Hello!
This is my first post on the forums, a bit of a stab in the dark, but hopefully this is the correct place to post this question. I am trying to find a replacement for Dropbox, and have considered NextCloud as a solution but I realize now that I am a bit out of my depth and could really use some advice.
My workflow: I am a Video Editor/Colorist and I work with very large files, with projects easily going into 1TB+ size. At the beginning and end of the project I share the completed projects and source files back with my clients. Now when a project is several Terabytes, I still have drives shipped to me, which I then ingest on my NAS and work from there. But often at the end of the project a long with shipping back the drive, I also share very large ProRes *.Mov exports, ideally before the drives arrive.
Past solution: My solution in the past has been to use Dropbox. But now on Mac/Apple systems, Dropbox only syncs to your system drive, and even if I did find a way to work around that, the Dropbox client on Mac doesn't support ZFS SMB shares... Another disadvantage is my clients often didn't have a great experience when uploading/syncing/downloading files with Dropbox.
Possible new solution: So I thought of installing Nextcloud on my TrueNAS scale system. This would allow me to more easily and quickly put files on my shared NextCloud server and once my clients upload files onto Nextcloud, I already have them ready to go on my system. Bonus I got very positive responses to the UI so far.
However besides successfully installing NextCloud on TrueNAS scale, I've stumbled in all sorts of issues when it comes to reaching NextCloud outside my local network. From port forwarding issues, to Cloudflare tunnels working with any app except NextCloud, to trying solutions offered by TrueCharts that seem overly complicated/too advanced for a novice/rookie like me. So I thought to ask, what do you guys use? Do any of you use NextCloud? Do you have a dedicated machine just for NextCloud, are there other solutions you folks use/recommend?
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any tips/recommendations.
This is my first post on the forums, a bit of a stab in the dark, but hopefully this is the correct place to post this question. I am trying to find a replacement for Dropbox, and have considered NextCloud as a solution but I realize now that I am a bit out of my depth and could really use some advice.
My workflow: I am a Video Editor/Colorist and I work with very large files, with projects easily going into 1TB+ size. At the beginning and end of the project I share the completed projects and source files back with my clients. Now when a project is several Terabytes, I still have drives shipped to me, which I then ingest on my NAS and work from there. But often at the end of the project a long with shipping back the drive, I also share very large ProRes *.Mov exports, ideally before the drives arrive.
Past solution: My solution in the past has been to use Dropbox. But now on Mac/Apple systems, Dropbox only syncs to your system drive, and even if I did find a way to work around that, the Dropbox client on Mac doesn't support ZFS SMB shares... Another disadvantage is my clients often didn't have a great experience when uploading/syncing/downloading files with Dropbox.
Possible new solution: So I thought of installing Nextcloud on my TrueNAS scale system. This would allow me to more easily and quickly put files on my shared NextCloud server and once my clients upload files onto Nextcloud, I already have them ready to go on my system. Bonus I got very positive responses to the UI so far.
However besides successfully installing NextCloud on TrueNAS scale, I've stumbled in all sorts of issues when it comes to reaching NextCloud outside my local network. From port forwarding issues, to Cloudflare tunnels working with any app except NextCloud, to trying solutions offered by TrueCharts that seem overly complicated/too advanced for a novice/rookie like me. So I thought to ask, what do you guys use? Do any of you use NextCloud? Do you have a dedicated machine just for NextCloud, are there other solutions you folks use/recommend?
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any tips/recommendations.