I've deployed private cloud using Synology SAN storage for home, and for a couple of customers. Cloud Storage -- especially if it is seamless for the end users -- is going to rely on local device storage for replicas of the data. At home, I use Dropbox, Box.com, OneDrive and GoogleDrive -- all in different ways, and all with encryption. For smaller clients, I am finding that a local/private cloud, with replication to a remote office, can simplify user data access, especially if “versions” are supported. If you have active users who are connecting to the cloud storage from different locations simultaneously, you will have a bit of fun with data synchronization and version conflicts. To me, local cloud storage has many benefits, especially for those technologies that can integrate with public cloud as well. At the end of the day, I view this as the next evolution of file servers -- at least for the user share aspect. Regards,
Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market… GPG: 1AF3 EEC3 7C3C E88E B0EF 4319 8F28 A483 A182 EF3A Sent with Mixmax On Fri, May 27, 2016 11:23 AM, Jonathan Raper [email protected] wrote: Hi all, We’ve made a lot of strides to consolidate and streamline our infrastructure and data footprint….one thing seems to evade us – dealing with end user data, and I’m curious what you all are seeing and what you’re doing with end user data. We’ve moved email to O365, so that eliminates PSTs and the need for archiving (at least for now, considering that we went from a 2 Gig limit to a 50 Gig limit). We’ve moved 90-95% of project data to SharePoint, and so that all but eliminates shared drives, and it seems to work well. Most of our business apps are hosted, so that really only leaves one thing: end user data on the endpoint device and in Home Directories on file servers. Originally (before we really understood the limitations of OneDrive for Business), we had hoped to be able to move all of that data to OneDrive and be done. Alas, the limitations of OneDrive and the design don’t lend itself to that (at least for the users with more than about 100 Gigs of data due to OneDrive limit being based on the local user’s available hard drive space. It is also not a fully baked product yet. We’ve experienced our share of quirks rolling it out.) So, really, just about the only thing keeping us from eliminating file servers (which is something we really want to do) at this point is this end user data. We want to consolidate it and make sure it is backed up, but are wrestling with exactly how to best achieve this for a distributed organization with hundreds of users, many of whom are mobile. What are you guys and gals doing or seeing to address this need? Yes, we have many users using DropBox and Google Drive – we’d like to move away from that if possible, though DropBox Business or Enterprise is not necessarily out of the question, but it really does get expensive @ $12.50/$15 per month per user. Thanks, Jonathan NOTE: This message and any attachments is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, legally privileged, confidential, and/or exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the original sender immediately by telephone or return email and destroy or delete this message along with any attachments immediately.
