[Building Sakai] Connecting Sakai to Remote Network Shares

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi Shawn

Something you might want to look into is using a JSR168 portlet for this. Esup developed a portlet that does this and I have previously used it with great success. Sakai supports JSR168 and there is a bit of a movement to use this more as its more portable. Note that there wouldn't be an integration with the rest of Sakai ie browsing for files, but that piece could be developed pretty easily in Resources ( and would be a great enhancement)

https://wiki.jasig.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=37946075

Cheers
Steve

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On 10/07/2013, at 23:50, Shawn Foster <sfoster9 at uwo.ca> wrote:

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