[Conet] public file storage

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:42:23 +0100

If PCs are Windows 98 SE or later and have USB ports everyone could get
a USB flash drive of an appropriate size. Prices are coming down all the
time and my 128 meg is sufficient but they go up to 2gig I believe. I
keep working copies of websites hanging around my neck at all times so I
can demonstrate what it all looks like wherever I am on other peoples
computers without lugging a laptop around.

If you need more space you can get USB or removeable hard drives which
you could keep under lock and key except when those with data on them
want to use them.

If computers are networked it should be simple to set up a number of
password accessible partitions or folders which different people can
accces with different log ins.

Andrew

In message <20030812151719.KKRM18716.fep07-svc.ttys.com@localhost>,
carole@tbin.freeserve.co.uk writes
>
>>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> can anyone assist please - The Bolton Information Network has set up a
>> couple of small networks in comunity centres for people to use for
>> whatever - Internet, cvs, practice, learning, scanning and pic repairs etc
>> etc - we've now moved one location and are now connecting via a TBIN funded 
>server within the Council
>> - however I'm coming up against some policy issues and problems about people 
>saving work or files on the pcs - it hasn't been a problem
>> before and people didn't nosy or delete files - obviously if it was
>> confidential they saved it on a floppy or it was burned and people have
>> been fine about this - I'm now being told I can only allow them to save on
>> floppies - no hard drive access at all - not happy with that - eg someone
>> is repairing a pic in Photoshop so it's a massive psd file - kids are
>> doign ongoing work etc etc. We haven't had a system of individ log ins -
>> didn't want that route really and I'm not around all the time anyway.  I
>> don't have a server here - only 7 pcs but will also be getting 10 laptops
>> so if I need a file server I'll get one but need advice please from people
>> who have already worked this out!
>> 
>> Plus These questions were posed to me:
>> How long are you going to store them for?  
>> How are you going to prove what belongs to who and who has the right to
>> see or demand they are restored? 
>>  How are you going to know what file names are and where they were saved.
>> After backing up how long are you going to keep backups?  
>> When the server becomes full how will you determine what is archived and
>> for how long?  
>> If you use passwords on documents (and you can only use them on office
>> documents) and they are forgotten there is no way of resetting the
>> password so the files are lost.
>> 
>
>> Please help
>> Carole Heaton
>> Project Manager
>> The Bolton Information Network
>> 01204 332148
>> carole@boltoninfo.net
>> 07780 957089
>> 
>> 
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