Andrew Zbikowski wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com > <mailto:jus at krytosvirus.com>> wrote: > > Without knowing the administrative and political boundaries you may > be attempting to cross you should carefully consider any advice at > technical circumvention of their designs > > A better option than hiding would be to come up with your own low cost > solutions and run them by IT for approval. For example: A 4TB Drobo + a > DroboShare could be had for around $1,500, and you still can put another > 4TB Drobo on it. (http://www.drobo.com). A cheap PC running Linux loaded > up with disks could probally be had for a similar price point. > > When asked to thank outside the box, remember that "the box" is inside > of a larger box called "the budget." > True -- and unless you need to share the video files in real time, your cheapest option (and probably most permissible to IT) is probably to get a couple of plain old firewire or USB disks, one for each of you. With 500GB externals to be had for under $100, is the more elegant shared solution worth the extra money and the likelihood of getting into an adversarial relationship with the IT folks? -Harry