I use Syncthing for this type of task on my PC and Phone and it stores a copy of the shared folder on the server with the option for file versioning. Having a Server is optional by the way.
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AFAIK, Syncthing clones the entire folder across peers (the server is just another peer it seems), which isn't ideal for my use case Do you know any current way to configure it for selective syncing?
I don’t think it can do selective syncing. I’ve been also searching for a similar solution but didn’t find one. Finally opted for syncthing with my most important files. Other files I can get them via web using filestash.
Owncloud supports selective sync, and seems a lot better for performance compared to Nextcloud.
Alternatively you could roll your own with rclone which is essentially an open source alternative to mountain duck. Then you can just use a simple connection via SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, etc...
Non-OCIS Owncloud still needs a dedicated database and recommend against SQLite in prod
I've looked at rclone mounting with the --vfs-cache-* flags. But I'm not sure how it can smart sync like mountain duck or handle conflicts elegantly like the Nextcloud/Owncloud clients do. Let me know how to set it up that way if possible
I vouch for Syncthing as well. I enabled storing in my own remote hosting provider marking it as untrusted, so my files are encrypted there.
rsync?
Commenting largely to watch - I use Syncthing as my daily driver sync tool, and Resilio for the on-demand stuff.
Resilio has on-demand/selective sync, but I don't recall if it's open source, I don't think so. Plus, it's hard on memory with larger folders, as it keeps the index in ram. My media sync folder really impacts my desktop, and I only run Resilio on my mobile devices when I want to sync something, then turn it off.
SFTP mountpoint + rsync (or grsync GUI) or unison (or unison-gtk GUI)?
I am playing with SFTPGO, while not being a backup solution its a great backbend supporting sftp, WebDAV and much more that you can bind with something on client side.
Currently using synchthing, but planning to switch since that is not a backup tool.
Your post stood out to me. Why isn't it? Also what would you suggest? Thoughts on restic?
I use restic. Nice simple and works. Synchthing to keep files synched between phone and server. Restic for server backups.
Sftpgo is a very interesting backend + web interface if you look for something to access/copy/backup your files remotely.
I don't think this would solve your particular use case. However, SSHFS is absolutely amazing for remote smb share access.
I used it on my laptop to access my home NAS for years.
Why no real db? Those other 2 features make sense, but if the only option you can use sacrifices the 3rd option then it seems like a win. Postgres is awesome and easy to backup, just a single command can backup the whole thing to a file making it easy to restore.
I think oCIS spoiled me with regards to the database issue xD. You bring up a good point - I'll try reinstalling Nextcloud with Postgres, removing unneeded bloat, and use it until oCIS has a "native" backend
Update: there seems to be a more "native" storage driver for OCIS that is currently WIP. It seems very exciting