MKSystems
File Share Control - FSC 3.2
Share, Store, Organize, Control, and Track your Data Files!
Great for Programmers, Secretaries, Draftspersons, Salespersons and anyone who needs to safely store and share files!
Makes File Handling Easy!
FSC 3.2 solves some of the major problems experienced by anyone who works with computers:
- Storing files safely in an organized manner
- Handling file revisions
- Sharing files with other people
- Preventing more than one person from modifying the same file at the same time
It Looks Like This
Users can quickly retrieve from and store files to a common archive. Files are protected from being modified by two users at the same time.
FSC 3.2 tracks which users have checked out files so you don't have to use sneaker-net to find out who has what!
FSC 3.2 provides the following functions:
- Users can store a file to the archives
- Users can retrieve a file for "viewing or printing" only
- Users can retrieve a file for "modification"
- Users can check a file back into the archive after modification
- Users CANNOT check a file out for modification if another user has already checked the same file out for modification (the file can still be checked out for viewing or printing)
- Users are shown who currently has a file checked out
- Users can view a list showing which files they have checked out and the dates the files were retrieved
FSC 3.2 works by storing all files to a common location on the network. It creates four copies of every file - each one in a different directory. For utmost safety, it is recommended that two computers be dedicated to store the files, and each computer should contain two hardrives. FSC 3.2 stores one copy of each file on each harddrive - thus the files are stored not only on multiple harddrives but also on multiple computers. Since the computers are nothing more than basic systems, no special knowledge is required to set them up - and they are in no way proprietary or specialized (like RAID systems).
Many workers only understand one or two programs very well, and have very minimal skills when it comes to the operating system. For example, draftspersons are often expert users of CAD software, secretaries are usually quite skilled with word processing, and accounting and inventory personnel are quite adept with spreadsheets and database programs. On the other hand, it is amazing how often these same people do not know how to browse for a file or create a directory, especially if these functions are not handled by the programs they are familiar with.
Often, these workers dump all their files into one directory - usually the default directory set up by the program when it is installed. They may have no concept of project organization by directories, and sharing files with co-workers through a network or with floppies is haphazard at best.