[mdlug] my own cloud

[Michael Mikowski]

I am interested!  Please share more if you can.  Thank you.

Gmail-otakurider <otakurider at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi all ..
>
>With my time off I have been playing around with some apps that allow
>you to have a cloud type systems that you control. The key requirements
>are docs, file storage, E-mail and group information exchange. I am
>doing this because so many people are so enamored with having there
>information web accessible, they at times seem to forget the down side.
>That is you no longer have controls over what is done with it and who
>can see it. What happens if the company you use closes its doors, your
>data is out of your control or if a three letter government group
>desired your information? Will you even know about it?
>
>
>So far here is a few programs I have found that are easy to install and
>seem to be powerful enough to run in a home or business. Most of them I
>had running in under 30 min's and they are all open source.
>
>
>The two key ones are. Yes there are others but theses were the quickest
>and easiest to install.
>
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>FengOffice Community - www.fengoffice.com - used to be called OpenGoo
>
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>It has Notes, Email, Calendaring, Contact lists, Documents, Tasks, Time
>management and Reporting tools. You can set up shared work-spaces as
>needed. I did not test the email section but the rest seems to function
>quite nicely. The screen layout has the look of exchange, good bad that
>is up to you.
>
>
>OwnCloud - www.owncloud.org
>
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>File storage centrally, encrypted, on hardware controlled by you, with
>automatic backup & versioning. Uses web interface or webdev to access
>the files. You can backup the OwnCloud files to another drive or server.
>
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>It needs to be noted you need to have LAMP installed and working before
>hand but other then that to get the basic system working that was it.
>
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>Not sure how they run on a cluster so if anyone is willing to set one up
>or lend me the hardware and bandwidth I will give it a try.
>
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>More to follow if group is intrested.
>
>
>Pat
>
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