Hey everyone. I really want to replace Google photos with some sort of self-hosted solution. However, I am getting overwhelmed.
The first thing that came up when I did a little bit of research is buying a NAS. However, I just noticed these devices are so expensive with really weak specs. Feel like I am getting ripped off. Also, I heard that it can be slow? Is that true?
Anyway, I was told it is better to just buy a Resperry pi. However, these things are expensive for the specs. Would a used Intel NUC be better? Can you use any mini pc for that?
I have seen some crazy powerful (compared to the pi) cheap used Ryzen mini PCs, can those be turned into servers?
I’d go for a x86 based setup for the greatest flexibility (opposed to an ARM SOC). Nothing too old so that it supports VT-d(VT-x)/IOMMU ect. Then you can just throw something like UmbrelOS on it and spin up a nextcloud/photoprism app. Make sure to store your data redundant, e.g. with a simple RAID1 mirror handled by the mainboard RAID controller.