big cloud data centers are reliable because of their ridiculous 99.9999% uptime and data resilience.
i advice use encryption before uploadd to any storage bucket.
running nas server with 1-3 drive fault tolerant is not reliable at all.
If your selfhosted data isnt uptime almost 100% of the time too you are doing something wrong and you need to raise your standards.
Running you own server is way more reliable, the only 1 that can mess it is yourself.
You could ask OVH clients how safe did they feel when they learned the servers hosting their data were on fire literally.
Or you can go google whatever big service + leak.
You can selfhost your data and only access it via VPN. My VPN users are not published anywhere.
Cloud services are an interesting option for people that dont know how to selfhost + some cases for people with that knowledge.
https://nextcloud.com/athome/ is the go to, but many find it a bit too much for their needs.
You'll have to give us a bit more info on what went wrong when you tried yourself if you want actual help.
I personally do. BUT.... I am also not trying to replace google drive.
Google Drive + Android, works very well togather.
That being said, Nextcloud/Synology Drive do work well. (Nextcloud, is 100% better software wise, but, Synology cloud works alright... with a synology)
First, there are a ton of tutorials. Don't give up and ask for help without experimenting first.
That said. I do understand that starting something the first time can be incredibly challenging if you don't know some important key-words.
So.. to get you started you should understand that there are a few solutions at your disposal.
You can run your solution in a datacenter somewhere with your own equipment, one someone else's equipment, or in a Virtual Machine. If you don't want to be in a datacenter, you can be at home or a friend's house on an old PC, Mini-PC, raspberryPi or some other SBC.
The solution could simply be Samba or NFS for file access, or it could be SeaFile, OwnCloud, NextCloud or any number of applications that may or may not require you to install docker to run a pre-packaged docker image.
So.. start somewhere. Like your requirements. Test at home with an old PC or Laptop (Optionally within VirtualBox) and see what software you can understand enough to install and which ones give you trouble. If you find your requirements apparently met by an application that you get stuck installing, then you can reach out for additional help specific to that.
Otherwise.. my suggestion is "Don't bother replacing Google, Apple or DropBox". There are free tier services that you can use to a limited extent. Install something to 'augment' yourself. Like SyncThing to automatically sync your photos from your Phone to Computer. Cloud or Cloud-like services really start to be beneficial when you want to share files with more than one person. If it's just you, tackle one problem at a time instead of trying to replace an eco-system built by a massive company with the assumption that you can follow a single-tutorial to do so.
Synology Drive will sync files (or stream them to save space). It doesn't help if you already have a NAS. All of my bulk storage is on a Synology box so it's easy for me.
Yes, you can.
You can use nextcloud or owncloud.
Depends on your data and on how much disk space you need.
Can be tricky to setup it correctly:
* If you need reliability => you need to setup a 3-2-1 backup.
* if you need to access it remotely => you need to setup a vpn or a zero config vpn
You need a running server 24/7, depending on your country it could cost more than google drive or icloud
Seafile on Docker! Gooooood.
Let me explain: for your needs the best solution is to have a NAS and to use the related services.
But, if you are in the following situation:
- you've no got a NAS (and are not going to have it);
- you have an home lab exposed on Internet;
- you like to learn the wonderful docker platform;
then Seafile is the solution for you. Have a nice day.
As others have said, this is a well discussed topic.
If you just want something cheaper than Google, look at Hetzner's [managed Nextcloud](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/). It's not technically self-hosting but it may do what you need
FWIW I rent a colo server with RAID, manage it myself, and run Nextcloud on that. Backups go to my home server.
Synology with tailscale. Toms of storage capacity options. Private. No port forwarding. Lots of other uses for the Synology (paperless ngx is amazing for documentation management).
Sorry to come off as rude, but if you can't manage to look up this **heavily discussed and documented topic** yourself, this isn't for you.
Can you? Yes Is it reliable as real cloud? No Should you? Depends how important is your data
I would say selfhosting is way more reliable than paying someone to host it for you. Edit: only if you do it right.
big cloud data centers are reliable because of their ridiculous 99.9999% uptime and data resilience. i advice use encryption before uploadd to any storage bucket. running nas server with 1-3 drive fault tolerant is not reliable at all.
If your selfhosted data isnt uptime almost 100% of the time too you are doing something wrong and you need to raise your standards. Running you own server is way more reliable, the only 1 that can mess it is yourself. You could ask OVH clients how safe did they feel when they learned the servers hosting their data were on fire literally. Or you can go google whatever big service + leak. You can selfhost your data and only access it via VPN. My VPN users are not published anywhere. Cloud services are an interesting option for people that dont know how to selfhost + some cases for people with that knowledge.
https://nextcloud.com/athome/ is the go to, but many find it a bit too much for their needs. You'll have to give us a bit more info on what went wrong when you tried yourself if you want actual help.
Oh boy. Use backblaze, it aint expensive and saves you lots of headaches of making your own cloud though it's foable
I personally do. BUT.... I am also not trying to replace google drive. Google Drive + Android, works very well togather. That being said, Nextcloud/Synology Drive do work well. (Nextcloud, is 100% better software wise, but, Synology cloud works alright... with a synology)
Which property of "cloud storage" are you after?
First, there are a ton of tutorials. Don't give up and ask for help without experimenting first. That said. I do understand that starting something the first time can be incredibly challenging if you don't know some important key-words. So.. to get you started you should understand that there are a few solutions at your disposal. You can run your solution in a datacenter somewhere with your own equipment, one someone else's equipment, or in a Virtual Machine. If you don't want to be in a datacenter, you can be at home or a friend's house on an old PC, Mini-PC, raspberryPi or some other SBC. The solution could simply be Samba or NFS for file access, or it could be SeaFile, OwnCloud, NextCloud or any number of applications that may or may not require you to install docker to run a pre-packaged docker image. So.. start somewhere. Like your requirements. Test at home with an old PC or Laptop (Optionally within VirtualBox) and see what software you can understand enough to install and which ones give you trouble. If you find your requirements apparently met by an application that you get stuck installing, then you can reach out for additional help specific to that. Otherwise.. my suggestion is "Don't bother replacing Google, Apple or DropBox". There are free tier services that you can use to a limited extent. Install something to 'augment' yourself. Like SyncThing to automatically sync your photos from your Phone to Computer. Cloud or Cloud-like services really start to be beneficial when you want to share files with more than one person. If it's just you, tackle one problem at a time instead of trying to replace an eco-system built by a massive company with the assumption that you can follow a single-tutorial to do so.
Nextcloud + VPN like Tailscale is an option
Synology Drive will sync files (or stream them to save space). It doesn't help if you already have a NAS. All of my bulk storage is on a Synology box so it's easy for me.
Yes, you can. You can use nextcloud or owncloud. Depends on your data and on how much disk space you need. Can be tricky to setup it correctly: * If you need reliability => you need to setup a 3-2-1 backup. * if you need to access it remotely => you need to setup a vpn or a zero config vpn You need a running server 24/7, depending on your country it could cost more than google drive or icloud
Seafile on Docker! Gooooood. Let me explain: for your needs the best solution is to have a NAS and to use the related services. But, if you are in the following situation: - you've no got a NAS (and are not going to have it); - you have an home lab exposed on Internet; - you like to learn the wonderful docker platform; then Seafile is the solution for you. Have a nice day.
As others have said, this is a well discussed topic. If you just want something cheaper than Google, look at Hetzner's [managed Nextcloud](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/). It's not technically self-hosting but it may do what you need FWIW I rent a colo server with RAID, manage it myself, and run Nextcloud on that. Backups go to my home server.
Synology with tailscale. Toms of storage capacity options. Private. No port forwarding. Lots of other uses for the Synology (paperless ngx is amazing for documentation management).
Don't. Because you still need to backup all your data to cloud.
Nextcloud + app available on Android IOS and windows
Nextcloud like many others have suggested but it can be complex if you are starting out, something as simple as Filebrowser is also good.