Self-Hosted 110: Google Photos Replacement
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Nov 17, 2023 
The man behind the Google Photos killer and the Google Photos replacement developer discuss Immich, a self-hosted backup solution for photos and videos. They also cover topics like CPU and motherboard options, power consumption, open source sustainability, consolidating services, storage solutions, reliability of used computer components, listener feedback, and 3D printing a rack mount.
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Buy Big Drives And Mirror, Then Upgrade
- Buy the largest drives your budget allows and mirror them in ZFS to simplify expansion.
- Replace smaller mirror partners over time by dollar-cost averaging and swapping drives as deals appear.
HL15 Review: Great Hardware, Rough Image
- Alex reviewed a 45HomeLab HL15 unit and praised its build quality but criticized Rocky Linux image and documentation hiccups.
- He found IPMI credentials hard to locate and saw leftover browser history on the prebuilt image.
Server Hardware Tradeoffs: Power And Encoding
- Server-class hardware brings higher idle power (23W BMC, ~120W running) and louder fans compared to consumer SFF PCs.
- Choose CPUs with Quick Sync if you want efficient media transcoding on a home server.