{"id":822,"date":"2019-06-10T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T22:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2019-06-10T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:36:54","slug":"self-hosting-nextcloud-with-digitalocean-spaces-for-main-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/10\/self-hosting-nextcloud-with-digitalocean-spaces-for-main-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Hosting: Nextcloud with DigitalOcean Spaces for Main Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been over a year since I originally set up my own self-hosted cloud using Nextcloud<\/a>. I am happy to report back that I absolutely love it, and it has run flawlessly without error for this period. It is central to my personal infrastructure and I have come to rely on it, I would recommend Nextcloud to anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My only issue is that I need more space! So when it came time to upgrade to the latest version of Nextcloud, I took this as an opportunity to switch my main storage to the S3-compatible object storage that DigitalOcean calls Spaces.
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OBJECT STORAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When I originally set up Nextcloud, I chose a traditional volume as my storage. Actually, I don’t think object storage was offered at that point. Anyways, a volume acts like a disk. But that means I’m paying for the whole disk, not just what I’m using. And if I need to resize it… well, same process as a disk, even if it’s a virtual one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So enter object storage, the most commonly known service being Amazon’s S3. There are many other S3-compatible providers, including ones you can host your self<\/a>. The storage is much, much cheaper ($5 for 250gb on DigitalOcean, with GB after that at $0.02) than the equivalent as volume storage. You don’t have to commit (or pay for) a static amount of space, but only what you use. There are other benefits you can read about.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n