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Finally moved family off Google Photos to Immich on a closet Optiplex 7040 — almost lost a month of kid photos in January (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

For backups, I have my usual local copy, but I also have technologically befuddled parents who I "help" with a server running Pi-hole (and other security), their local backups, and we each host remote backups of each other's servers. Works pretty well for us.

As for heat, I mostly use low power equipment, but moved some docker containers to a more powerful server that only warms up when accessed.

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  • [+] [S] -24 points 2 months ago

    That's a brilliant setup — mutual offsite backup with parents. I love that you help them with Pi-hole + security and get offsite in return, everyone wins. Way better than my lonely USB in the same closet. For heat your split is smart too — low power always-on for photos and heavy stuff only spins up when accessed. I might steal the parents idea, my mom has fiber and would benefit from Pi-hole anyway. Thanks for sharing!

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