Can't sync with mydisk.se (secure webdav)
Hi,
Service was working yesterday without any problem (that was the last time I used it). It is not working now, I'm getting an error message saying that server can't verify my username/password, however it is working fine through the web interface.
Is someone experiencing the same problem?
Regards,
Adrian
Service was working yesterday without any problem (that was the last time I used it). It is not working now, I'm getting an error message saying that server can't verify my username/password, however it is working fine through the web interface.
Is someone experiencing the same problem?
Regards,
Adrian
Regards,
Adrian
--- Start message from mydisk.se support ---
We have had performance issues which seem to be related to the use of Zotero by some of our users. It seems like you are using an application which is trying to access files that don't exist on your account which is causing heavy traffic on mydisk.
Here is one example from your account:
[Mon Mar 02 12:30:27 2009] [error] [client 190.50.45.32] File does not exist: /var/www/amastronardi/zotero/TTK29JXS.prop
We have made a temporary fix to protect our servers by locking webdav for the users creating this errors and you were one of them. We are working on identifying the cause of these issues...
--- End of message from mydisk.se support ---
Thanks.
1. Does anyone know of a good alternative to mydisk?
2. When will Zotero itself provide hosted storage (for a fee)? I imagine that this could be a source of income to Zotero as well as making it easier to start using the service.
We got many users from Zotero lately which is causing an excessive amount of errors on our servers, as mentioned by amastronardi, above.
For this reason, we have decided lock MyDisk for users trying to connect with Zotero. Please send us an e-mail if you would like us to unlock your account in order to use MyDisk for what it is primarily meant to, such as easy file access, webpage publishing or displaying your photos.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope that you still appreciate MyDisk for the service we are primarily supporting.
Best regards
MyDisk.se
As an afterthought, if I can no longer access mydisk for Zotero file attachment sync, do I need to manually move all of the files out of mydisk or are the attachments also stored in my local Zotero storage folder?
Cheers.
I've bitten the bullet and am trying jungledisk for my zotero storage sync. Its webdav service seems to work reasonably well so far.
I don't want to run the jungledisk client all the time anyway, so I'm using their WebDAV server, for which the url is https://www.myjungledisk.com/[your jungledisk online disk name] (username/password details as per your jungledisk account). That's working well for me now.
"We had a discussion yesterday night about Zotero and how/if we should allow this for paying users.
We decided that paying users will have access to Zotero, as long as the server can handle it safely.
Meaning that, if you buy a 5GB account on myDisk.se we will allow you to use Zotero.
How ever, if we encounter problems that we can not longer server Zotero because of to heavy loads, we will close the access to Zotero again, and your remaining money for the period will be refunded to you.
According to the Zotero page, a 5GB account is €50 which is currently $67.39.
- easy, automatic (and probably offsite) backup of your attachments
- a way to easily use those attachments from multiple copies of zotero (if you use it on a work/school and/or home desktop and/or laptop, for example).
If you are happy that your flash drive does enough of this for what you need, then you certainly don't need to use WebDAVThanks much for being great and always answering my questions!
:)
Best,
LLM
https://www.getdropbox.com
You can also use Dropbox as an unsecured webdav service, just define the storage server url as:
http://www.box.net/dav/zotero/
There is a piece of software you will have to install on your computer, though. But if you're using the dav connection, you can uninstall it afterwards.
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EDIT: as noksagt kindly informs in the response below, there's a mistake there in my message, box.net (free 1gb webdav) and dropbox (2gb + 250mb non-dav service) are two different service providers.
The link above is a campaign referral link, true, with which one can get the 250mb extra space. My apologies, if anyone has been offended by that, you can most certainly get a dropbox without any referrals from http://www.dropbox.com