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What do you use for photo backups? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm considering setting up a NAS to backup my stuff and replace Google Photos. Currently I'm looking at Asustor AS6704T and Synology DS923+, with the former having more powerful hardware and hardware encoding, and the latter having a better first party software experience.

Some quick comparisons show me that Synology Photos is infinitely better than Asustor Photo Gallery. AI face recognition, content tagging, and reverse Geocoding are features I've gotten used to in Google photos, which Synology has and Asustor doesn't.
I'm also aware of but not really familiar with other photo backup/management solutions, namely Immich, Photoprism, Piwigo, and Lychee. Immich would probably fit me the best, but Piwigo with plugins would support Photosphere photos that I occasionally take with my Pixel.

So I guess I'm asking you guys what your preferred photo backup solution is? I probably should mention that I personally take photos with a Pixel (jpg and MP4 files), but my family uses iPhones (heic and mov files). No RAW photos for now, but for those who do and would edit photos, how would you manage them?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just recently finished setting Immich with weekly encrypted backup to cloud storage. Really pleased with how it works, as it pretty much feels like an exact Google Fotos foss alternative. Only gribe is image search, but I'm sure its just me not using it correctly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your gripe with image search if I may ask?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If I want to search for say location or filename, I have to insert "m:" first. Wiki and the app says its for searching metadata instead of smart search, but anything else just leaves me with a server error. I'm certain its just something I have misconfigured, but still a little annoying that it wouldn't at least fall back to metadata search.