Contents • • • • • • • • • • • [] Introduction There are four webDAV clients recommended by BeSTGRID for Windows, not including using a web browser, and it may cause Data Fabric users some confusion about which client would be most suitable. Each of these clients have their merits, and their flaws. This article intends to collect details where these clients work well, and more importantly, where they fail.

Windows, Offline files. To enable webclient service from command prompt you can simply run either of the following. There is no GP as such to disable webdav. 2008-11-20 Folders sync greyed. A70b-a563bfbdc5c8/folders-sync-greyed-out?forum=LiveMesh Question 7 9:36:50 PM. The files are going.

If you have comments you wish to add to this article, you can log into the BeSTGRID wiki using your institute's Identity Provider service via NZFed. BeSTGRID would really appreciate your feedback on these clients. [] The Standard Clients These are the clients that are already installed in Windows. They provide a basic level of access to the BeSTGRID Data Fabric, and will meet most users needs.

These clients do have limitations, in particular they do not handle large (>2GB) files. [] Web interface [] Windows XP default webDAV client [] The Alternative Clients NetDrive and WebDrive are incompatible, both clients can not be installed at the same time. [] NetDrive [] WebDrive is a commercial product, but it can be installed on a free 20 day trial. The commercial product costs around USD85 for the current version plus 1 year of updates. There are discounts for bulk licenses, and for increasing the update period. Overall WebDrive is a a good product that integrates well in your windows environment. WebDrive uses a on-disc cache to speed up data transactions between the local workstation and the remote webDAV site.

Configuring this cache is very important to WebDrive's performance and reliability, see. WebDrive caching does not truely speed up data transfer, it copies files to the cache and uses this cache to do the data transfer process in the background, this can lead to mistakenly believing that a data transfer process, particularly the uploading of large files, has completed. When in reality the process is still working in the background, and may be interrupted by logging off or shutting down the workstation. WebDrive automatically retries uploading files up to 5 times if they are interrupted or fail, unless the cache is cleared by either logging off or shutting down. [] WebDrive Configuration Notes WebDrive uses an on-disk cache to buffer data transfers.

Normally this cache is set to a folder in your Windows profile. If your profile is on a network drive, has limited space, or has a space quota, it is recommended that this cache moved to a temporary folder on a local hard drive that does not have such restrictions. D:/temp/ The WebDrive cache should be large enough to hold the files you wish to upload.

WebDrive does not automatically detect HTTP proxy settings, and they have to be configured manually. Sarah Blasko The Overture Panic At The Disco.

Thanks to Hubert Sachs from the German networking team to translate one of his popular into English. The blog demystify the core Offline Files concepts. The content below is from Hubert. *************************************************** Hello everyone, From time to time we receive support inquiries about Offline File related problems. The symptoms range from clients which do not come online anymore, which cannot sync, which throw plenty of sync-errors or sync-conflicts up to paths that cannot be reached in SlowLink mode although there should be no offline files active on these paths. These problems have one thing in common: the root cause can be found in the employed Offline File concepts and can only be solved through a new and sustainable concept for the deployment of Offline Files in that environment.

The migration from an old concept to a new concept often implies the usage of the FormatDatabase Registry Keys ( ) to clean up the faulty client configuration. Obviously this brings up questions regarding backup of the offline available data on the clients (that might not have synced for months), which usually lead to months long migration projects. To avoid the lengthy migration, I want to help the Administrators to build sound Offline Files concepts, to enable them develop flexible plans. The following are some key concepts in Offline Files. The 5 ways of offline availability There are 5 ways files/folders can get into the Offline Cache of the Client and a related scope and partnership will be created within Offline Files. We need to get administrative control over all of them and maintain them. • Files made offline available automatically by Folder Redirection.