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I self-hosted a Nextcloud installation and used 2x 4TB drives. The first is full dedicated to the Nextcloud use while the second is rsync-ed to the first every

by 0x906 7y ago

I self-hosted a Nextcloud installation and used 2x 4TB drives. The first is full dedicated to the Nextcloud use while the second is rsync-ed to the first every night. Then I deleted my 8 years old Dropbox account. Currently my only cloud provider is iCloud just for the photos, contacts, iwhatever backup.

ndarwincorn 7y ago
Assuming the second drive is always connected to the machine & on, why are you opting for that nightly sync vs. mirroring the two disks in raid1?
- 0x906 7y ago
  It's been a stupid decision at the time of the setup. Now its already there, and any attempt to change it will have to erase the drives, and this is a huge pain in the arse.
  - jlgaddis 7y ago
    You can "convert" a single HDD drive into a RAID1 (mirror) online, without data loss or backup/restore.
countbackula 7y ago
I recommend Nextcloud as well. For anyone interested but without self-hosting a server, I've had great experience hooking it up with my Disroot (disroot.org) email account which offers 4gb (free) storage.
- freeopinion 7y ago
  Some while back Seafile looked more promising than Nextcloud to me. Never got around to actually using either though. Not sure how things shape up now.
cyberferret 7y ago
This is a timely post. I just set up NextCloud myself, to sync my external HDD to my own managed cloud storage service. I've got NextCloud running on a VPS, and linked to a series of storage buckets on Wasabi. Sometimes all I want is a quick and easy replication of local data to an off site storage facility, and also an easy way to share links with third parties who need access to certain stuff. I am getting tired of storage providers who started off by doing these two things really well, but then decided they wanted to add a ton of bells and whistles that are really of no value to me as a user. (To be fair, I think Box.Net is the only cloud storage provider I've used over the past decade that still retains their original premise).
piva00 7y ago
Looks like HN is going full circle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

by 0x906 7y ago

ndarwincorn 7y ago

Assuming the second drive is always connected to the machine & on, why are you opting for that nightly sync vs. mirroring the two disks in raid1?

0x906 7y ago
It's been a stupid decision at the time of the setup. Now its already there, and any attempt to change it will have to erase the drives, and this is a huge pain in the arse.
- jlgaddis 7y ago
  You can "convert" a single HDD drive into a RAID1 (mirror) online, without data loss or backup/restore.

countbackula 7y ago

I recommend Nextcloud as well. For anyone interested but without self-hosting a server, I've had great experience hooking it up with my Disroot (disroot.org) email account which offers 4gb (free) storage.

freeopinion 7y ago
Some while back Seafile looked more promising than Nextcloud to me. Never got around to actually using either though. Not sure how things shape up now.

cyberferret 7y ago

This is a timely post. I just set up NextCloud myself, to sync my external HDD to my own managed cloud storage service. I've got NextCloud running on a VPS, and linked to a series of storage buckets on Wasabi. Sometimes all I want is a quick and easy replication of local data to an off site storage facility, and also an easy way to share links with third parties who need access to certain stuff. I am getting tired of storage providers who started off by doing these two things really well, but then decided they wanted to add a ton of bells and whistles that are really of no value to me as a user. (To be fair, I think Box.Net is the only cloud storage provider I've used over the past decade that still retains their original premise).

piva00 7y ago

Looks like HN is going full circle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224