What works: leave files where they live and put a secure access layer in front of them.
Use collaboration tools to collaborate. Don't ask them to be a file server.
Hit these walls yourself, or has it held up?
Remote file access is only as fast as the worst link in the chain. Server placement, server sizing, the connection, the user's network. Pick the wrong one and no software saves you.
MyWorkDrive is built for the parts we can control: parallel multi-threaded transfers, server-side compression, background uploads, and direct-to-storage writes that bypass the server. Engineered for the path, not just the platform.