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If you could start from scratch what would you do differently? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by nosliw_rm@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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One thing i've learned over the years is the way I did something when I was learning is usually not the best way of doing it, and I later go back and redo everything now that I have gained experience and knowledge. I have decided to ditch google photos, and was lucky enough to snag a free rackmount 2017 server from work with an i7 installed and 2 6tb drives on the way. But now comes the hard part of deciding what software I am going to end up learning on and hopefully living with. First and foremost I want a photo backup service, and I have debated between immich and xpenology, I also know that I want to run Pihole and would really like to self host my own website documenting my projects, even if no one will ever look at it.

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If you had to start from the beginning, which OS, which container manager and which containers would you build. I would love the recommendations from those who walked so that I can run

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[–] Heas_Heartfire@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got a 4TB drive thinking it would be plenty for plex. Oh boi was I wrong. Specially when shows started to come in.

A 12TB drive is on the way and I'll leave the 4TB one for immich and nextcloud alone.

I don't have any issues with ubuntu server and I like portainer so I don't think I'd set things up differently. I should organize and backup the docker compose files though.

[–] Tharunx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you use immich or nextcloud memories(nextcloud app) for backing up your main photo library?

[–] Heas_Heartfire@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I use immich for that. Haven't tried nextcloud memories but I have no need to do so for now.