Small Team Cuts Server RAM from 4GB to 1.6GB by Ditching Nextcloud for Cloudreve
A 24-person company migrated its 100GB internal knowledge base from Nextcloud to Cloudreve v4, pairing it with the fileview service for document previews, running both as Docker containers on a single server. Nextcloud's PHP-based architecture and bundled OnlyOffice server were consuming over 4GB of RAM, while the team only needed basic file browsing, online preview, and video streaming. Cloudreve, a Go-based single binary, reduced the core process footprint to around 170MB, bringing total RAM usage down to approximately 1.6GB. Before migrating the 100GB dataset, the team ran a reconnaissance pass and discovered that 28GB consisted of trash and version history that did not need to be transferred. The exercise also revealed that most user accounts held only Nextcloud's default sample files and had never been actively used, significantly simplifying the migration scope.
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