Most of the threads I’ve found on other sites (both Reddit and the Synology forums) have basically said “go with Docker”. But what do you actually gain from this?
People suggest it’s more up-to-date, and maybe for some packages that’s true? But for Nextcloud specifically it looks pretty good. 32.0.3 came out 1 day ago and isn’t yet supported, but the version immediately preceding that, from 3 weeks ago, is.
I’ve never done Nextcloud before, but I would assume installing it via the Package Center would be way easier to install and to keep up-to-date than Docker. So what’s the reason everyone recommends Docker? Is it easier to extend?
Maybe things have improved but some years ago I was using Synology servers at work. VMs, HA, etc. They are nice at the beginning but after some time, unfortunately, the truth is that it’s just another locked down box where whether you can tweak a thing depends if it was made possible by Synology. And while I’m not some kind of NextCloud master, I can see how it could require some tinkering from time to time. For sure it’s better to “just do it” and migrate if it’s not enough instead of not getting into the thing at all. But if I were on your spot I’d either go with something less humongous on Synology or NextCloud on docker