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I've been using Nextcloud for years, but I've never used the web UI. Windows desktop app for syncing my Documents folder, and Android app for synchronizing a fe

I've been using Nextcloud for years, but I've never used the web UI. Windows desktop app for syncing my Documents folder, and Android app for synchronizing a few folders on my phone, as well as the "append only" upload of my photo reel that something like SyncThing doesn't support. Works great, never had any issues with Nextcloud. The real value is in the companion apps. I use a cron job to back up Nextcloud to B2 and S3 Glacier.

magic_hamster 11mo ago
Couple of questions on your backups: How much storage do you use and how much does it cost? Have you ever tried restoring from Glacier?
- fletchowns 11mo ago
  I've got 18TB on Glacier and it costs $2.80/day I've only tested partial restores from Glacier since it is expensive. I've got a raidz2 array locally as insurance against having to restore from a backup.
  - brodock 11mo ago
    A 18 Tb NAS harddrive is about 320 USD. A 2 bay unifi unas2 199. It pays off in one year. Restoring data from it is free.
    - alex_duf 11mo ago
      It's potentially not off-site though, a house fire and it's gone
      - mjevans 11mo ago
        Trusted friend or family in another disaster zone is the model here.
    - motorest 11mo ago
      > A 18 Tb NAS harddrive is about 320 USD. A 2 bay unifi unas2 199. It pays off in one year. Restoring data from it is free. That single 18TB HD is hardly safe from a disaster or even plain old hardware death, and it's a single point of failure. You need at least 3 times as many HDs to start to have something you can actually rely on to keep your data for 3-5years.
- wkat4242 11mo ago
  I use S3 glacier on Scaleway (European cloud provider). Storing about 3TB costs me about 7€ per month including VAT. I've had to restore 1TB in the past and it cost me around 10€. Not bad for a worst case scenario. They also do mini VPSes for 3€ per month with unlimited traffic. Really nice provider, I've used them for many years.

magic_hamster 11mo ago

Couple of questions on your backups: How much storage do you use and how much does it cost? Have you ever tried restoring from Glacier?

fletchowns 11mo ago
I've got 18TB on Glacier and it costs $2.80/day I've only tested partial restores from Glacier since it is expensive. I've got a raidz2 array locally as insurance against having to restore from a backup.
- brodock 11mo ago
  A 18 Tb NAS harddrive is about 320 USD. A 2 bay unifi unas2 199. It pays off in one year. Restoring data from it is free.
  - alex_duf 11mo ago
    It's potentially not off-site though, a house fire and it's gone
    - mjevans 11mo ago
      Trusted friend or family in another disaster zone is the model here.
  - motorest 11mo ago
    > A 18 Tb NAS harddrive is about 320 USD. A 2 bay unifi unas2 199. It pays off in one year. Restoring data from it is free. That single 18TB HD is hardly safe from a disaster or even plain old hardware death, and it's a single point of failure. You need at least 3 times as many HDs to start to have something you can actually rely on to keep your data for 3-5years.
wkat4242 11mo ago
I use S3 glacier on Scaleway (European cloud provider). Storing about 3TB costs me about 7€ per month including VAT. I've had to restore 1TB in the past and it cost me around 10€. Not bad for a worst case scenario. They also do mini VPSes for 3€ per month with unlimited traffic. Really nice provider, I've used them for many years.