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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?
I use the prebuilt Hetzner one and have no idea either.
Yeah. I have used that. And I'm sure most with personal instances that just pressed the "Install NextCloud" button have no clue, including me.
MariaDB, only know that because I tried to install ampache (got it to work, hated it).
The more shocking is that one guy who KNOWS it's sqlite, but ain't afraid to admit it!
Where's the MySQL option? Some of my servers are running MySQL instead of MariaDB because it allowed binding to multiple IP addresses (although I think Maria has implemented this now), and some query plan optimizations were implemented in MySQL but not MariaDB.
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
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 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