Immich + a backup solution of your choice. If it’s worth saving, it’s worth backing up. Try to follow 321 as much as possible, but having at least a second copy is a good start.
I’m surprised I had to go this far to find immich. I 100% recommend it, and yes it’s selfhosting if you run it yourself. Still selfhosted even if you use a VPS as long as you control and administer it.
For hardware, I actually recommend against raspberry pis these days. You can get a cheap mini PC that’s much more performant and better supported for the same price as a pi plus the accessories (SD card, case, power supply, etc). Use Debian or Ubuntu as host and follow the guide on the github for installation.
For me, it was initially a jumping off point because I was more comfortable with GUIs. Now it’s a matter of convenience. I’m much better than I was with CLI, docker, etc, but I find unraid makes management easier. Proprietary doesn’t necessarily equal bad. Since it’s built on top of open source, you can pivot if they start pulling stupid shit.
I have this exact configuration for my home and it works great. Door/window/indoor motion sensors trigger an alarm. Frigate cameras outside ping me if the alarm is active but don’t trigger it outright. I also have a panic button to trigger it. I also have it tell me what triggered the alarm and have a list of the latest events. Lastly, make sure you setup an automation to let you know when batteries die. Typically happens after a couple years.
Especially if you stripe the data across multiple drives too
Of course, my alternate reality is where Nintendo are the good guys.
Can you imagine if Nintendo bankrolled Luigi through his trials just to hire him for his name?
+1 for frigate in a docker container. You can run it on a pi. If you want object/person detection (which helps a lot in alerting/notfiying), then a coral usb accelerator is also a good add on to the pi. Lastly tailscale for remote management. Camera wise I prefer amcrest, but reolink are also good. Wifi can be finicky, but will work as long as you have signal. You will still likely need a power source since battery cameras don’t last long at all.
Prepare yourself. The dark descent is coming
I’m playing both sides, so I always come out on top!
Crowdstrike: push that update and let’s go home
+1 for unraid. Nice OS that let’s me easily do what I want
I never wonder, is “X” is on jellyfin? Yes, good. No, give me 5.
Never heard of a flash drive? All they provide is the initiation. Mom does all the work
When a mommy computer and a daddy computer love each other very much…
Any chance a dynamic DNS provider would work?
Been thinking about this for a while. What’s the lift to switch to headscale? Do I need a VPS for external clients? Would a separate site work, such as a family member’s house? Any other snags to worry about?
Funny you mention it. This is exactly what I do. Don’t use the relay servers for syncthing, just my tailnet for device to device networking.
My most critical data is only ~2-3TB, including backups of all my documents and family photos, so I have a 4TB ssd attached which the pi also boots from. I have ~40TB of other Linux isos that have 2-drive redundancy, but no backups. If I lose those, i can always redownload.
I run unraid for my main servers (mostly out of convenience/ease), and pop-os for everything else. I treat my laptop as my beta tester for my desktop which is stable, but both use the same underlying os. Who has the time to troubleshoot more than one?