Best option option "cloud" storage on a Raspberry PI?
reddit / selfhosted

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boermac · 2023-10-05 02:35

I'm looking to add a self-hosted cloud on a Raspberry Pi. I have semi-
decent knowledge but I'm not SUPER knowledgeable so easier to use
is/setup is good... free is better.  I have the Pi on hand and I have
a couple of 1TB SSDs that I wanna setup in RAID.  I want to be able to
access outside of my home as well. This would be the only thing
running on this Pi.

I've looked at ownCloud, which is free but I'm a bit worried about the
complexity of setup. I've looked at FileCloud but it looks like it's
only free for one year.

Anyone have suggestions?

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samaritan1331_ · 2023-10-05 03:47

Depends on what you want to do with it. Do you want a web interface
where you can log in and do stuff like you do in Google drive where
you can edit files and sheets, etc. Directly from the web? Or do you
want to connect to a file manager like Windows, file manager or Mac OS
and just read files and use system applications for editing files?

If it's the former, go with something like owncloud or nextcloud. If
it's the latter, all you need is just SMB and a VPN or as simple as
tailscale to access files.

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sowhatidoit · 2023-10-05 04:26

Not OP but this is such a great explanation!

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simpleFr4nk · 2023-10-05 05:34

What about [filebrowser](https://github.com/hurlenko/filebrowser-
docker) to view, manage, edit and upload or download file plus a
overlay
vpn as [tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) or
[zerotier](https://www.zerotier.com/) to access your home network.

This two vpn are the easier to set up and I personally used tailscale
before moving to headscale (open source implementation of the control
center on tailscale).

I personally use filebrowser to access my server hdd and move or edit
files, it’s a really small docker container and uses few resources.

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nashosted · 2023-10-05 11:29

I’d suggest openmediavault. There’s a a Arm version you can put on
your rpi.

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boermac · 2023-10-05 11:42

I looking more for the later.

BUT, I'd also like to have access from an Android phone as well. Is
that possible with SMB?

Will SMB work (more or less) like drop box in that I can open the file
from the SMB folder on my desktop at home and then save it back and
it'll "sync" to the SMB folder on my laptop when I'm out and about
(assuming I'm connected to my VPN of course)?

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samaritan1331_ · 2023-10-05 13:49

There's nothing to sync it happens all directly on the host machine.
You can connect smb as smb://ipaddress to windows files, similar on
MacOS and linux (gnome files/kde files). If you want a solution for
syncing you should look for something like "syncthing".

Android's default file manager does not support this but there are
apps like Material files that support smb.