Seafile hosting on unmetered bare-metal.
Self-hosted file sync built for speed and privacy — block-level dedup for fast sync of millions of files, client-side encrypted libraries, and unmetered bandwidth so sharing never costs egress. NVMe app node, Storage Vault backend, your jurisdiction.
Why Seafile wants fast disk and open bandwidth.
Seafile splits files into deduplicated blocks — brilliant for syncing millions of small files, but it leans hard on random disk I/O and the database. Enterprise NVMe keeps sync and search instant even at scale.
Team sync, shared libraries and public download links move real traffic. Here the port is unmetered — share a 50 GB dataset publicly or sync a whole team's laptops for a flat monthly price.
Seafile's client-side encrypted libraries mean the server only ever stores ciphertext. Run it on a single-tenant box in the jurisdiction you choose and hold the keys yourself.
Point Seafile's storage backend at a Storage Vault over S3 and the library grows into hundreds of terabytes while the app node stays fast on NVMe.
Sized for Seafile.
Starter / Production / High-load — with capacity in the metrics that matter for this app.
- CPU4 vCore
- RAM16 GB
- Storage500 GB NVMe
- Port1 Gbit/s
- Trafficunmetered
- CPU8 vCore
- RAM32 GB
- Storage2 TB NVMe
- Port10 Gbit/s
- Trafficunmetered
- CPUDedicated EPYC
- RAM64 GB
- StorageNVMe + Storage Vault backend
- Port25 Gbit/s
- Trafficunmetered
On by default.
Seafile Server (Community or Pro) with MariaDB, Memcached and nginx behind HTTPS — configured to run well, not a raw box.
Encrypted libraries so the server stores only ciphertext. Desktop, mobile and web clients handle the keys on your side.
1–25 Gbit/s at flat pricing — sync and share without a per-GB egress fee.
Wire object storage as Seafile's backend and scale the library into hundreds of terabytes.
Nightly database + data snapshots retained 7–30 days, with one-command restore.
1.6 Tbit/s of always-on scrubbing keeps your share links up under attack.
Seafile hosting — fast, encrypted self-hosted file sync
Seafile is a self-hosted file sync-and-share platform known for two things: raw speed and privacy. It stores files as deduplicated blocks, which makes syncing large numbers of files noticeably faster than folder-based tools, and it offers client-side encrypted libraries where the server never sees your plaintext. Both of those strengths depend on the hardware underneath — fast disk for the block store and database, and open bandwidth once clients start syncing.
Hostfory runs Seafile on enterprise NVMe so the block store, MariaDB and Memcached never wait on a slow disk, and every port is unmetered — team sync, shared libraries and public links don't rack up a per-gigabyte egress bill the way a hyperscaler would. When the library outgrows local disk, point Seafile's backend at a Storage Vault over S3 and it scales into hundreds of terabytes while the app node stays snappy.
It runs on a single-tenant server in the location you choose — Amsterdam or Warsaw for EU-resident GDPR hosting, Kyiv for a non-EU jurisdiction, Miami for the Americas — with your encryption keys and nobody scanning your files. Servers provision in a few hours with Seafile installed, tuned and secured behind HTTPS.
Pair it up.
Seafile questions, answered.
How is Seafile different from Nextcloud?
Are files really end-to-end encrypted?
Is the bandwidth unmetered?
How much storage and how many users?
Can I use your storage servers as the backend?
Community or Pro edition?
Where is my data, and is it GDPR-friendly?
Can I migrate from Dropbox or Nextcloud?
Pairs with the rest of the fleet.
Deploy Seafile today.
In-stock configs provision in 1–3 hours. Migration from another host is on us.