How to do network disk shutdown: Win7 users set up their own free private cloud

Recently, the domestic network disk set off a large-scale rectification, Huawei network disk, 115 network disk, Sina micro disk, Jinshan fast disk and many other individuals free Cloud storage services are facing down. This means that the free lunch of the network disk is about to eat. Users who use the above network disk service can choose to build their own private cloud storage in addition to preparing the hard disk for a limited period of time and downloading their own files to the local hard disk.

Xiaobian selected a variety of private cloud services currently available on the market, and chose Seafile free open source cloud storage service for introduction. It is reported that the service has been developed by a domestic team and currently has 200,000 users worldwide, including Peking University, the Royal Museum of Natural Science in Belgium, and the Wuppertal Climate and Energy Research Institute in Germany. Any individual or business user can build a cloud server and enjoy the convenience of the cloud era. Both the client and server software for the service are available for free download. The benefit of the open source version is that all code is public, and malicious code and vulnerabilities are hard to survive.

The service has the following features:

• Reliable file synchronization: files are organized into databases. Each repository can be selectively synced to any device. Reliable and efficient file synchronization will increase your productivity.

• Built-in file encryption: A database can be encrypted with a password of your choice. The file is encrypted and then uploaded to the server. Even system administrators cannot view encrypted repositories.

• Teamwork: You can share files to groups. Rights management, version control, and event notifications make collaboration more fluid.

• High Performance: The Seafile server kernel is written in C. It runs small and fast.

• Easy upgrade: just download the latest package and complete the version upgrade with a simple script.

• For enterprise environments: Integrate with AD/LDAP. AD group and user information can be synchronized.

The Seafile client has Win7/Win8.1/Win10, Mac, Linux and other desktop versions, as well as Android and iOS versions. It can also be connected via the web version; the server supports Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi. This shows that the service supports almost all systems.

Under LAN conditions, devices in it can access their own cloud storage server. If you want to use your cloud storage anytime, anywhere, you can deploy Seafile to VPS, standalone servers, and cloud services such as Alibaba Cloud and Linode.

In addition, Seafile supports multiple server switching. For example, you can distinguish between private and public servers, and your own files can be uploaded to a private server. Company files can be synchronized using a public server, all at the discretion of the user. This way you don't have to worry about other users having access to your personal files.