Hello TiRohn

I also run several Nextcloud servers.

You can find a good guide at:

https://www.c-rieger.de/nextcloud-installationsanleitung-v1/

It is based on Ubuntu.

The Nextcloud for testing all run in a VM on an Unraid server.

Since I then have several servers and all run with different subdomains, I also have an NPM on the Unraid which then manages the hostnames for me.

One server is in a different location, which makes a backup every night over the network to another server and this works without any problems.

I always say: No backup, no pity…..

Always remember that you also have a backup, because a cloud is not a backup, it can always happen that hardware breaks down….

Greetings Lorenz

TiRohn

What you also have to consider if you store your data on a NAS at home instead of an external cloud is the power failure bridging, I use the APC devices myself.

user109

Already had a power failure for ¾ hours and that worked great, most of the time the NAS is in standby mode with little power consumption.

TiRohn Yes, you have user management on the Syno, you can put each user in a user group with authorisations or also individually. It’s like active directory management.

Lori-77

I also have an additional backup to the NAS on an external SSD which is stored in a safe place.

TiRohn The TrueNAS backup is only recommended for NextCloud and a bit complicated if you’ve never worked with SSH keys and Rsync before. But doable, there are videos on the internet

With a Synology NAS as backup either C2 or a 2nd Synology NAS (you also have to look a bit if the 2nd NAS is not in the same network). In my opinion, C2 is highly recommended and also fair in terms of price if you consider that the 2nd NAS also needs power, “maintenance” from time to time (new hard drive if one breaks, at some point you have to replace the device because it no longer receives updates).

Synology -> Truenas is also feasible but a bit tricky, I wouldn’t recommend it

Regarding NAS and HDD choice; Tip Top, I also have customers with exactly the same products in operation, runs perfectly

Regarding photos and multiple users; yes, it works perfectly, the pictures are completely separate from the individual users, unless you make albums and share them explicitly or you activate the “shared area” and upload pictures there (great for family photos, for example)

RAID does Synology with its SHR or whatever it’s called pretty much automatically, you don’t have to think much about it, the recommended settings are usually also the optimal ones for simpler setups like yours

NilsL

I solved the backup with a Wireguard connection.

The script starts the tunnel first.

Then the server service of Nextcloud is stopped, makes a backup, and moves it encrypted via the Wireguard tunnel to the other server, at the end the service is started again, the tuning is closed and a mail is triggered to see if and what has run.

Backup is Borgbackup

Greetings Lorenz