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Immich and storage location
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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If you run immich with docker, you can choose any drive/folder for your photos by mounting it at the right location inside the docker container.
However, I would strongly suggest that you also use some other kind of backup beside rest. I personally like restic combined with Backblaze B2, but there are many other good solutions for this.
Yeah the only thing I'll need to backup will just be the photos. This machine is just gonna run Ubuntu server so I can try out a bunch of other self hostable services for fun. I'll take a look into Borg though! Always appreciate any suggestions.
I just googled restic, so does it just create a single encrypted backup file you can upload to backblaze b2 cloud storage? I will definitely look into that.
For now, immich is just another safety net. I've got my photos backed up to iCloud photos as well as Google Photos. It's not a price or privacy thing so much as a just in case Google or Apple decides to shut down my account for whatever reason.
I may skip running two hdd's in raid 1 though if restic and b2 can restore all my files if the drive fails. Have you done this before? Is it difficult to restore to a backup?
Restic does nit create a single backup file. You can either pack the repository in an archive or use restic do directly backup to b2. If i recall correctly b2 is supported by restic directly.
And just to stress that point: backup > redundancy