Nextcloud Turnkey Appliance

Enterprise-Ready Private Cloud Collaboration

Overview

Nextcloud is the leading open-source platform for secure file sharing, real-time collaboration, and digital workspace management—trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.


The Holstein Nextcloud Turnkey Appliance delivers this power as a fully integrated, ready-to-deploy hardware + software solution. Each system arrives preinstalled, optimized, and tested, with 1 year of free hardware support and infinite upgrade scalability.

Key Value Propositions

Enterprise-Grade Reliability

Preinstalled, performance-tuned
Nextcloud on certified hardware

1 Year Hardware &
Software Support

Direct from Holstein, with
optional escalation available

Infinite Scalability

Seamlessly add CPU, RAM, storage, or cluster nodes

Security & Compliance

GDPR, HIPAA compliant with
on-premises data control

Integrated Office Suite

Collabora Online or OnlyOffice preconfigured

Zero-Touch Deployment

Shipped fully tested—just rack, connect, and power on

Advanced Integrations

LDAP/AD, SSO, HA clustering, and more

Recommended Hardware Sizing

User Tier
CPU (Cores)
RAM (GB)
Storage (RAID)
Network

Small Business

4

16

1 TB SSD RAID1

2 x 1Gb

Small Medium

8

32

2 TB SSD RAID1

2 x 1GbE

Standard Medium

12

64

4 TB SSD RAID10

2 x 10GbE

Larger Medium

16-24

128

8 TB SSD RAID10

2 x 10GbE

Sizing based on Nextcloud offical documentation and community best practices

Collabora Online or OnlyOffice

For 100 concurrent document editors, allocate at least 4 CPU cores and 8 GB RAM to the document server container.

Nextcloud Talk (Video/Audio)

Each active HD video call user requires ~1.2 Mbps bandwidth; for 50 users, plan for at least 100 Mbps uplink.

Database

For more than 200 users, a dedicated PostgreSQL or MariaDB instance is recommended for optimal performance.

Caching

Redis and APCu are enabled by default for optimal performance and reduced database load.

Storage

SSDs are strongly recommended for all tiers. RAID10 configuration is recommended for deployments with more than 100 users.

Core Features

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud platform offering secure file sync and share with end-to-end encryption and granular access controls

Secure File Sync & Share

End-to-end encrypted with granular
access controls

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud appliance with integrated document editing, team chat, and secure video conferencing for real-time collaboration

Real-Time Collaboration

Integrated document editing, chat,
and video conferencing

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud platform offering seamless file access and synchronization across mobile, desktop, and web clients

Mobile & Desktop Clients

Seamless access across all platforms

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud appliance featuring full-text search powered by Elasticsearch for fast, intelligent file discovery

Advanced Search

Full-text search with ElasticSearch backend

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud appliance with hardware health monitoring and custom-branded interface for enterprise environments

Holstein Value Add

Hardware health monitoring and
custom branding

Holstein IT Solutions – UK and Ireland Nextcloud solution with audit-ready logging and compliance features for GDPR and enterprise regulatory standards

Compliance & Auditing

Audit-ready logging for
regulatory requirements

Our Deployment & Support Workflow

A proven 5-step process ensuring seamless deployment and ongoing success of your Proxmox infrastructure

Consultation & Sizing

Holstein engineers assess your requirements

Preinstallation & Testing

Assembled, installed, configured, and stress-tested

Delivery & Onboarding

Shipped ready-to-rack with onboarding support

Ongoing Support

1 year free hardware support included

Infinite Upgradability

Expand at any time—no vendor lock-in

Integrations & Scalability

Optional add-ons to enhance your deployment

Document Editing

Collabora Online or OnlyOffice

Directory Services

LDAP/Active Directory integration

Single Sign-On

SAML, OAuth2 authentication

High Availability

Multi-node clustering & load balancing

Custom Integrations

API access for third-party apps

Ready to Modernize Your Collaboration?

Contact Holstein to request a quote, discuss
custom sizing, or schedule a technical consultation.