What is the virtual Fileserver from Nomadesk?
In
many offices, people work together using a common place to store
and share files. This is a “regular” computer network with a file
server connected to several computers —“workstations”. There, the
files you share with your colleagues are stored on the file server,
not on your local hard disk:
- In Windows Explorer, you can typically find these files on a network drive, for example drive H.
In the Mac OS, you can find these files on a network volume.
With Nomadesk,
a virtual Fileserver is
similar to a server in a regular computer network, but there are
a couple of major differences:
The Nomadesk Fileserver is not physically present in your office, hence the name “virtual” Fileserver.
The Nomadesk Fileserver uses a part of your computer's hard disk to create a dedicated Nomadesk drive (Windows) or disk (Mac OS). When you copy files to your Nomadesk drive (Windows) or disk (Mac OS), they will be stored both locally on your computer and on the servers maintained by Nomadesk. Consequently, these files are always accessible, even when you are working offline.
Parent topic: Basic Nomadesk concepts