Need info on setting up a server to store data entered using ODK tools

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Hi,
I am a complete novice to ODK. I am designing a study where data entry would be conducted using ODK on Android tablets. It is not clear to me on the ODK website information what server is used/could be used when data is entered and stored on a server. Is this a common server that ODK applications are connected to? Or should our study have its own server to which the application is connected and data uploaded to?
Thanks,
Mina

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It depends on the size of your study:
a) you may use common server at such services as kobotoolbox.org etc.
b) install your own server on Google Cloud Platform cloud.google.com
c) install your own server on a local computer

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It depends on the size of your study
a) you may use a common server at services like kobotoolbox.org
b) install your own server at Google Cloud Platform cloud.google.com
c) install your own server on a local computer

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Thanks for your comments and suggestions everyone!

··· On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 10:30:16 PM UTC+3, Mina Mojtahedi wrote: > Hi, > I am a complete novice to ODK. I am designing a study where data entry would be conducted using ODK on Android tablets. It is not clear to me on the ODK website information what server is used/could be used when data is entered and stored on a server. Is this a common server that ODK applications are connected to? Or should our study have its own server to which the application is connected and data uploaded to? > Thanks, > Mina
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Hi Mina,

Option B is what a lot of our users do and you can try it at
https://opendatakit.org/use/aggregate/. You can install Aggregate on
hardware you control or on Google App Engine. GAE is the common
choice.

Yaw

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