i have a question im trying to find a way to self host a nextcloud local instance for free without paying any money every month to different companys or sites is there anyway to do this?

  • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
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    1 year ago

    Get a raspberrypi (or similar sbc), second hand computer, or a NAS and host it yourself. You’ll have to pay for hardware and power, but assuming you already have an Internet connection, that’s it.

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      a raspberry pi has been something ive been looking into for awhile now im considering getting one in the near future

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        In my experience nextcloud was unbearably slow on a Raspi 3b. I’d recommend a an intel j4125 based micro computer, I got mine second hand for about £80 and it’s many times faster than the Raspi.

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          It should run fine for personal use on an rpi4 or 5. The sd card is definitely a bottle neck though, so using a fast usb3 ssd for that probably makes a big difference.

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          Have you tried NextcloudPi? It’s a special build for SBCs and seems to work much better than my current server (HP Microserver Gen 8) for NC anyway. I am using a pi4 though, so ymmv on a 3b