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What's happening on your servers? Any interesting news things you tried?

I didn't do anyone other than updating Mastodon (native deployment) lately due to a lack of time. Reading so much about Immich caused me to consider trying it in parallel to Nextcloud but I'm not sure if I want to have everything twice.

Not quite homelab, but I'm about to install Linux Mint on my mom's laptop and that had me thinking about creating an off-site backup in her place again since she has a fiber connection. I'm still not sure about the potential design though, but currently my only backup is in the same rack as the live stuff.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've had immich but went to homegalley instead. Mostly because I want to keep MY directory structure in case I'm abandoning the choosen platform. Have not regretted my choice (so far ... 8 months)

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

I've been using Immich, but with my photos as external media. That lets me keep my directory structure too, but with the Immich features 🙂

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can adjust the directory structure in immich using templates

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've not been able to make it work reliably with photos backed up using immich on my android phone, is if working for you? I read somewhere storage templates are not very robust/reliable.

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems to be working fine for me but i don't do anything complex, just folders by year and month

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Same, using the default storage template.