Nextcloud external storage - backup strategy?

[ekevu123]

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?

[girish]

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

[ekevu123]

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.

[ethanxrosen]

@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!

[jdaviescoates]

@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).