Immich

My home storage ran on an Orico MetaBox Pro HS500 Pro for a long time. Five bays, 2.5GbE, an Intel Celeron N5105, and internal M.2 slots. For the footprint it’s in, that’s a well-built machine, and none of the hardware has given me a single problem. The software was a different story. It shipped with Weline OS, which is a locked-down Linux behind a panel that doesn’t do what it says on the tin. After a long enough fight with it, I stopped trying to make it work and moved the whole thing to TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition. This is the actual sequence I used, including the parts that went sideways. ...

Introduction When I first bought my NAS, my primary goal was to sync all the photos across my devices and those of my family in one central place without paying for any cloud subscription. The challenge was to find a reliable, privacy-focused photo management solution that could replace Google Photos. That’s when I stumbled upon Immich. Immich has not only met but exceeded my expectations. Here’s a detailed account of my experience with Immich self-hosted on my NAS. ...