 | View Full Version : Drop box on a dedicated servers magnar 12-18-2010, 06:34 AM Hi, Is it possible to install dropbox at a dedicated server and use the storage itself on the server? If not, are there any other alternatives out there that we can do this with...? TheHostGenie 12-18-2010, 09:35 AM Interesting question, I have always thought it would be nice to use my own servers instead of paying for the larger storage plan from Dropbox. CloudWeb 12-18-2010, 11:10 AM I imagine there is some software out there that does something like this. I'd be curious to know what it is as well. dclardy 12-18-2010, 12:49 PM If you google dropbox clone, you can find several people that are trying to build something. There are some working scripts on linux systems, but there is no interface or anything. Here is one of the only places that has a site. There are some betas on it, but there are no production ready clients for any OS. http://www.sparkleshare.org/ elvis1 12-18-2010, 01:44 PM wuala knocks them all down ..www.wuala.com/ TheHostGenie 12-18-2010, 02:34 PM wuala knocks them all down ..www.wuala.com/ Can that be used to store backups on your own server? Not on theirs? petteyg359 12-18-2010, 02:35 PM Easy, on both Linux and Windows. For Windows, see http://superuser.com/questions/67551/mounting-ssh-sftp-shares-on-windows-7. For Linux, use FUSE and SSHfs. There's also Dokan and NekoDrive if you want to use NFS. elvis1 12-18-2010, 07:47 PM Can that be used to store backups on your own server? Not on theirs? I ve compiled their main features into a pastebin url http://pastebin.com/brYgehVD Rossco4434 01-08-2011, 08:44 AM My suggestion would be to use NFS. You can use it from anywhere. If you want to use Amazon, then there is a free app called Dragondisk which is good for backing up content. Although it's no where functional as a dropbox. pmalc 01-08-2011, 10:15 PM Yes, of course you can, and the Dropbox's storage on Amazon S3 is very reliable and cheap than buying directly. SirMarcel 01-08-2011, 11:33 PM http://www.gladinet.com/ Rossco4434 01-08-2011, 11:56 PM As they said in the non-PC pedophile episode of Southpark. "nice". elvis1 01-09-2011, 11:11 AM http://www.gladinet.com/ That aint free .. wuala is :stickout: SirMarcel 01-09-2011, 05:06 PM wuala is not free: http://www.wuala.com/en/pricing/ gladinet free version: http://www.gladinet.com/p/download_starter_direct.htm supported services: Amazon S3 AT&T Synaptic Storage Box.net Caringo CAStor EMC Atmos Online FTP File Server Share Google Docs Google Storage Mezeo Nirvanix OpenStack Peer1 CloudOne Rackspace CloudFiles Windows Live SkyDrive Windows Azure WebDav SDK Custom Plugin |