Aw thank you! ~ Editor Amber

This is what I want to do... are you using old desktop hw, or some other solution?

@@shabadabadoo4326 older PC hardware. Running unraid OS in it !

@@shabadabadoo4326 it runs great on older hardware .. I'm running an old server using a FX8350 with 24G ram and it has been flawless. The server also runs a web server / email server / shoutcast server and a 1080p 3 cam security system (zoneminder). I have been using Nextcloud for years even back when it first got forked...renamed? from OwnCloud.

@@shabadabadoo4326 I put mine on an older thinkpad, it requires a bit of diy hackery if you want more than one or two drives, but it uses very little power.

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Is that you Ryan ;)

Love to hear this. I just added Nextcloud to my Ausustor NAS but I have 4 or 5 pi's sitting around that I use for various projects but have not tried settign up next cloud on one yet

yes thats how I would use nextcloud also. using my own NAS to store all my data. if I was going to leave my data out in the ether of the cloud I would just leave it on googles servers but I would prefer to keep my own data and not be subject to the whims of big corp

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Think less, do more.

Already have a space rented on tab digital, pretty easy to use, would highly recommend.

I also thought about it after testing owncloud some years ago on a raspberry pi. I now started one because of university and my study group. Totally worth it and "pretty easy" setup.

Running it on unraid in docker, just about rock steady

@@car6555 same here, combined with swag (letsencrypt+nginx)

Tom?

another pi guy :)

Basically in 2016 the founder of ownCloud left the company (and a lot of the original devs) and forked ownCloud into NextCloud because he wasn't happy with where the project was going ("The community was unhappy, the company was not in a good shape and other factors", ownCloud was not as community based as he wanted). The both projects are still going but NextCloud has a lot more development going into it because that's where the community is. ownCloud has Community and paid Enterprise version. NextCloud has pretty much only 1 version. NextCloud has more features currently (compared to the paid version of ownCloud). From what I read they have better security features. Besically NextCloud is the more developed solution and where the community is and I see no reason to use ownCloud.

@@ivailogeimara What are the best practices for security, speed and reliability for Nextcloud? 1. Use a docker image direct on Windows or Ubuntu? 2. Use a VM of Ubuntu with pre-installed Nextcloud on Windows? 3. Use Freenas, Unraid or Proxmox to virtualize Linux and install a docker image on that virtual machine? And about the hardware? use a dedicated raid 1 for the installation of that virtual machine? and then another SSD to the DATA of Nextcloud? and what about Collabora??

@@Maisonier Now for maximum security you probably would want to run NextCloud on separate Debian/CentOS VM on Linux host. This is inefficient as far as RAM and other system resources go and you have to maintain another distro (updating primarily) but it's the most secure. TBH I run it in as docker container in a Debian VM on CentOS host in which VM I run a few other docker containers because it's secure enough for me and I can share resources (mainly ram) with other apps. As far as performance goes, how fast do you really need it to be. It's cloud service like Google Drive. I normally access it when I'm not at home so the network connectivity is not Gigabit or not even 100Mbps. So running inside VM inside docker while files are stored on a NFSv4 share on mechanical drive is fine for me. Probably running it on directly attached SSD or using iSCSI will be faster but I'm bottle-necked by the internet speed outside my home so w/e. If you want to transfer files really fast I'd probably go for network share or iSCSI alone rather than cloud storage and that would work only on the local network.

It's up to you. I run it from home on a little x86 SBC running Debian. I have a FreeNAS / TrueNAS Core server accessed via a regular NFS mount point as the back end storage.

Nope

Exactly! I recently bought a lifetime 1tb from icedrive for $200. I can’t wrap my head around why he’s suggesting linode for Nextcloud. If you have an old pc you can host your own cloud for free, TrueNAS even has a plug-in for it.

Haven't used nitro share but I do know that renting servers is expensive. For what you get, the price is fair so don't be discouraged if you can afford it. Every solution has some compromises, so you'll have to decide depending on what your needs are and whether the trade-off is viable for your project. The simplicity Linode offers is having everything ready in a few clicks; this includes cross-platform access as well as ease of use with their control panel. This is something that software like freenas/truenas has trouble implementing. Check out their previous video commenting on the one click feature that's not quite as polished as the one mentioned here. Self hosting is a great option though. Running a home server is more affordable but the compromise is that you're fiddling with your home network and ISPs don't always provide good hardware. Port forwarding can be tricky to setup with some of their routers/modems. I think storage is the most expensive add-on for these services. I'm sure the alternative isn't something you're interested in either (those "free options) since the whole point of this video is to avoid them.

Nextcloud has apps for both iphone and android. They work most of the time. Have had some issue getting android to auto upload but after a few days it seems to get into the swing of it and maintains the phone synced.

@@joedavex607 thank you ;)

Hmm, Synology C2 cloud backup is not free, 1TB is about 60 € annually, even the first 100 MB is not free. So why do you state “for free” ?

@@ThePeperich I think maybe you're confused. If you have a synology nas, it CAN, do cloud storage and computer back up on it own.

Nextcloud is not a set and forget solution. It needs maintenance and you need to install all the updates to avoid getting ransomwared. I'm not sure how Linode manages this.

@@NicolaiSyvertsen nothing is set and forget that is why for most people hosting everything themself isnt realy an option, it is fun for us techies to tinker with stuff but i do know quite some techies who use work in the field and they still use cloud services like google drive why becuase they do not wanna do same things at home they do at work

Lol you may want to look at it another way if you have the need to access your files from someplace other than your computer. Nextcloud is safer than a service cloud for sure. Yes you can get "hacked" but there is a lot less likelihood that a hacker is going to spend the time to hack into a nobodys computer. They are going to spend their time hacking into something that has a better "return vs risk" like google drive. Yes you have to actually do things if you went this route to better protect yourself but that's life. Think of it this way.. You need to go shopping so you need to go to the store but ... wait if you go to the store you could be "hacked" (a car accident/mugged/get attacked by a bear/struck by lightening or anything) so you have to make a choice .. starve or take a chance and do everything you can to be able to do it as safely as possible.