I've been tinkering with a setup at home for replacing Google Photos. I few months ago I felt comfortable ditching it now with my TrueNAS and Immich setup.
My first machine was a FreeNAS (before TrueNAS lol) box I had bought several years ago which came pre-built and installed with FreeNAS. Suffice to say, it was easy to get started and I configured it to my liking at the time. But it was slow.
I built a more performant NAS (with better specs) after that using an old computer I had lying around. It is what allowed me to stop using Google Photos and go full self-hosted! I've since started a shop where I take refurbished computers, upgrade and optimize them for storing pictures and videos and sell them.
If you're interested, please check it out at https://adevbox.com/
I'd also be curious to hear about your photo/video serving and backup solutions. I'm using Tailscale to access my Immich instance when I'm not home. Accessing my media from outside my home was a blocker for getting rid of Gphotos.
I've been tinkering with a setup at home for replacing Google Photos. I few months ago I felt comfortable ditching it now with my TrueNAS and Immich setup.
My first machine was a FreeNAS (before TrueNAS lol) box I had bought several years ago which came pre-built and installed with FreeNAS. Suffice to say, it was easy to get started and I configured it to my liking at the time. But it was slow.
I built a more performant NAS (with better specs) after that using an old computer I had lying around. It is what allowed me to stop using Google Photos and go full self-hosted! I've since started a shop where I take refurbished computers, upgrade and optimize them for storing pictures and videos and sell them.
If you're interested, please check it out at https://adevbox.com/
I'd also be curious to hear about your photo/video serving and backup solutions. I'm using Tailscale to access my Immich instance when I'm not home. Accessing my media from outside my home was a blocker for getting rid of Gphotos.