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Nextcloud external storage - backup strategy?

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    ekevu123
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    I have to use an external storage for a lot of my Nextcloud data because my server doesn't have enough storage.

    What is a good backup strategy for this since the volume is not included into the cloudron backup?

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      You have to back it up somehow. Maybe, rsync the files using a cron job inside nextcloud - https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#cron

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        Yes, technically, this is rather easy, but I am looking for best practices of other users if someone else has that scenario, e.g. where to sync it to as well.

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          @ekevu123 i think you can include external storage as part of the backup by making your external storage the data directory for nextcloud (https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#data-directory)

          for backups, from this thread (https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4548/backup-strategy-advice) it seems like most people will either use a CIFS mounted storage box like Hetzner, or a separate storage VPS with Minio installed, + encrypted rsync. If you use S3 style storage like backblaze or wasabi, rsync hardlinks aren't yet supported, so you end up paying a lot for duplicated storage and API calls. Hopefully this helps!

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            @ekevu123 i think you can include external storage as part of the backup by making your external storage the data directory for nextcloud (https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#data-directory)

            for backups, from this thread (https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4548/backup-strategy-advice) it seems like most people will either use a CIFS mounted storage box like Hetzner, or a separate storage VPS with Minio installed, + encrypted rsync. If you use S3 style storage like backblaze or wasabi, rsync hardlinks aren't yet supported, so you end up paying a lot for duplicated storage and API calls. Hopefully this helps!

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            @ethanxrosen said in Nextcloud external storage - backup strategy?:

            CIFS mounted storage box like Hetzner

            Or an SSHFS mounted Hetzner Storage Box (which is what I use these days).

            I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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