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I am hosting more than 10 services currently but only Nextcloud sends me errors periodically and only Nextcloud is super extremely painfully slow. I quit this sh*t. No more troubleshooting and optimization.

There are mainly 4 services in Nextcloud I'm using:

  • Files: as simple server for upload and download binaries
  • Calendar (with DAVx5): as sync server without web UI
  • Notes: simple note-taking
  • Network folder: mounted on Linux dolphin

Could you recommend me the alternatives for these? All services are supposed to be exposed by HTTPS, so authentication like login is needed. And I've tried note-taking apps like Joplin or trillium but couldn't like it.

Thanks in advance.

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[–] Warm_Feature_7302@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I would have nothing but issues if I ran the docker app on unraid and used the sqlexpress built in. I switched over to CasaOS and use Mariasql and the nextcloud container on it and it has been solid.

[–] CountZilch@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Synology Drive is rock solid. Not open source though if that's important to you and technically requires Synology hardware.

[–] FallMaple_@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I use pydio for cloud drive. I think you can try this

[–] djbon2112@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Owncloud.

I personally never caught the Nextcloud hype, and stuck with the original. So far I've heard (and seen, having tried it twoce) nothing but trouble from Nextcloud while my Owncloud install continues to be rock solid for going on 10 years (regularly updated, of course!).

[–] AnApexBread@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Same. I ran OwnCloud and Nextcloud in parallel for a while until a Nextcloud update nuked it and my wife lost some of her college work.

After that I've appreciated the slower more deliberate pace of OwnCloud

[–] Discommodian@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I always recommend OwnCloud. It even has a raw photo viewer plugin and if you know anything about RAW 24 megapixel photos, they are tough to load. But with owncloud a folder full of 30 pictures loads within 10-15 seconds

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[–] sachingopal@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You have not stated the hardware you are running this on. It makes a huge difference. Hope this is not Raspi?

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[–] xiongmao1337@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (14 children)

This is concerning to me because I’ve been considering ditching Synology and spinning up nextcloud. I like Synology drive but I’m tired of the underpowered hardware and dumb roadblocks and vendor lock-in nonsense. I’m very curious what you end up doing!

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[–] Charming-Molasses-22@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I use linuxserver.io's nextcloud docker image. While I've seen people struggle to setup Nextcloud properly to the point of just giving and installing the snap version of it, I can count the number of times I've needed to do manual interventions for nextcloud with LSIO's nextcloud image. It works like a charm.

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[–] murdaBot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

PSA: saying "I run Nextcloud and don't have any problems" doesn't help anyone or contribute anything useful to the conversation. It just makes you look like an insecure fanboy.

[–] HammyHavoc@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

No, it makes you look insecure about your objectivity. Spreading FUD about a FOSS project isn't helpful, and it's usually down to misconfiguration or poor hardware that it doesn't run properly.

I see plenty of folks who think they've got Redis setup but are following crap guides, so it isn't working.

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[–] xristiano@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I open source my homelab as much as I can. But when it comes to backups of my family's photos, servers, and laptops I don't want troubleshoot bugs that could cost me valuable data and time; that's why I gladly pay for a Synology NAS.

[–] lJakel@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

Disable logging.

[–] puckpuckgo@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you need a Synology NAS...

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