External Storage Support #11772
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I now have a home server with nextcloud running on it. I have several TBs of files in a ZFS pool and I get them mounted as "external storage" in nextcloud so that I sync them to my PC as virtual files and edit when needed. Nextcloud has got many weird bugs in both server side and client side (and I lost a few files due to some of those bugs) and its performance is not very well, so I want to migrate to oCIS. However there is no similar function in the oCIS and I'm very frustrated.
Describe the solution you'd like
Offer an "external storage"-like feature.
Describe alternatives you've considered
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Additional context
I've read about the PosixFS but it needs a "clean" directory and does not accept existing files. Those files have already taken up to 70% of my pool space, so it is hard to migrate safely. Meanwhile, I want these files to be accessible for other services on the server. For example, I can export photos from my camera and drop it into a specified folder on my PC, then nextcloud will sync it to the server and Immich, a self-hosted gallery service, can find the photo and display it neatly in my Immich timeline, and I can view, download or share the photo on my cell phone or on other devices. I understand that oCIS wants to deprecate databases to improve the performance of the server, but I believe that there are many people who want to use oCIS as a file "portal" and do not want to see their files stored in blobs. Maybe we can develop a plugin that supports the legacy "external storage" for those who in need?