Self-hosted Alternative to Dropbox

[R. Wood]

Some other possibilities here (and overall, a very interesting site): https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/#file-storage-sync 

HTH, 
R. 


From: "Lolis, John" <jlolis at WHITEPLAINSNY.GOV> 
To: "Web technologies in libraries" <WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 11:34:25 AM 
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Self-hosted Alternative to Dropbox 

In our teen space the librarians have been using DropBox on the service desk computer and the public access computers and laptops. I have nothing against DropBox, but I am against having the network's bandwidth getting eaten up when someone decides to copy a video file to the DropBox folder. 

So I'm looking for a self-hosted alternative to DropBox, one that could be accessed by anyone on the private, wired network as well as by those on our public wireless network (with restricted access, of course). It would also be great if there's iOS and Android support. 

So far, I found this which seems the most promising: https://owncloud.org/ . 

Does anyone out there have any experience with it or have other solutions to suggest? 

Many thanks in advance! 

John Lolis 
Coordinator of Computer Systems 
White Plains Public Library 
100 Martine Avenue 
White Plains, NY 10601 

tel: 1.914.422.1497 
fax: 1.914.422.1452 

http://whiteplainslibrary.org/ 

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. 
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