Jan Wildeboer 😷

After a year of running Nextcloud storage [1] at Hetzner, I noticed that I hardly use it. Sure, it's nice to have 1TB of storage at around €5/mo, but I simply haven't found a good way to make it part of my digital life. I will experiment with running my own Garage based S3 compatible storage [2] on one of my VPS machines instead (yes, my VPSs have unlimited network traffic).

[1] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/
[2] https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/01/1-Local-S3-With-Garage/

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Show threadee2d ago
@jwildeboer I used to do this too, but now I have 1 TB “lifetime” at Koofr (they use Hetzner too). They’re just better than I’ll ever be at maintaining a service like that.
Show threadChris-Evelyn2d ago

@jwildeboer Yeah, I could get by with less storage, but the backup policy, global availability, security and uptime would be hard to replicate reliably for myself for 5€ 😅

I basically pay them to have about 5 files and a few calendar events available over the internet.

Show threadAaron Czichon2d ago
@jwildeboer @homelab I run Nextcloud at my homelab with Pangolin for Domain mapping. Works great for me.
Show threadWhatisgoingon2d ago

@jwildeboer @homelab similar. In my private digital life I don't have a need for something so feature rich as nextcloud.

Syncthing and offline apps cover 99% of what I need.

rclone and restic take care of backups.

Show threadSimon Greenwood2d ago
@jwildeboer @homelab I use it quite a lot (thanks for the tip BTW) but I do wonder whether I should go back to self-hosted as there are a couple of things that would be useful that it doesn't do.
Show threadGuillaume ⁂2d ago
@jwildeboer @homelab Funny for me to read that today. I am also wondering if I should still use the Hetzner Cloud I pay for each month. But I also know that I have a reliable and secure hosting there, for all my personal data. Should I make the switch to home hosting ? I already use Tailscale to connect to the TrueNAS server at home for small services. 🤔
Show threadpetur 😶🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼2d ago
@jwildeboer I just run nextcloud in a container locally, used to share the odd file or picture with friends/family, and use its webDAV functionality to backup my Boox notebook.
Do you run it offsite for load or security?
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Show threadRien2d ago
@jwildeboer @homelab I have a Hetzner Storage Box permanently mounted on my VPS and works more or less decently. I have indeed yet to find a place to get storage this cheap.
Show threadEelco2d ago
@jwildeboer @homelab i run nextcloud, Immich, forgejo and wordpress in containers on a hetzner virtual server, works great for us, sharing docs, photos and code.
Show threadIαη 🍺18h ago
@jwildeboer @homelab
I totally rely on Nextcloud for synching Contacts, Calendars and my Notes. Photo backup and gallery. Document access from everywhere. Large data sharing with others.
Without Nextcloud I don't know how to do all this.
I'm thinking of moving to Hetzner 5€ from a free plan. I'd rather pay 2€ for 100Gb though, if I could find one.