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File Browser vs Nextcloud (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by shiftymccool@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey all! I'm still in the somewhat early stages of setting up my home server. I have Nextcloud installed for file storage/management. However, realizing that it would be nice to have access to the entire storage drive for the server, I installed File Browser.

Now I'm having a hard time justifying having both. I have a handful of services that could be run as individual services (calDav, notes, news, etc... although, phonetrack seems to be hard to replace).

I've noticed lists that people have posted of the "must-have" services on their home servers have included both. My question is "why?" It seems like, at a basic level, they serve similar roles. If you remove the app-platform role from Nextcloud by separately hosting the individual apps, what benefit do you get from having both Nextcloud and File Browser?

I really like NextCloud, but i'm having a hard time justifying the resource usage if its functionality can be replaced by a handful of containers. Or, is that the reason to have it, so you don't have to do that?

Any opinions on the subject would be appreciated.

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[–] mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have yet to try this, but you should be able to use the OwnTracks app with Traccar.

I‘m using OwnTracks for years now to log into PhoneTrack (and previously php-owntracks-recorder). No issues.

[–] shiftymccool@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting, I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip!

A small update: Traccar with the wake lock off and the interval set to 100 seconds uses a fraction of the battery but the accuracy still seems questionable. Since it's not draining the battery anymore, I'm going to keep running them in tandem for comparison. If I remember, I'll come back here with my results