You don’t have unlimited storage though.

Google will patch your exploit eventually and you could lose all your data.

Cool so you don’t have unlimited storage and might lose everything if Google decides to patch the exploit you’re using.

How?

Google Photos isn’t free. You are the product.

Also it’s literally not free, it’s cheaper to host Immich than it is to pay for storage indefinitely

I think you can select all folders, I recommend taking the path I did. Run Immich in parallel with Google-Photos for a few months and see if you like it.

I did so an synced my camera roll from my phone (~6000 photos) and it works great. I also added some family members etc. and they also like it.

Now in the process of moving everything over.

It would be great if there was kind of cleanup plugin for Immich.

Like Tinder for pics you want to keep or dump. I could spend 10min every day in the train to swipe left or right on pics I want to keep or remove.

Is it much easier than TrueNAS?

I went with TrueNAS because it’s open-source, and it’s been smooth sailing.

(I just use it as a NAS, nothing more)

Thanks!!

All the details you need are here: https://www.darkrym.com/posts/2025/05/my-rack-setup-2020-extrusion-diy-mini-rack/

I essentially copied this, but with different corner connections and made mine 28cm deep

I used 2020 Type B yes.

I’m more than happy to share. If others didn’t share I wouldn’t have been able to do my hobby.

So basically I just kinda copied this:
https://www.darkrym.com/posts/2025/05/my-rack-setup-2020-extrusion-diy-mini-rack/

The biggest difference is I used different corners, and I made mine a bit deeper (28cm total, so that it would fit a 30cm 3D printer bed)

Right now the back is literally empty, I’m planning on moving all the power cords there soon.

The HDDs are plugged into the ODROID H4+ (the thing that looks like a PSU)

Check my linked post and you’ll see what I’m talking about

Ooof that is rough!!

If you can make your own like I did I would highly recommend it.

If you have the Alu tubing cut and threaded for you most of the work is done

The thing that looks like a PSU is actually a ODROID H4+ it has 4 SATA and power connectors, so I just power it from that.

It’s all in excruciating detail here: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4-plus/

You can also have a look at my old post: https://piefed.social/post/1002037 that might give you a better idea.

So I have the UniFi Express 7 and a 2.5Gbps 8 port managed switch to go along with it. It’s overkill for my current needs but it allows me to expand on it a lot if I like.

It’s potentially cheaper to just buy a RackMate, or 3D print a 10" rack, but where’s the fun in that.

They are connected to the ODROID H4+ mini PC above with SATA

Thanks yea that’s the plan I’ll add those to the side and something on top later on.

Either that or I’ll 3D print a honeycomb mesh

Jip everything is running in proxmox, except Home-Assistant I moved that to bare metal

I’m pretty sure I can stand on it without issues, if I add some corner plates it would be even stronger.

But when in doubt you can always go for 3030 or 4040 which would be really strong, you can probably park a motorcycle on those

Thanks I love the jank, one day it’s going to be all neat and tidy and I’m going to miss the mess that it used to be, it adds character.

Here’s some things for scale (AA Battery)

Rossmann has no chill, I love it.

We need more of this