I’ve used Nextcloud for a long while but only for cloud storage and photo backup from my phone. I’ve moved the latter to Immich and just replaced the cloud storage with Seafile.

So far everything is hunky dory but I was wondering if anyone who’s run Seafile for longer has any insights for things to watch out for with it. I’m following the documentation backup solution and I’m the only user (so the whole db/file de sync during backup isn’t an issue)

  • dbkblk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    21 hours ago

    Nextcloud was too slow and bloated for me. I used Seafile for years and it was fine, but at some point I went to some more simple setup : sftpgo to share folders (sftp, dav) and syncthing for the folders I want to sync between devices. You can also set ignore lists in syncthing to ignore large dirs. Keep it simple stupid 😅

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      2 days ago

      All his files are secure and properly synced… unlike Nextcloud.

        • mholiv@lemmy.worldEnglish
          24·
          2 days ago

          I mean they’re synced super fast to every file system. It works really well. Wayyy wayyy faster than nextcloud too. You can access them on that file system. If you want to “directly” access them you can always use the fuse driver. This being said there isn’t really a need to because all the files just are synced to your file system.

          https://manual.seafile.com/latest/extension/fuse/

    • unlogicOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      That was one reason I procrastinated so long about moving. But I figured I’d take the plunge and see how I get on

      • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I went NC, seafile, NC for the same reasons. NC is way too bloated but it does file sync well.

        Seafile is lightning fast but I don’t feel comfortable only being able to access files through their apps.

    • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      I don’t understand your message. What did you wanna say with “proprietary directly” and “unlock Nextcloud”?

    • unlogicOPEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      I did give it a go but had trouble getting it work properly. I deployed via docker compose. The Nextcloud or owncloud clients didn’t seem to work with it unfortunately.

      • tripflag@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        hey, copyparty dev here - I’ll be upfront and warn that if you’re looking for a service to do full bidirectional file syncing, with proper file tracking and versioning, then something like syncthing is a better choice. Copyparty is able to do single-direction syncing of local folders to the server pretty well (using copyparty’s u2c or rclone), but that’s about it.

        But if you’re looking for something to handle file uploads faster than many alternatives, or any of the other features listed in the readme, then I’d be happy to help if you ever get stuck somewhere :>

        • JuvenoiaAgent@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          Thanks for your reply! I actually already use both Syncthing and WebDAV. The latter mostly for copying backups and files in between my phone and my server, no bidirectional stuff.

          I’ve been periodically checking on your project and look forward to trying it out, it looks great! I’m very impressed by the depth of features and the quality of the information in the README.

    • unlogicOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Good point. I will make that move

  • krnl386@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    I think garbage collection is a thing that needs to be run on a regular basis. If you’re using the community edition of Seafile, you’ll need to shut down its services and run an offline garbage collection. If you get a pro license (I think up to 3 users are free), you can run the garbage collection online, i.e. without shutting down the service.

  • Lem453@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Android app doesn’t have file search last I checked (pro feature).

    No full text search on app or website (pro feature)

    The app will just randomly stop being able to connect to the database. I use docker and mariadb. It will just fail for no reason. Restarting the docker stack doesn’t fix it. I use the redeploy button on portainer to get it working again. I use lots of databases in many docker apps, nothing else does this.

    I want to change to owncloud OCIS