I’ve been wanting to move away from Dropbox for a long while, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. Dropbox has always been super convenient and has just worked for me.

I’ve tried Tresoit but the low link sharing limits (2gb) and 10gb limit for files is somewhat of a deal breaker for me. I’ve been interested in Proton Drive for a while, but until their mac app is ready it’s unusable for me.

I’ve also tried self-hosting a nextcloud instance (multiple times) but I’ve always just had too many issues with it. It’s been inconsistent in actually backing up files from my mac, I’ve had so many file conflicts, etc. I have a truenas scale server, so if there are other self-hosted methods I should try let me know.

Currently, I’m looking at filen and sync.com, but I’ve heard both have their issues so I’m curious to hear everyones thoughts on them as well.

Thanks!

  • @JackSkellingtonEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    How do you deal with the encryption? How did you set that up? Or you encrypt on your pc and then send to hetzner?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      I only use the encrypted storage built in natively in Nextcloud. https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html but only for local storage.

      The e2ee was not very good the last time I checked. I should check out any new developments though.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I’ve heard a lot of issues (from a few old reddit threads though) in regards to NC Encryption, specifically with data loss and file integrity. I don’t think I’m comfortable going that route, but if they’ve made improvements I might as well check it out

        Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Hetzner EU only? If I’m in the U.S., wouldn’t that make file syncs rather slow?

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          I think they opened or are planning to open a US data center. Other than that they are in Germany and Norway at the moment.

          I’m in Germany, too, but I synced to it while being in the US, in Spain, and in Indonesia on vacation and I never had any problems with delays. And even if it was slow it was the hotel wifi 100% of the time. But using it full time from across the ocean ymmw.

          • @[email protected]OPEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            Looks like they did open a US data center, but the storage shares are still Germany & Norway.

            I might still give it a shot, it’s not a large commitment so might be good to try.