Case Study: Technische Universität Berlin reduces database load and boosts collaboration with Nextcloud

Technische Universität - Customer Case Study

The Technische Universität Berlin, a large university, faced the challenge of scaling its self-hosted cloud storage service, tubCloud, as user numbers grew dramatically. The existing infrastructure, running on ownCloud 9.1, was under significant strain from high database load, which was limiting performance and future growth. They sought a new vendor and chose to partner with Nextcloud to migrate their service and prepare it for new collaborative goals.

Nextcloud provided its on-premise file sync and share solution, enabling a successful migration from both the software and the underlying web server architecture. The result was a dramatically more efficient system, with database peak load decreasing by over 38% and off-peak load dropping by nearly 50%. This performance boost provided a faster, snappier experience for users and gave the university confidence in its ability to scale the service without immediate new hardware investments.

Technische Universität Berlin

Thomas Hildmann

Technische Universität Berlin