[ale] Web based file storage

[Alex Carver]

On 7/19/2013 07:59, JD wrote:
> On 07/19/2013 08:50 AM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>> There is a webbased svn out there, I don't have the name in front of
>> me. But, have you thought about using ownCloud? You can set up on any
>> computer or mobile device. I use as a sys admin to keep my scripts in
>> a central place. If I don't have an agent install I can use any ole
>> browser.  Not that you would need it. But it has other items build
>> into music player, calendar, contacts, and pictures.
>>
>
> I installed OwnCloud v5.0.6 a few weeks ago.
> There were enough "issues" with it that the VM was powered down.
> * syncs worked, but any non-trivial files (like 1 music album) took 30 hours.
> * Music player did work
> * contacts could only be importaned in Vcard ... thunderbird doens't support
> vcard. Ended up exporting in LDIF, running a conversion script to vcard,
> importing into OwnCloud.  Only the primary email and primary phone number were
> displayed or exported from owncloud. Most other data contact was lost too.  I
> had hoped to remove all google accounts from my Android devices and only use
> contacts from Owncloud.  I really hate google having my contacts. HATE, HATE,
> HATE it.

This isn't good at all.  I can't have things phoning home to outside 
entities or syncing to third party locations.  It's got to stay confined 
to the server and to the clients without ever passing through an 
alternate set of hands.  I better look very closely at what it's doing.

> * Photo gallery appeared to work as designed. If you like the default gallery,
> great.
> * The OwnCloud server was always using at least 30% of the CPU even when no sync
> had been required from either client in days. I only had 2 clients setup.
> * Never tried the CalDAV stuff - didn't research it too much after the contacts
> issue. There wasn't an intuitive way to transfer 300+ calendar entries over.
> * Uploading stuff thorugh the web interface worked - pushed 400 photos from
> recent trips up that way.
> * Everything was attempted on a wired, GigE network that normally has 650Mbps
> transfers. Just sayin'.
>
> I had high hopes for Owncloud and plan to check back in a few months.  I'd love
> to know what I did wrong in my setups. I did replace mysql with MariaDB, but
> besides that, it was 100% stock.
>
> In the meantime, I **know** that rsync works and I can count on it working.