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What should I use if I just want dumb file storage that is accesible from any device (linux/windows/android) remotely? I'm already self hosting a media server if that matters
If you don't need a web GUI, just WebDAV is a good protocol, nginx can serve files over it. SFTP is good too.
Here's a tutorial for WebDAV / Docker, it boils down to one command. No databases, performance issues, security nightmares.
https://sfuhrm.de/building-your-own-secure-webdav-server-with-docker/
"The image is only around 5.3 MB in size and the container takes around 10 MB of memory."
This looks nice, thank you