When to Use NetDrive with iFolder

There are certain situations where using NetDrive to access your iFolder files, would be more efficient than viewing iFolder files through a browser. For example, if you are

• Using thin-client services on a server and want to implement iFolder, you will want to use NetDrive in conjunction with Novell iFolder.

  For more information and instructions, see Using NetDrive and iFolder in a Thin-Client Environment.

• In a shared computing environment, like a university, where students will want to access their personal iFolder accounts from the same computer.

  The advantage to using NetDrive rather than a browser in this situation is that once a user has mapped a drive to his iFolder server, he can modify his files using any computer on campus without manually downloading and uploading the files from the workstation to the iFolder server---with NetDrive, the downloading and uploading activites are transparent to the user. If you access your iFolder files through a browser, you must manually upload and download your files. Furthermore, with iFolder, at the end of your session, you must delete the files you worked on from the local hard drive of the workstation that you used. This is not necessary with NetDrive. Lastly, NetDrive lets you use Windows Explorer to easily view and browse your files.

NetDrive Tip---If you want to log in to more than one iFolder account at the same time, from the same workstation, you should use NetDrive. This means that you can log in to your first iFolder account and then use NetDrive to map a drive to your iFolder server and access the files in your second account at the same and from the same workstation. No more logging in and out to see all of your iFolder accounts.

For more information on iFolder, see the Novell iFolder Documentation.