This article was contributed by the folks at RackNerd - a provider of shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, colocation, and more. If you are looking for a VPS with full root access to set up ownCloud on, be sure to review their latest LowEndBox special offers here. ownCloud is an excellent software that lets you set up your own file-sharing server. It works like other file hosting servic...
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