We are not even talking legal liability and insurances cost of having your data outside of your premise. We already had clients lose files, and when they contacted Google, google refused to help. If you think that Google will mess around to restore a backup of your files on your Google Drive when you lose them, your wrong. You do not control much in the cloud, and you are just moving a problem to another person instead of dealing with it. Really, it come down to your own number crushing and business requirement, such as data retention, data backups, data location for regulations, etc. They prefer doing "click-click" on Microsoft UI, and are generally unconfortable in front of a terminal, while whining about being too complex or too time consuming, that it cost this and that. Most of the new "cloud salemens" that pretends to be sysadmins, generally have no clue on how to actually setup and run these on-premise setup properly. There is nothing wrong with having your Data on-premise. Still keep files in the cloud, just different software and tools. If the problem is the way Google Drive works specifically, maybe it’s time to shift to Office 365 instead. Especially for organisations of your size where managing an on-prem file server is more hassle and cost than it’s worth. ![]() How are you going to edit Google docs once they’ve been downloaded to the NAS? Convert them all to MS Office docs? Will that involve purchasing Office licenses for all your computers too?īut really, on-prem file storage was the industry standard even five years ago, but these days cloud file storage is becoming much more common. What will you do if a use accidentally deletes or overwrites a file they need back? What if someone runs a crypto locker and the whole nas gets encrypted? Or what if the nas just dies in a couple of months, how many days is it acceptable for the company to have no access to files while it’s getting fixed or replaced? Depending on the answer the boss gives to that question, maybe you need two nas boxes and automatic replication between them. Synology and QNAP seem to be the go-to for NAS boxes these days, so start there.Īlso consider RAID or mirroring inside the box, and backups. Or just pulling random words out of your butt and having IT helpers make a mess of things. You're either waaaaay behind the times (like 25 years behind) or getting your info from someone who is. I mean this nicely but you need to (re)evaluate your information and thought process on this. Every single 'feature' OP is asking for exists in Google Drive already (and is excellent). Even SFTP (SecureFTP) is pretty terrible compared to Google drive. He should be ashamed for this idiocy.ĮDIT: To the boss that reads this - FTP is terrible on every level. Obviously you're more of an IT Helper but this is the sort of 'boss' and company you need to run far away from. It will also be way more confusing to users since Windows doesn't gracefully handle FTP or SFTP. It would be like ripping out fiber internet and putting in a 1200 baud dial-up modem from 1991. You'd be going from a modern BMW to a Hyundai pony. At the bare minimum, SFTP is an improvement there.īut even if you were using SFTP that's still miles behind a modern solution like Google Drive. Everything about it is plain-text (unencrypted), so it's inherently very insecure. This is so cringeworthy it makes me think it's a troll post. ![]() Are there any recommendations for a physical product that can accomplish all of this? I saw this Western Digital NAS on Amazon, will it work? The only thing I can't seem to figure out is if I can add multiple users on this, as it seems to be a 'personal cloud'. Need only about 1TB of storage, wouldn't mind more.The server needs to be accessible from outside the office network as most employees are working from home.Occasionally will need to create users for clients that need access. There will also be some folders that only admins can view. ![]() ![]() Needs to have shared folders that every user can view.Should be able to perform all operations through built in file explorer (map network drive function I believe).Every user should have their own folder with their own login.Hi all, I've been designated as the temporary sysadmin at my company (~15 employees), and require some guidance.Ĭurrently, all of our files are on Google Drive, but we would like to switch to a physical server that can be connected to via FTP, as the boss tells me that is the "industry standard".
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