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Revision as of 14:58, 27 August 2015
These are notes on using Box for file storage.
Why use Box?
- Filesharing with multiple people.
- Persistent storage. Files owned by one of the Department's Special Purpose Accounts (e.g. spa-phonologylab) will not be deleted when an individual user separates from the campus.
Comparison with Google Drive and other campus options.
Access
All of these access methods appear to aggregate your personal Box files with any other Box folders that have been shared with you.
Web browser
You can log in to Box with a web browser using your Calnet credentials.
- Follow the 'Box' link from bconnected.berkeley.edu.
- Go directly to box.berkeley.edu.
So far this access method appears to be inconvenient for folders with many files. Perhaps there are easy ways to search/filter by filename?
Box Sync
You can use the Box Sync client to keep your local directories synchronized with Box folders. Haven't tried this one yet.
FTP
For faster bulk uploading and downloading you can use ftp.
The ftp method does not use Calnet authentication, and you must follow the instructions on setting an external password for Box in order to use ftp. Use your full username@berkeley.edu
email address as your username when logging in. Connect to host ftps://ftp.box.com
.
Notes:
- File timestamps (creation/modification times) are not preserved when transferred by most ftp clients.
- The status messages received ('TLS connection established') when connecting on port 21 (regular ftp, which is not normally encrypted) seem to indicate that an encrypted session has been established. This is possibly enforced automatically for all @berkeley.edu accounts.
WebDAV
Possible way to mount Box as a drive via WebDav. Probably requires third-party tools.
spa-phonologylab
The phonologylab
SPA is a useful container