[ale] Dropbox, Transporter, Bittorrent Sync, Owncloud, oh my ..

[James Sumners]

I have yet to use it, but this looks promising -- https://syncthing.net/

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Mike Martin <mcm30114 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been wrestling with the TRANSPORTERS from CONNECTED DATA for a
> while.  The concept is  -- a personal "Dropbox".  You control the media and
> the physical devices, you have clients on all your devices that connect to
> the "service" and supposedly all stays in sync with the world.  That was
> the idea.
>
> The only "Creepy" part of the service is that they (Connected data) had to
> maintain an external management website and connection proxy to allow for
> the management of the devices, and to have a "dyndns" like service for
> connection endpoints to know how to connect to the servers correctly.  You
> had to register as a user with their portal -- whether you owned a device,
> or if you wanted someone to share, so there's this concept of them keeping
> a LDAP on all potential users of their solution.  Not too happy about
> having someone else having any ability to be able to connect to my content
> if there was a security breach (not if .. when..).
>
> Connected Data has since refocused and gone upmarket. They are now
> concentrating to move to the SMB space, and are de-emphasizing the Consumer
> space.  I expect that its a question of time before they bow out of this
> space completely.  So, I'm looking for an alternative.
>
> Benchmark is Dropbox.  I want to be able to have a synched data folder
> across multiple platforms (mac, win, linux).  So far, I've put a finger on
> OwnCloud, BitTorrent Sync. Protection, access, synch resiliency, and manage
> my own infrastructure is key.
>
> So, I'm looking for some suggestions -- to either adopt or avoid -- for
> this "personally managed cloud sync service".
>
> Options for data health (NAS drive units for endpoints) would be welcomed
> as well (using a Drobo 5N now).
>
> TIA for your advice.
>
> Mike
>
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