Hi,
I've been asked at work (we're a small company who's always kind of winged it with IT) to look into possible improvements to the way we're doing things.
We have two offices - one in the UK, and one abroad - and use a fairly basic FTP system to share files on a server between them. I'd like to look into a better way of doing this, allowing everyone in the organisation to access company files as if they were part of their local network.
Is a VLAN the best way of doing this, and how easy is it to set one up? Are there any decent managed services for this? In order to create a VLAN, do you need a VPN, or can they exist separately? I'm not sure we need a VPN at present, but a VLAN would be helpful.
Is another option to have servers in each office, and to somehow ensure that they sync every time a file on one of them is altered?
Thanks - any advice would be appreciated!
I've been asked at work (we're a small company who's always kind of winged it with IT) to look into possible improvements to the way we're doing things.
We have two offices - one in the UK, and one abroad - and use a fairly basic FTP system to share files on a server between them. I'd like to look into a better way of doing this, allowing everyone in the organisation to access company files as if they were part of their local network.
Is a VLAN the best way of doing this, and how easy is it to set one up? Are there any decent managed services for this? In order to create a VLAN, do you need a VPN, or can they exist separately? I'm not sure we need a VPN at present, but a VLAN would be helpful.
Is another option to have servers in each office, and to somehow ensure that they sync every time a file on one of them is altered?
Thanks - any advice would be appreciated!