File server with on-demand sync, preserve the filesystem, and runs without external DB?

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨rearview@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

Hi, I’m looking for a FOSS file syncing/sharing solution that does the following specific things:

Sync files only when needed, to save space on my client devices.
Preserve the filesystem on the server for backups. So no opaque blocks like SeaFile.
No need for external MySQL/Postgres container. SQLite would be okay.

Currently the closest thing to fulfill these is oCIS, but it has a decomposedFS file structure which defeats the second point. Nextcloud may run with embedded SQLite, but I’m reluctant to try it again due to previous experiences (lots of bugs, sluggish, etc). MountainDuck and FileRun are not FOSS. Filestash would be nice if it can integrate with existing Nextcloud/Owncloud clients for the on-demand syncing functionality, especially on Windows.

Would you have any recommendations of what to do?

Thank you in advance!

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Berinkton@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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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- rearview@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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?
  
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  - MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    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.
    
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  - Jeief73@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    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.
    
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- recursivesive@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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.
  
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rearview@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Update: there seems to be a more “native” storage driver for OCIS that is currently WIP. It seems very exciting

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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, butI 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.

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neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
rsync?

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