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PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by skiguy0123@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I recently noticed that my nextcloud instance was missing photos. I have the android app set to automatically upload my photos. When I need to clear up space on my phone, I make a separate backup (because I'm a paranoid SOB and hard drives are relatively cheap). I noticed that nextcloud auto upload missed about 10% of the photos. I'm not going to bash the nextcloud devs, as I recognize that I am using a free product and am owed nothing, but I'm making this post so others are aware of this risk. Apparently I'm not alone https://help.nextcloud.com/t/android-client-does-not-auto-upload-all-images/216849/14

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I thought with this for years. It's unreliable and buggy on Android and iPhone. I caved and paid for some photo sync app and it's been super stable.

That or folder sync on Android. Then feed into immich or photosphere.

I spent many nights running diff and comparing sources and destinations and md5sums and so on

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Syncthing or Resilio Sync for photo/file backup from phone. Both work amazingly well.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Sun thing for me was absolutely terrible. If I recall correctly, huge pain in the ass because I vlan off my wifi and had to mess with policies for discovery. I found the app would often freeze and lock up, glitch, etc. And this was on two different phones.

[–] tatann@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that the proprietary FolderSync or is there a FOSS solution for syncing folders ?

I used FolderSync with OneDrive (in the past) a'd it worked ok, not shitting on it, I'm just looking for a FOSS equivalent with Nextcloud

[–] NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You could use Syncthing for local folder syncing between devices. It's been really reliable for me.

[–] tatann@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thanks but the goal is to sync with the "cloud", for backup in case of fire or something.

I have hundreds (thousand ?) of albums I need to backup. I can reencode them cause 98% are on CD, but if I loose both my computers and my CDs, I'm done :/

I only use cloud backup for music and the few photos I take with my phone so I don't really need real-time syncing.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I sync to TrueNAS scale with photosync and then I sync scale with back blaze b2

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

Would a safety deposit box at a bank be an appropriate option for your off-site backups?