Remote Disk Features

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Multiple Access Methods 2.1 Station Desktop 2.2 WebDAV (Web Folders) 2.3 CIFS (SMB) 2.4 Web Browser 2.4.1 Files 2.4.2 Folders 2.4.3 Favorites 2.4.4 Permissions 2.4.5 Monitoring

1 Introduction

Remote Disk allows you to have a private or shared hard disk on the Internet, where you can access at any time just like a locally attached hard disk on your computer.

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2 Multiple Access Methods

This same Remote Disk of yours can be accessed in 3 ways:

1. Station Desktop
Your Remote Drive is also the drive underneath your Station Desktop service, allowing you to access all the data on your Information Station from a single desktop interface.

2. WebDAV
It can mounted as a normal disk to your computer using the widely supported WebDAV protocol, supporting many computers on this planet. WebDAV has the added benefit of operation over port 80, so will function in most environments.

3. SMB / CIFS
It can mounted as a normal disk to your computer using the universally supported SMB / CIFS protocol, supporting most computer on this planet.

4. Web Browser
It has a web interface for you to access its content easily from most web browsers on earth, when you do NOT want to mount it as a drive.

2.1 Station Desktop

Information on your Remote Disk are available from your Station Desktop.

2.2 WebDAV (Web Folders)

The recommended way of accessing the Remote Disk is through its WebDAV interface. Both WebDAV and non-WebDAV clients are supported over the standard HTTP protocol.

1. WebDAV clients, such as Windows' "Web Folders", have READ and WRITE access to shared folders.
2. Non-WebDAV-capable web browsers have only READ access to the shared folders.

Users typically access shared folders using their username and password (e.g. Windows domain username), so no account configuration is typically needed. When run over HTTPS instead of HTTP a secure means of accessing internal shared folders over the Internet without requiring a VPN (virtual private network).

Unless there is a special need for unencrypted connection, HTTP is normally NOT supported and only HTTPS is supported by most Server Providers.

2.3 CIFS (SMB)

For people with Information Hubs on their own trusted Local Area Network, CIFS (Common Internet File System), also known as Server Message Block (SMB), can be used instead of WebDAV.

Depending on the Server Provider, it is also possible to use CIFS over the Internet but it is strong discouraged for security (poor encryption support in most cases) and compatibility reasons (IP port used is easily blocked).

2.4 Web Browser

2.4.1 Files

1. create / delete / rename / copy / move files
2. upload / download files
3. extract an uploaded .zip file
4. compress to a .zip file
5. edit text files
6. copy / move files between several servers
7. search for filenames

2.4.2 Folders

1. create / delete / rename / copy / move folders
2. list directory contents
3. sum up directory sizes, total number of files (including subdirectories)
4. display information about a directory using a text file (named dirinfo.txt)
5. navigate through servers, shares and directories using a tree
6. display comments of shares
7. quick navigate to special shares (e.g. for projects)
8. download folder(s) as a .zip file
9. copy / move directories between several servers
10. search for directory names

2.4.3 Favorites

A soft-link pointing to a directory or URL

1. create favorites for files and folders
2. delete / rename / copy / move / download favorites
3. display as a folder inside the tree

2.4.4 Permissions

1. display permissions for files / directories
2. resolve user and group SIDs

2.4.5 Monitoring

1. logging for all user actions (e.g. login/out, up/download rename, move, create, delete, cut/paste, etc.)