Nextcloud asked in a poll at https://mastodon.social/@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz/115095096413238457 what database its users are running. Interestingly one fifth replied they don’t know. Should people know better where their data is stored, or is it a good thing everything is running so smoothly people don’t need to know what their software stack is built upon?
“18% of car owners don’t know their brake fluid DOT rating.”
What’s a Next Cloud, what came before it? /s
Before Cloud, obviously.
It’s cloud all the way down.
Serious answer: ownCloud
People don’t care and/or haven’t looked at the serverinfo page. That actually mentions the type of database in use.
So the “I don’t know” option was probably just the easiest.
Since Nextcloud stores your actually data on the disk, it doesn’t actually matter all that much tbh
Are people here trying to “I run arch btw” database services.
Should’ve specifically asked the operators/hosters if they need a better answer. But this has more engagement so
That’s because they push the all in one container.
Tbh I don’t even know what to use nextcloud for. Installed aio cause everyone kept talking about it but never found an actual use for it
I have five users, max, and barely any files. I don’t know which one Nextcloud AIO uses and I don’t care. There’s no wrong answer for such a small deployment. It uses whatever database Nextcloud felt was sensible as the default. They know more about picking the right tool for their requirements than I do.
If I’m building something for myself, then I care.
I think that’s really beautiful.
That is actually good news. Means that people more likely to be “normies” are adopting an alternative solution.
I can confirm I’m a newer user (not a normie) to Nextcloud and I don’t know or really care what it uses because it works so I haven’t had to learn what it is or how to debug it.
I don’t think it matters
You could deploy a container and not know what DB is used
I also have no idea if my place has PVC or galvanized steel plumbing; or its designed electrical load. Why should users care about the DBMS.
I found this way funnier then I think you meant it… PVC wasn’t persistent volume claim was it?
Unless he installed kubernetes pipes, no.
If you need to fix something, you should know what it is.
Honestly I’m more concerned about those willingly using sqlite.
Unless it has changed a lot over the years, I remember it being orders of magnitude better with MariaDB than sqlite.
SQLite is fine for small amounts of data and very few users. The bottleneck with Nextcloud is almost never the database.
SQLite has made huge performance improvements in the last like 3-5 years.
I wouldn’t spin up an enterprise NextCloud with it but for a home NAS serving up to maybe a dozen people it’s more than enough.
Maybe it’s that. I haven’t truly used it in 7-8 years… Both next cloud and airflow were horrible with sqlite back then, even for single user small instances.
Will have to try again
I’ve made a choice a while ago while deploying Nextcloud. Now I don’t care, as I trust myself that I have opted for something reasonable which was hopefully not SQLite
why the hate for SQLite?
SQLite is awesome, but of course not for every project.
