Where do the backup photos go?
Hello! I have setup immich on truenas scale, pointed the external to a dataset and everything works fine, however, if i take a picture and immich backs it up, does it store it in the same location? I have a SMB share on that dataset but the new picture aren't there. Where does immich store those pictures?
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.wherever you defined library/UPLOAD_LOCATION to be
it goes to
UPLOAD_LOCATION/upload or UPLOAD_LOCATION/library if you have storage template enabledwhere do i find that value out? I checked the folder that i have pointed to external library and i didn't see anything thats' why i was confused
if i go to /mnt/storage/photos/chinmay i see no
/upload or /library
hm i guess /mnt/.ix-apps/app_mounts/immich/library?
prob hidden in the app installation
hm nothing in that folder
seems like it's in it's own format, is it possible to keep the upload image as in? I'm copying this data downstream into backblaze and want to keep the image viewableImmich stores all images in the unedited form, as jpeg etc
i found the folder but it seems like it's stored in random folders
since i have two users, i see the uuid per user
but it's all in folders...
are there any performance implication for storing it in a specific way?
Random folders are default, it's because too many items in 1 folder will slow down your system
kk. sorry getting back to this late. apologies, but i gave this a try, set the storage template, the migration says it's running and finishes but the folder structure doesn't change
i've ran it multiple times
any logs?
seems like it's skipping it
some do finish though
well it seems that the files in question have no time/date info
so it does not know where to put them
strange.. they definitely do have that info. immich loads fine with the dates
let me see
I mean immich is not going to delete the folders you are looking at
perhaps you are not understanding where to look. the storage template files will be in library/
hm that might be. let me double check the mount binds
if it can't find the exif data, does it migrate or keep it where it is?
or create a random "failed" folder and put it in that?
nvm figured it out
truenas bindings were wonky.. i'll update some readme for whoever installs it next
thanks for the help!