I am trying to finally move from entirely depending on Google Photos to a proper backup strategy. I have my photos and videos downloaded from Google which are a mess right now but as long they’re with me I am fine, at least for now.

So, what I have planned is 3 way backup with Mega Drive-Google Photos- Local storage. Local storage, I will start off with storing on a pendrive and my router has a usb port so will make use of it for time being.

I know my way of doing things is noobish for a piracy community (and in general too, I am kinda embarrassed as well sharing this “strategy” of mine). Hence I’m asking for suggestions to improve my strategy. Yeah, in the future I will move to HDDs and NAS but for time being I am starting out this way.

So how do you manage your personal media? Are there any noob-friendly tools/techniques you know which drastically improve my strategy?

  •  ReversalHatchery   ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English
    9•7 months ago

    Immich is a selfhosted photo management server with a user interface that’s similar to google photos. Also has mobile apps.
    Their motto is “privacy should not be a luxury”.

    I was planning for long to try it out because it looks very promising, but I was waiting for… I don’t know what? Fuck it I’m installing it today.

    •  Kissaki   ( @Kissaki@feddit.de ) English
      9•7 months ago
      • ⚠️ Expect bugs and breaking changes.
      • ⚠️ Do not use the app as the only way to store your photos and videos.

      Well that’s not very confidence-inducing…

      •  Technikus5   ( @Technikus5@feddit.de ) English
        6•7 months ago

        To be fair though, those warnings are not really representative of the current user experience. I’ve had Immich running for about 6 months by now, and apart from the very frequent updates the only annoyance was when they recently changed their database scheme, and I had to manually add two extensions to my Postgres. Everything else has been rock solid, and has been improving at a massive pace

      •  PracticalParrot   ( @PracticalParrot@discuss.tchncs.de ) English
        2•7 months ago

        Yeah the warnings are there for a reason, it is very new. However, only had to change my docker compose once, and that’s it. Otherwise everything has worked flawlessly.

        The warning serves to make you aware that it is beta software, and to have 3-2-1 backup solution.

      •  ReversalHatchery   ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English
        2•7 months ago

        Have you ever logged in to a linux shell? If so, the below or similar may be familiar:

        Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

        As I see they are just

        • covering their asses legally, in case someone wanted to go to court over losing family pictures
        • making sure that the admin knows that they really really should do backups of the data stored there
        •  Kissaki   ( @Kissaki@feddit.de ) English
          1•7 months ago

          “no warranty” is very different from “expect bugs and breakage”

          It tells me they’re not confident in or trying for stability. Which means I have to expect issues and fix up time requirements. Which I’m not willing to invest regularly.