2015-12-17 20:26 GMT+01:00 Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>: > On Wednesday 16 December 2015 10:29:39 Alexey Volkov wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > What do you guys think of merging two solutions proposed by Petros > > Angelatos (redis.io) > > https://mailman.owncloud.org/pipermail/devel/2015-December/001820.html > > and one from our team? > > https://mailman.owncloud.org/pipermail/devel/2015-December/001796.html > > > > Our solution is based on minimal OS built manually with Buildroot, and > this > > part is not covered good enough yet. Redis.io is definitely superior > here. > > But our approach is less resource hungry since we do not need http/php > > running on board, we run our lightweight "back-end" which performs FUSE > > file operations over the SSL channel. RPi filesystem is mounted on > server, > > where ownCloud "sees" it as local file system. It works for any complex > > network configurations, bypasses NATs/firewalls and runs also on v1 > boards. > > > > Yes, user should trust the service, but we can make WD- or even > > community-controlled service like https://<your_uid>.pidrive.org or > > whatever. User just registers at service, types the board id under the > > user's profile, and that is all - ownCloud GUI with your data hosted on > > your RPi. And also PCs are supported, so user can access all his data in > a > > single entry point. And in v2 of our protocol we will bring up p2p > > cross-mounting capabilities to avoid relaying data through the server. > > > > As I told, we have a prototype working, but such hot things like multiple > > boards support, host OS updates, data backup are not implemented yet. In > > collaboration with redis.io we could make it really good. > > I personally feel that the solution of essentially running ownCloud > somewhere else and using the Pi purely for storage doesn't solve the > problem of dependency and privacy. If your server is hacked, all user data > is lost, right? If your server goes down, so does everything, right? And if > you get, say this is super sucessful, 100.000 users, can you handle that? > For free? > > The v2 protocol sounds interesting, p2p certainly is helpful and possibly > what we're looking for. I just want to make sure we keep this as > independent from any outside server(s) as possible - I don't think you're > evil (of course not) but it is a risk I think. > > Then again, I also think that there is room for multiple solutions, at > least up to a point. When we ship a device, it might make total sense that > the first version offers multiple choices for how to set things up - and > your solution DOES solve the hard firewall problems and such, so for some > users, it might be perfect. So don't be discouraged, I think you can be > part of the solution. > > Cheers, > Jos > > > What do you think? > > > > > > -- > Disclaimer: > Everything I do and say is based on my view of the world today. I am not > responsible for changes in the world, nor my view on it. Everything I say > is meant in a positive and friendly way, unless explicitly stated otherwise. > find me on blog.jospoortvliet.com >
-- Kind regards / Lep pozdrav / С уважением, Alexey Volkov, founder of On My Disk https://onmydisk.com
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