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Is NextCloud worth it for a company? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I selfhosted my Nextcloud and really enjoyed it for personal use. One of my friends took a look into it and thought that it could be a good thing for his company that employees +200 people and growing... They are currently using Google Workspace but want to ditch it completely in favor of something that they can control themselves. So here's my question, is it worth to use NextCloud on a company of this size, is there a better alternative? Or should they just keep using Megacorporation's cloud solutions? If it is worth it, how much should I charge them for hosting it and doing the implementation and support?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

useful thing to remember about these systems: you fuck up and it’s a high likelihood literally nobody at the company can do any work because all their files are inaccessible

that’s like… $10000/hr in lost man hours alone, let alone reputation from not being able to respond to customers accurately, possibly missed SLAs or other contract obligations

unless your company is all about tech, it’s highly unlikely your IT team has the skills necessary to take on that level of responsibility

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I once did an internship at a small (think 10 people) company that was selfhosting all their stuff. I was asked to fiddle with the services and (of course) caused a downtime of a few hours. Boy were they pissed. Now, when I think back, I can't believe they were selfhosting that shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can't believe they gave an intern that much power, no disrespect.

Interns are there to learn and gradually be trusted. Not given the wheel and a "go get em sport" pat on the back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Self hosting is fine, assuming you have sane policies in place. Policies like “don’t play in prod” and “don’t let the intern touch prod.” 🤪