In this workshop we will cover the lessons learned and technical practicalities involved in setting up and operating Nextcloud to offer a shared storage service at an institutional level based on what we have learned in the IRLDAT project.

Participants are welcome to bring their own laptop and if they have access to their own NextCloud instance they can apply the learnings during the workshop.

We will go into the details of how different installations can work together in a distributed/federated fashion.

We will cover our experience using NextCloud with AWS and lessons learned tuning the setup to handle larger file syncs from desktop clients. This section will also cover upgrade guidelines for NextCloud systems relevant to both on-premise and cloud deployments.

We will cover storage options for Nextcloud and the advantages/implications of various options.