[Building Sakai] Connecting Sakai to Remote Network Shares

[Shawn Foster]

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has integrated a remote network storage area 
into Sakai, so users can access their files remotely by logging into Sakai.

Western University has disk space allocated on a network file system 
(NFS) for each user to store files when they are using the campus 
computer labs. We are investigating methods for users to access this 
storage space outside of the computer labs. Some people on campus 
suggested adding a connection to our Sakai instance, since users are 
already familiar with accessing content online using Sakai.

At first I had thought of adding a connection to the personal Resources 
in each user's My Workspace. However, I think a separate connecting tool 
will be ideal.

Before I investigate developing such a connection, has anyone connected 
Sakai to NFS on a per-user-basis allowing users to upload and download 
files to their space via Sakai's interface? Or do any projects/tools 
exist that would do this functionality in Sakai? Or outside of Sakai?

Thanks,
-Shawn

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Shawn Foster
Instructional Technology Support and Application Development
Information Technology Services
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada