[Leaplist] discussion - ways to share/access data

[Dan Cherry]

On Wednesday 05 November 2008 4:56:21 pm Jason Boxman wrote:
> Dan Cherry wrote:
> > I use multiple computers, and would be interested in various ideas and
> > viewpoints on storing files (if you use multiple computers to share
> > files).
> >
> > I'll throw some things out on the table to see what others think.
> >
> > For starters, I use a small home network, with a small server, and work
> > primarily on a desktop and a laptop (about 50-50).  Other family members
> > access some of the shared data, as well.
> >
> > I like to take my /home/user directories, and get as much of the 'data'
> > files (documents, images, audio, etc.) isolated from the 'config' files
> > as possible.  (facilitates accessing the documents from different
> > machines).
> >
> > I also like to isolate wip from completed work - the completed work (such
> > as images, audio files, pdfs, bin files and downloads) get moved to a
> > /share area
>
> <snip>
>
> > So, for those of you who use multiple pc's, what have you found that
> > works best for accessing your document files?
>
> I have found nothing I particularly love thus far.  I have big stuff,
> like VMs, on my /home, so I keep it locally.  I don't have the bandwidth
> to export it over NFS and keep any reasonable performance.
I've only got 1 vm that is 'critical', and i'll kick off a 10 min. copy across 
the internal network every few days.  But no way would I try to share or sync 
it.
>
> I centralize all mail via IMAP.  That's about the only part of the
> problem that's been well solved for ages now.

Absolutely agree with IMAP - I even found the kde mail resources for calendar 
storage on IMAP, works extremely well!
>
> I've seen a few interesting solutions using git as the backend store,
> but they're all fragile.
>
> I just stick entirely read-only shared stuff, like photos, on another
> NFS share.

thanks for the reply.

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