International Journal of Computer Engineering and Applications, Volume XII, Issue VI, June 18, www.ijcea.com ISSN 2321-3469

TONIDO: A PRIVATE (PERSONAL) CLOUD Vaishnavi Narayan Kulkarni Department of Computer Engineering, KCCEMSR

ABSTRACT: Tonido is remote access and home serve for network-attached storage. Once installed on a computer, Tonido software makes that computer's files available remotely via the internet through the web browser or through native mobile apps. This allows access to files stored on the computer, including music and videos, to any computing device connected to the Internet in possession of login credentials. Data is by default transmitted via Tonido's servers, with no port forwarding required, but can be transmitted without using Tonido's servers by setting up port forwarding. Data transfer speed cannot exceed that of the slowest link in the data path, including USB 2.0 for USB-connected storage.

Keywords: network-attached storage, no port forwarding

[1] INTRODUCTION The Personal Cloud is a popular concept these days, it offers a range of task-oriented applications that users can retain full control of their data, and are free to tweak the available functionality to their likings . Like everything, “Personal Cloud” has a rather fuzzy meaning, or at least one that is very changing, depending on the context. Personal Cloud, which will shift individual computing “from being device-centric to information-centric. However, some researchers do not think that personal cloud computing is much different from the cloud computing from businesses view. They believe the only differences are the types of features that are available to the users. Essentially, the personal cloud describes a user-centric model of

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cloud computing where an individual's personal content and services are available anytime and anywhere, from whatever device they choose to access it. Tonido stores all user information including login credentials locally, enabling login into Tonido software without the requirement of an internet connection. Tonido allows different computing devices to synchronize files via a Tonido server, without using the public computing "cloud". Synchronization uses Tonido's servers; the company provides 2Gb of synchronized storage free of charge, and 100Gb for Pro users. Tonido runs on x86, ARM, PowerPC and MIPS architectures, and is available as binary packages for popular distributions such as , Fedora, and OpenSUSE, and for Mac OS X and Windows. Tonido sell a small, low- cost computer that runs Tonido software.[5][6][7][8] The TonidoPlug is based on the SheevaPlug, running UbuntuLinux.

[2] WHAT IS TONIDO? Tonido Software is Personal Cloud software, which simply means that it allows access to all your files in your computer or device on which it is running,

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One of the greatest benefits of Tonido is the convenience of getting access to all your files (music, documents, videos) wherever you are as well as keeping all your files ( music,documents,videos)private. Tonido breaks down the access barriers to your computer.

[3] CREATING TONIDO ACCOUNT Section 1 – Downloading Tonido Personal Cloud Server on Windows PC Section 2 – Installation of Tonido Personal Cloud Server on Windows PC Section 3 – Creation of Tonido Account on Windows PC

Section 1 – Downloading Tonido Personal Cloud Server on Windows PC Step 1 – Go to the official website of Tonido by accessing the URL: www.tonido.com

Step 2 – Since this setup is for home and personal usage, select a “Free Download” option located at the right side on the website

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Step 3 – Will now get redirect to the “Downloads” section, this is where we can select the device we want to install the Tonido server on. Here, we will select the “Server” option as we are preparing to setup our PC as a primary Tonido server computer. Step 4 – Under the Tonido Server section, we will have to select the “Free Download” option located right below the “Tonido for Windows” .

Step 5 – Tonido setup file should start downloading now and the website will show us the following screen.

Section 2 – Installation of Tonido Personal Cloud Server on Windows PC Step 1 – To begin the installation process; double click on the setup file that we downloaded Step 2 – Tonido setup wizard should popup on our screen now. Click on the “Next” button to continue the installation.

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Step 3 – Wizard will now ask we to name a folder on the Start Menu, where we want the setup to place the shortcut files of Tonido.

The folder name should be filled in already for us, but in case we want to change it to something else or don’t want the wizard to create a Start Menu folder then this is our chance to modify it. Else, simply click on the “Next” button. Step 4 – Wizard will now ask to select additional tasks that we want it to perform during the installation process. Those tasks are: Create a desktop icon; Create a Quick launch icon;

If we want wizard to create any of those icons, then put a mark on the checkbox located right beside them. Click on the “Next” button to continue. Step 5 – Now, before starting the installation of Tonido on our computer, wizard will now shows a review of our selections.

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Once we are satisfied with all the settings shown in the box then click on the “Install” button to begin the installation of Tonido on our computer. Step 6 – Installation procedure should take no longer than five minutes to complete.

Step 7 – The wizard should now shows the following screen.

Click on the “Finish” button once we have made our selection. Section 3 – Creation of Tonido Account on Windows PC Step 1 – Double click on the Tonido icon created on our computer desktop to launch the program, if we haven’t already. Step 2 – Now, as soon as we launch the program, Windows Security Alert would popup, asking for a confirmation if we want to allow Tonido to communicate using our computer network.

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Step 3 – On the backend, Tonido should have launched our default web browser and opened the local address to begin the account creation process of Tonido on our PC. Step 4 – Select our preferred language from the drop down list. Step 5 – Under the “Account Name” box, enter our name and make sure that the name we enter is unique and available by clicking on the “Check” button. Tonido will check and verify if the entered name is available or not. The status should be visible on the left side as highlighted in the screenshot above. Step 6 – Enter password for our Tonido account in the “Password” and “Repeat Password” boxes. Step 7 – In the email box, enter our valid email address. Make sure that the email address we enter here is correct because it will be used to verify our account. Step 8 – Once we have filled in all the boxes, click on the “Create” button to create our Tonido account.

Step 9 – Tonido will now create our account and automatically sign into our account to give we access to the control panel for further customizations. At this very moment, we must have received an email from Tonido about the creation of our account as well as a link to remotely access our cloud server.

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[5] ADVANTAGE OF TONIDO 1. With Tonido there are no real storage limits and you are only limited by your hard drive. Think Terabytes of storage! 2. Tonido offers 2-way file synchronization safely and securely with your own server without using the public cloud. 3. Tonido Sync is 4 times faster than Dropbox within LAN. 4. Get access to all your files in PC without keeping it all synced up. You can store documents where you want instead of specifying one folder. 5. Storage capacity is not equal on all machines you normally use. A netbook has a small HDD, so you can’t store 350 GB of DropBox stuff. But using Tonido Drive, you can access your remote Tonido server as a local drive from anywhere. 6. Completely Secure, 100% Private. Total control and ownership of your data. 7. Way cheaper – Tonido is free! If you are using the plug.

[6] CONCLUSION Tonido is the free private cloud which can be used for file sharing with no limitation on size. Tonido can be accessed anywhere and everywhere with tonido account.Thus easy to transfer the files from one person to other.

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