I am trying to finally move from entirely depending on Google Photos to a proper backup strategy. I have my photos and videos downloaded from Google which are a mess right now but as long they’re with me I am fine, at least for now.

So, what I have planned is 3 way backup with Mega Drive-Google Photos- Local storage. Local storage, I will start off with storing on a pendrive and my router has a usb port so will make use of it for time being.

I know my way of doing things is noobish for a piracy community (and in general too, I am kinda embarrassed as well sharing this “strategy” of mine). Hence I’m asking for suggestions to improve my strategy. Yeah, in the future I will move to HDDs and NAS but for time being I am starting out this way.

So how do you manage your personal media? Are there any noob-friendly tools/techniques you know which drastically improve my strategy?

  • sonovebitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I went the lazy route and bought a ready to use (4 bay) Synology NAS. Yes it it proprietary and expensive, but the tools just work out of the box and are easy to maintain.

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Immich is a selfhosted photo management server with a user interface that’s similar to google photos. Also has mobile apps.
    Their motto is “privacy should not be a luxury”.

    I was planning for long to try it out because it looks very promising, but I was waiting for… I don’t know what? Fuck it I’m installing it today.

  • Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    At first I simply used Syncthing to sync the directories where the pictures from my phone are stored in a directory on a HDD on my PC, but then I got tired up with the constant problems and started using ente.io, although you can also use Filen.io (although the photos are not uploaded automatically, you must enter the app) or some instance of Nextcloud, although Ente is the best option.

  • eek2121@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. Also, open source software such as shotwell, digikam, Piwigo, etc.

    Onedrive for cloud storage.