Egnyte ELC Extends Cloud Storage with VMware, Google Docs and FTP
by Jason Brooks
Egnyte VM
I kicked off my tests of the ELC by pointing an ESXi 4.1 host running in our lab at an OVF template URL provided by Egnyte.
Virtual Console
With the ELC instance deployed on ESXi, I could access the VM through its virtual console.
Management Console
The ELC instance served up a pair of management consoles for handling admin tasks.
Sync Console
I could schedule sync operations, or trigger them manually.
User Mapping
One of the few required configuration steps involved mapping local ELC users to users on Egnyte’s service online.
Invitation Notification
I received e-mail notifications when the users I’d invited first logged onto the service.
Google Docs Integration
I could edit my cloud-stored documents using Google’s Apps.
Google Sync Time
The Egnyte service alerted me that it would take a few minutes for the changes I’d made in Google Docs to show up in my cloud store.
Document Search
Egnyte’s service supports document search, tagging and revision history.
Audit Report
I could fetch audit reports of the access and edit histories of my online files.