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?

  • SparroHawc@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1833·
    3 days ago

    If you’re running it in a prebuilt container, as long as it works it shouldn’t matter and you don’t need to care.

    Of course, when your database gets corrupted after Nextcloud updates because you had an app running that isn’t supported in the new version, it will suddenly matter a lot.

    • Pechente@feddit.orgEnglish
      57·
      3 days ago

      I‘m using a hosted Nextcloud instance from Hetzner and I have no idea what this is running on either. There’s a significant number of people who didn’t set up their Nextcloud instance, so people not knowing what it’s running on isn’t too surprising.

    • med@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      And if you don’t know what database you’re running, how are you backing it up?

      If you don’t know what database you’re running, are you bothering to do a full shutdown before backups? Are you doing backups at all…

    • troed@fedia.io
      41·
      3 days ago

      Will Nextcloud run apps not marked as compatible with that version?