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Distributed cloud storage? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello!

I recently had issues with my self-hosted instance of Nextcloud so I started looking for an alternative to it.

I would like something that could allow me to make a local network of shared files between devices I choose, if that makes any sense.

I stumbled upon Syncthing but it doesen't seem what I had in mind: I understand that it replicates folders between devices, but I am looking for a way to distribuite files between machines. Again, like Nextcloud but without a central server to rely to.

Do you know if something of that sort exists?

Or if you have any other solution?

Thank you.

P.S. I am posting it here because it seems like some sort of self-hosting, but maybe I will cross-post it to the decentralized comunity.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I wonder why you are being downvoted, I agree that self-hosting Nextcloud isn't easy, upgrades break things, apps don't work properly etc!

Also a distributed personal cloud thing that I maybe host a server for which has 2x the storage which is then shared with others would be cool and maybe more reliable. But that would be a very ambitious software project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Oh I read your other comments and syncthing is literally what you are looking for. It's like nextcloud in most ways, but without the nextcloud server, you can make a nextcloud folder or whatever and have it synced between devices without a server.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I disagree Syncthing is like nextcloud. I find it useful to describe Syncthing like an always-running rsync between multiple machines. nextcloud is a web ui for files and other apps, they serve very different purposes.