Looking for Google Drive alternative

[PoPet]

Hey guys!

 

I already have a home server (R5 3600, 16GB RAM, 16TB of storage) that I built mainly for Jellyfin. Now I'm looking for a solution to replace Google Drive/Photos for backing up data from my phone and my family members' phones, since I don't want to keep paying for it when I’ve got terabytes of storage at home already.

I don’t mind paying once for good software, but I want to avoid any subscriptions. I’m running Windows (I know, boo) on my server and would prefer not to change that, so it would be nice if it could run without virtualization.

I’m already using NordVPN’s Meshnet for Jellyfin and it works flawlessly, so syncing from anywhere shouldn’t be an issue.

 

Do you guys have any good recommendations?

[PDifolco]

What's the required storage? I won't trust any cloud services to store private photos or documents, not only about privacy concerns but also possible loss of service at any moment 

So couldn't you use physical backup storage rather?

[steamrick]

The obvious answer to any 'home cloud' question:

https://nextcloud.com/

 

I'm not aware of any Windows based free and/or open-source cloud projects, so you're going to have to learn how to virtualize

[OddOod]

You could definitely run nextcloud or owncloud in a VM

 

[ToboRobot]

photos https://immich.app/

 

[PoPet]

22 hours ago, PDifolco said:

What's the required storage? I won't trust any cloud services to store private photos or documents, not only about privacy concerns but also possible loss of service at any moment 

So couldn't you use physical backup storage rather?

I want to self host it, there is no required storage, since I currently got 4 TBs of free space and can drop in a new drive anytime if I need. 

[PoPet]

I set up Synchting yesterday, will try it out combined with Immich. Might give a shot for Nextcloud with Docker too, thanks guys!