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Hosting Cloud Storage?
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derekullo
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I use NAS4FREE but it should be similar.
Simple create a pool with your hard drives of choice.
Then create a dataset for each person that you want to have access to it.
(Don't forget compression and dedup if you need / have the hardware to do)
Create a user/password for each user and map them to their respective dataset.
Setup FTP and use a DDNS service such as www.noip.com to map your public IP to an easy to remember name i.e Tomhueb.ddns.net
I did a similar setup at my house.
My brother and sister each have their own logins for my nas for saving their files and they are restricted from seeing other people's files.
Simple create a pool with your hard drives of choice.
Then create a dataset for each person that you want to have access to it.
(Don't forget compression and dedup if you need / have the hardware to do)
Create a user/password for each user and map them to their respective dataset.
Setup FTP and use a DDNS service such as www.noip.com to map your public IP to an easy to remember name i.e Tomhueb.ddns.net
I did a similar setup at my house.
My brother and sister each have their own logins for my nas for saving their files and they are restricted from seeing other people's files.
derekullo
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Freenas is more fully featured than NAS4FREE.
But NAS4FREE is much easier to setup.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/the-ars-nas-distribution-shootout-freenas-vs-nas4free/
Gives the differences between the two and how to set them both up for use.
When I started looking for a nas replacement about 2 years ago i came across NAS4FREE first.
Had I came across Freenas first I might be using it instead.
If you are just starting out id recommend starting with NAS4FREE then moving to Freenas if you need its specific features, like a domain controller ... which you probably don't need lol.
But NAS4FREE is much easier to setup.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/the-ars-nas-distribution-shootout-freenas-vs-nas4free/
Gives the differences between the two and how to set them both up for use.
When I started looking for a nas replacement about 2 years ago i came across NAS4FREE first.
Had I came across Freenas first I might be using it instead.
If you are just starting out id recommend starting with NAS4FREE then moving to Freenas if you need its specific features, like a domain controller ... which you probably don't need lol.
derekullo
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Filezilla can make a computer running Windows/maybe Mac/maybe Linux act like an ftp server once you have ports forwarded to the correct computer.
But you will be much happier starting off with nas4free if you can get a computer dedicated to this purpose.
But you will be much happier starting off with nas4free if you can get a computer dedicated to this purpose.
derekullo
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You can't install Next Cloud on either NAS4FREE or Freenas due to those operating systems not supporting Next Cloud.
But either Freenas or NAS4FREE can do the same thing as Next Cloud.
Freenas and NAS4FREE aren't just programs that you run in Windows they quite literally completely replace Windows with their own NAS operating system.
In fact most times Freenas and NAS4FREE are installed on a flash drive so that you don't take up a valuable sata port on the motherboard.
But either Freenas or NAS4FREE can do the same thing as Next Cloud.
Freenas and NAS4FREE aren't just programs that you run in Windows they quite literally completely replace Windows with their own NAS operating system.
In fact most times Freenas and NAS4FREE are installed on a flash drive so that you don't take up a valuable sata port on the motherboard.
derekullo
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If ftp is setup correctly then someone could upload a video from Antarctica to his ftp server and a person at the north pole could download it, both of course using a satellite connection.
I'm not sure if we are allowed to ask for other people's public IP addresses on the forums.
You can check from your own house though.
Just go to another computer and type:
ftp://"local ip of computer setup as ftp server"
For me or anyone else on the Internet to connect to your ftp server we would need your public IP address, something like 68.123.123.123 and we would type ftp://68.123.123.123 or whatever your public IP is.
Assuming port forwarding of port 21 is forwarded to that ftp server on your router.
I'm not sure if we are allowed to ask for other people's public IP addresses on the forums.
You can check from your own house though.
Just go to another computer and type:
ftp://"local ip of computer setup as ftp server"
For me or anyone else on the Internet to connect to your ftp server we would need your public IP address, something like 68.123.123.123 and we would type ftp://68.123.123.123 or whatever your public IP is.
Assuming port forwarding of port 21 is forwarded to that ftp server on your router.
derekullo
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If you haven't setup any users then it shouldn't prompt you for any logins, very unsecure allowing guest logins.
If you have users setup just make a dummy user for testing something like
user: admin
pass: admin
Be sure to erase the user when done testing.
If you have users setup just make a dummy user for testing something like
user: admin
pass: admin
Be sure to erase the user when done testing.
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okay, so I have set up the majority of stuff. so if someone wants to connect to me i have to give them my public ip or dynamic DNS? Also do public ips change as what i mean would they keep having to recconect to my server every so often
derekullo
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Public IP address do change unless you pay for a static one.
My asus router has a service with www.noip.com that reports the new IP address to noip.com whenever it changes.
That lets me login with my own personal ddns name that is always valid ... awesome1337.ddns.net (not my actual but you get the idea)
My asus router has a service with www.noip.com that reports the new IP address to noip.com whenever it changes.
That lets me login with my own personal ddns name that is always valid ... awesome1337.ddns.net (not my actual but you get the idea)
derekullo
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You should be able to connect to yourself at home through the internet if you type your own public IP address
ftp://"Your Public IP"
This would at least confirm that it would work from the outside.
ftp://"Your Public IP"
This would at least confirm that it would work from the outside.
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