I have recently repurposed and old Hp Stream to a home server and successfully run Immich. I really like it and even a small 500GB disk is way more than the 15GB Google offers.

My issue though is about backup. I would only be comfortable if all the data is backed up in an off-site server (cloud). But the back up storage will probably cost as much as paying for a service like ente or similar, directly replacing Google photo.

What am I missing? Where do you store your backup?

  • supes@lemmy.csupes.pageEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use backblaze on my synology. I backup photos automatically to it with their built in app on my phone, then every night I run encryped backups. I also could setup an encrypted backup to go to my parent’s synology.

    My backup is about 900gb and costs <$5/mo. That is my music, pictures, movies, and TV shows. Obviously that will increase, but well worth the nominal coat to have that much backup encrypted and in the cloud.

      • supes@lemmy.csupes.pageEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I do. And since I’ve been slowly taking back control over all my online stuff as much as I can, I’m very happy with it. It gives me peace of mind it’s secure and I am super unlikely to just lose it.