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Originally Posted by sanddrag

For teams with servers in their local labs, I want to hear from you. I'm particularly interested in those who have installed and managed their own servers. I want to know what purpose you use it for (NAS, Rendering, etc), what it's running, what hardware it's on, etc etc, all the details.

I'm also curious about the intricacies of getting in ad out of the school network (remote access).

I'm looking to expand our options beyond the current model of workstations, flash drives, and Dropbox.

Even if you don't have a server but are experienced in such things, I want to start a healthy discussion on what the ideal setup would be.

EDIT: I'm also interested in hearing from anyone running Autodesk Vault, and what people are using for a subversion server.

When I was previously on 968, I had setup a local machine that had a samba share that was replicated onto another machine in my datacenter via a SSTP VPN session.

We had CAD workstations that were connected to this network that shared drawings and miscellaneous documents to additional machines that were connected wirelessly to the same subnet. These computers were placed next to commonly used tools such as their mill and lathe. This allowed our students to machine parts without printing a single piece of paper.

CAD models were saved onto another server that I had in my datacenter that was also accessible via the existing VPN using Solidworks PDM workgroup server. This allowed people that were not on site to work on CAD models without much conflict.

In addition to our high school network setup, I also provided a method of connecting our practice field, which was 1.5 miles away from the HS, to the same network via 4G cellular services. Every device was easily accessible from either location. We were even able to access the cRIO on the practice field from the high school.

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