I installed ownCloud 5 on a "dedicated server" (a colocated Raspberry Pi running Raspbian) earlier today and I've just upgraded it to ownCloud version 6. It seems to work reasonably well after certain adjustments to the server's configuration.
If you're running ownCloud with nginx and php5-fpm on a low-performance host (not necessarily a Raspberry Pi but perhaps a cheap VPS) and keep getting "gateway timeout" errors when the desktop client uploads large files despite the relevant adjustments to php.ini [1] try to set
fastcgi_read_timeout 600;
for ownCloud's php files' location in the nginx site configuration file (e.g., /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default). That resolved the problem for me. The timeout errors notwithstanding, the files that I tried (up to approx. 600 MB in size each) still got uploaded to the server and their checksums matched when redownloaded.
Overall, it seems quite usable with the client; however, the web UI is painfully slow much of the time when hosted on the Pi.
Has anyone here used ownCloud "in production", which is to say, as a full-time replacement for Dropbox? Have you had any hiccups with synchronization?
While I haven't looked at the source, it is indeed a shame that they're not using a mature, battle-proven framework. With frameworks we have today, why would you roll your own, especially for a project like OwnCloud?
That is correct. In case you're wondering, I signed up for it when I saw this story on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5946940. The service is nice and stable, with an Internet connection seemingly as fast as the Pi can handle. However, I had to wait quite a long time (~4 months) for my Pi to come online and due to overwhelming demand they're no longer offering it for free.
If you're running ownCloud with nginx and php5-fpm on a low-performance host (not necessarily a Raspberry Pi but perhaps a cheap VPS) and keep getting "gateway timeout" errors when the desktop client uploads large files despite the relevant adjustments to php.ini [1] try to set
for ownCloud's php files' location in the nginx site configuration file (e.g., /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default). That resolved the problem for me. The timeout errors notwithstanding, the files that I tried (up to approx. 600 MB in size each) still got uploaded to the server and their checksums matched when redownloaded.Overall, it seems quite usable with the client; however, the web UI is painfully slow much of the time when hosted on the Pi.
Has anyone here used ownCloud "in production", which is to say, as a full-time replacement for Dropbox? Have you had any hiccups with synchronization?
[1] See, e.g., the first post at http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=9440.