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Lightweight alternative to OwnCloud for file management and sharing
I've been using OwnCloud to browse through the files on my server, download them with the browser when I want them and share them with a friend. I notice it getting slower and slower these days when more and more files are added.
Is there any lightweight alternative I could use instead? I only need to be able to browse the files, download them, and share them with a friend by generating a download link. The files should not be publicly viewable by default so I can't just list them in a directory with Nginx or something of the sort. No syncing or other fancy features needed, but I don't mind them if I can just ignore them and they won't slow everything down.
Any suggestions will be very much appreciated, thank you!
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Im sure Pydio will get suggested
Any idea how it handles a large number of files in a single folder?
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/85572/what-open-source-cloud-storage-can-you-recommend-for-personal-use
Seafile and Pydio seem to always come up whenever these type of threads pop up. Minio could also be an option.
This looks cool, thanks!
From what I've learned, Seafile is fairly resource hungry, which would be far from ideal. I haven't tried Pydio yet but I most certainly will, thank you. Minio also looks interesting, thought it might not be exactly what I'm looking for in this case.
Depending on how large you're letting a directory get (hundreds? thousands?), that's going to be true of just about any solution that tries to list all the files available. Turn on autoindex to see how quickly it renders; just about everything more fancy than that is going to be slower.
Why not? Restricting access using HTTP basic authentication or other techniques will keep them hidden from the general public. If the intent really is just to transfer static files, any basic web server should be up to that task.
You might want to keep an eye on 'Nextcloud' which is a fork of Owncloud.
I've heard that optimizing the memory footprint and performance are one of the things 'Nextcloud' take care of. I'm curious if they are going achieve that goal :-)