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If you're interested in a self hosted cloud, take a look at nextcloud. https://nextcloud.com/ https://nextcloud.com/ I've been using for a couple months and b

If you're interested in a self hosted cloud, take a look at nextcloud. https://nextcloud.com/ https://nextcloud.com/ I've been using for a couple months and been extremely happy with it.

samename 5y ago
Do you manage your own server or do you host it somewhere like AWS/Digital Ocean?
- galbar 5y ago
  I do, on Digital Ocean. I'm using DO's Spaces (S3) as file storage. I also suspect very strongly that it is the main source of the slowness of the nextcloud (but it is super cheap!). The main pain in the ass is having to update every year or so. It usually works flawlessly, until it doesn't and I have to run a few manual commands. Other than that, it just works. 100% recommend it. Mine is a personal instance, being used by 5 people (family). I've had the nextcloud and its postgres database running in a 5$ instance for years, no problem (I did add a bit of swap for the DB).
  - aborsy 5y ago
    I suppose at 5$/month, your instance has 1GB RAM. I should warn users that such instance may struggle to run even bare minimum nextcloud. 2-4GB is preferred.
    - galbar 5y ago
      True. The Nextcloud docs suggest at least 2GB of RAM. On the other hand, mine is running at 400MB right now. I guess it also depends on the frequency and how it is used. We mostly use the apps on the phone and file app integrations (Ubuntu lets you access the files from the Files app). It is true that it is somewhat slow when loading the website.
papul1993 5y ago
How do you handle routine backups of the machine that you host nextcloud on?
- ohthehugemanate 5y ago
  I run nextcloud on my home NAS with 8TB of data. I use https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy for backups to azure blob. Strong recommendation from me, I tried so many backup solutions... including Borg, duplicity, rsync, and I don't even remember the rest anymore. Duplicacy's no database solution and support for a zillion destination options really got me.
ohthehugemanate 5y ago
I love my nextcloud... but I hate its photos experience. I know there are a lot of third party photo apps that work with WebDAV, but I haven't really explored them yet. What do you use?

If you're interested in a self hosted cloud, take a look at nextcloud. https://nextcloud.com/ https://nextcloud.com/ I've been using for a couple months and been extremely happy with it.

samename 5y ago

Do you manage your own server or do you host it somewhere like AWS/Digital Ocean?

galbar 5y ago
I do, on Digital Ocean. I'm using DO's Spaces (S3) as file storage. I also suspect very strongly that it is the main source of the slowness of the nextcloud (but it is super cheap!). The main pain in the ass is having to update every year or so. It usually works flawlessly, until it doesn't and I have to run a few manual commands. Other than that, it just works. 100% recommend it. Mine is a personal instance, being used by 5 people (family). I've had the nextcloud and its postgres database running in a 5$ instance for years, no problem (I did add a bit of swap for the DB).
- aborsy 5y ago
  I suppose at 5$/month, your instance has 1GB RAM. I should warn users that such instance may struggle to run even bare minimum nextcloud. 2-4GB is preferred.
  - galbar 5y ago
    True. The Nextcloud docs suggest at least 2GB of RAM. On the other hand, mine is running at 400MB right now. I guess it also depends on the frequency and how it is used. We mostly use the apps on the phone and file app integrations (Ubuntu lets you access the files from the Files app). It is true that it is somewhat slow when loading the website.

papul1993 5y ago

How do you handle routine backups of the machine that you host nextcloud on?

ohthehugemanate 5y ago
I run nextcloud on my home NAS with 8TB of data. I use https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy for backups to azure blob. Strong recommendation from me, I tried so many backup solutions... including Borg, duplicity, rsync, and I don't even remember the rest anymore. Duplicacy's no database solution and support for a zillion destination options really got me.

ohthehugemanate 5y ago

I love my nextcloud... but I hate its photos experience. I know there are a lot of third party photo apps that work with WebDAV, but I haven't really explored them yet. What do you use?