Re:RIP iCloud, Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale
by ValentineC on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @05:49AM
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I'm using a DIY Synology fork(?) called Xpenology. There's a small risk things stop booting between minor versions, but otherwise it works as well as a real box.
> I'm not sure I trust the synologys if I can't pull the drives and read them elsewhere when things go wrong.
Synology drives are easily mountable using mdadm + lvm.
Re:RIP iCloud, Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale
by wiredfool on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:08AM
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Thanks for that. Is there there any sort of wizzy photo management in Xpenology?
Re:RIP iCloud, Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale
by ValentineC on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @09:12AM
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Some Synology users seem to like their Moments app a lot: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/moments
Re:RIP iCloud, Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale
by mceachen on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:52PM
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You're welcome to try PhotoStructure! Free during the beta in exchange for your feedback. https://photostructure.com/
I'm on the fence between something diy like freenas, or more packaged like a synology. It's got to work for people on macs with small ssds who aren't interested in command lines, writing apps, or other techie level stuff. They just want to be able to find photos in a 20 year archive.
I don't know if photos will work with a library mounted on the remote drive, time machine has always been a bit touchy on the old machine over wifi. On the other hand, I'm not sure I trust the synologys if I can't pull the drives and read them elsewhere when things go wrong.