Questions getting started with self hosting Ente Photos
PhotosI've been using Ente's free 10GB plan as my main gallery app for a few months across Android, iPad, Mac, and Linux, but I'd like to self host it for more storage and data ownership. I've done some research into it, but don't have any real experience self hosting, so I have a few questions.
1. Hardware - My main two options would be a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM + 128GB MicroSD for storage or an M1 mac mini with 8GB RAM + 256GB SSD for storage. Not sure how well Macs work for selfhosting or if Ente works at all on Mac, but I'm assuming that would be the better option if it is compatible.
2. Access it from anywhere - My understanding, based on this documentation, is that it's only accessible on the local network, so I would need a simple, reasonably secure way to access it from anywhere.
My plan for backups is to organize into folders based on years/months then locally encrypt them and store them on a local external hard drive, then upload to multiple free Google and/or OneDrive accounts.
For reference, I believe I have >20GB total although they're currently scattered mostly between Ente and Proton Drive, with some overlap, and some on Google Photos.
1. Hardware - My main two options would be a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM + 128GB MicroSD for storage or an M1 mac mini with 8GB RAM + 256GB SSD for storage. Not sure how well Macs work for selfhosting or if Ente works at all on Mac, but I'm assuming that would be the better option if it is compatible.
2. Access it from anywhere - My understanding, based on this documentation, is that it's only accessible on the local network, so I would need a simple, reasonably secure way to access it from anywhere.
My plan for backups is to organize into folders based on years/months then locally encrypt them and store them on a local external hard drive, then upload to multiple free Google and/or OneDrive accounts.
For reference, I believe I have >20GB total although they're currently scattered mostly between Ente and Proton Drive, with some overlap, and some on Google Photos.
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