4.1 Comparison of Server Features and Capabilities of 2.x with 3.9

Table 4-1 Comparison of server features of 2.x with 3.9

Feature or Capability

iFolder 2.x Server

iFolder 3.9 Enterprise Server

Server management

iFolder Administration tool

http://serveraddress/iFolderServer/Admin.html

Web Admin console

http://serveraddress/admin

Automatic provisioning of iFolder services

No

The administrator enables iFolder services for users, requires users to log in to activate the account, and then creates the iFolder on the server.

Yes

Multiple servers participate in a single iFolder domain and iFolder users are automatically balanced across participant servers.

Maximum iFolders per username

One

Multiple. Virtually unlimited number of iFolders as an owner or member.

Allows administrators to create an iFolder for a user

No

Yes

Allows administrators to share an iFolder and specify its member users

No

Yes

  • For each iFolder, specify a list of users, which can be further modified by the iFolder owner.

  • For each member of an iFolder, specify the user’s level of access with Full Control, Read/Write, and Read Only rights.

Allows administrators to transfer ownership of a shared iFolder to another user

No

Yes

LDAP Group Support

No

Yes

LDAP group provisioning,de-provisioning, sharing,and setting Policies to group Objects is supported.

Detects orphaned iFolders and allows the iFolder Admin user to manage them

No

Yes

Maximum file size

Software limits file size to 4 GB. Below 4 GB, the maximum file size depends on the server’s and clients’ local file systems.

For example, on Windows clients, FAT32 limits file sizes to 4 GB. On Linux, EXT2 limits file sizes to 2 GB.

There are no software restrictions, but the administrator can specify the maximum file size that users can synchronize as system-wide, individual user account quotas, and individual iFolder quotas.

Below the administrative maximum, the practical maximum file size depends on the server’s and clients’ local file systems.

Maximum number of directories

32,765

No software restrictions; depends on the server’s and clients’ local file systems.

Disk quotas

The administrator can specify a default user quota that applies system-wide, and specify individual user quotas for iFolder accounts.

You can specify a default account quota that applies system-wide, individual user account quotas, and individual iFolder quotas.

An owner can also specify a quota for an individual iFolder, but the total combined quotas for all the iFolders the user owns cannot exceed the system-wide account quota or the user’s individual account quota, whichever is less.

An iFolder member can specify a quota for the iFolder on each client. The quota cannot exceed the iFolder’s quota or that user’s own quota for his or her account.

Minimum synchronization interval

The administrator can set minimum synchronization intervals to apply system-wide and for individual users.

You can set minimum synchronization intervals to apply system-wide, for individual users, or for an individual iFolder.

Multi-volume support

No

With multi volume support, administrator can move the data across multiple volumes available on a single server. In effect, it ensure increased storage scalability.

Allows administrators to specify which file types to synchronize

No

Yes

You can specify file types to include or exclude by setting system-wide, individual account, or individual iFolder policies.

Allows administrators to enable or disable the iFolder synchronization

Yes, by temporarily disabling iFolder services for the user account.

Yes, by using the iFolder Enable/Disable User function to temporarily disable login for the user to the user’s iFolder account.

Authenticated access

Yes, using the Admin username and password for the iFolder Management tool

Yes

Encrypted data transfer

Yes, with the encrypted iFolder option

The Blowfish algorithm is applied with a user-specified passphrase. The admin user determines whether encryption services are available to users.

Yes, with automatic HTTPS (SSL) connections. The iFolder Admin user or equivalent determines whether secure or insecure connections are used.

iFolder data stored encrypted on server

Yes, with the encrypted iFolder option

The user must specify a passphrase when first creating the iFolder account.

Yes

Backup of local files to a network server

Files in users’ local iFolders are backed up on the iFolder server.

Files in users’ local iFolders are backed up on the iFolder enterprise server.

Backup support to restore deleted files

Entire iFolder contents must be backed up and restored.

Individual files, directories, and iFolders are backed up.