So I have a NUC with Proxmox as the primary OS and OPNsense in a VM for my home network. I’ve been trying to move away from Google services but would still like to use them as a back up solution. Would it make sense to use Nextcloud in a VM as a replacement and use Rclone to encrypt and backup my files to Google Drive? Or should I use a NAS OS like Open Media Vault instead?

I’ll also mention that I have an empty SSD that I can passthrough and that my primary draw to Nextcloud is that they have a Windows desktop syncing app like Google Drive does which makes things familiar and convenient. I don’t plan on having my Nextcloud instance exposed to the web but might setup a Wireguard tunnel into the local network in the future.

  • Jamie@lemmy.gtfo.social
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    1 year ago

    Do you actually need sync? I just have a bunch of network shares. I can access them externally with WireGuard if need be.

    I know folks like Nextcloud, but I never found it particularly reliable.

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    1 year ago

    Try Resilio Sync. Running it for 5+ years now and did not have a single synchronization issue. Syncing around 5 devices flawlessly, instantly and error free (not sponsored)

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    1 year ago

    If you need instant replication then Syncthing is probably your best bet but don’t forget to disable the relaying function

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    1 year ago

    If you are doing just local syncs the simplest solution might be rsync.

    As for a solution with nice software clients, I use Seafile. Nextcloud is nice but it’s incredibly slow to sync files in my experience.

    Another local option might be syncthing.

    As for backup I use Rclone to do encrypted backups to GCPs Archive Srorage tier. The price is really good at $0.0012 USD / GB. 1TB of backups is like $1.25 USD per month. Be warned though retrieval costs are high.