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I have an instance running at home (reachable only via VPN) that simultaneously syncs the files via Syncthing, and the combination of the two is surprisingly effective.
What about not fully Dropbox alternatives, but simple solutions to have a backup of files online and sync those files with different computers?
rsync is incredible efficient and reliable. I use Nextcloud for some things. But it is just too slow for large data (Gigabytes and tens of thousands of files). Especially it they change frequently. HTTP and webdav is slow and the clients are not reliable. Last week I tried to transfer 20000 photos (for Mapillary) from a phone using Nextcloud. It took forever and the Nextcloud app crashed after a few hundred photos. Rsync (syncopoli on the phone) worked like a charm and did the job in no time.
Plus it is just so convenient using SSH because you can easily make tunnels and still have end-to-end encryption.
What about not fully Dropbox alternatives, but simple solutions to have a backup of files online and sync those files with different computers?
Unison works well. https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ rsync is incredible efficient and reliable. I use Nextcloud for some things. But it is just too slow for large data (Gigabytes and tens of thousands of files). Especially it they change frequently. HTTP and webdav is slow and the clients are not reliable. Last week I tried to transfer 20000 photos (for Mapillary) from a phone using Nextcloud. It took fore…
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