor, 2020-10-15
@igbor

Synology is a great choice if you have money for a device. Everything is fine with licenses. If you want to reduce the cost, but you can build its Xpenology or Freenas clone

Valentine, 2020-10-15
@ProFfeSsoRr

The most popular "own dropbox" is owncloud/nextcloud. What is the topic there - Owncloud was bought by redhat, then the main developer left, founded his company again, made a fork, called Nextcloud and began to develop it where he wants. As a result, new features appear faster in Nextcloud, and Owncloud can be bought with support from redhat, if necessary. But you don't usually need to, so start with Nextcloud. It’s easy to set up, you’ll tie authorization from the domain ... Well, you might also need to teach people that you can rummage inside the nextcloud to another user, or you can generate a link and use it to rummage the file on the Internet.