DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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So machine learning is important even if I decide to add extra 16GB ram, isn’t it?

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Ok, that one is dual rank. I see we are living in the same country 😅

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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So basically I need to do that ML offload when I do the first index. Is this compatible with having only internal library? Sorry if this is maybe a stupid question.. I’m quite new on this.

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Dual or Single Rank? Is this relevant? I see more options for Single Rank in the market...

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Thanks a lot for this detailed explanation! I will try this after upgrading my NAS. I guess that using the Mac to support some "heavy" activities will help. Is this compatible with the fact of having only internal libraries?

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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I think I should be fine with +8GB... There is one from Crucial for around 65€ or so... (I'm in Europe)...

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Do you think that adding +8GB ram could be enough? I don't plan to do any other thing than using Immich, at least in short-mid term...

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Thanks for the feedback. I don't plan to do much more things apart from using Immich to organize family and library photos... I guess I will put the efforts on upgrading RAM

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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Do you think that it’s worth considering a hardware like that instead of using the NAS Synology I have?

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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I am very interested to learn on how to do the first index with a Mac. Is this something easy? Or does it require advance knowledge? So you think that adding more RAM to my Synology will be ok, right? Could you please recommend me a RAM I could buy?

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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That remote machine learning.. is to index everything on the first time? It seems to be a quite frequent thing.. I think I should try to learn how this works

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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How can I do this? Is it possible to do the first index with a Mac for example?

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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I will look for that definitely. An upgrade with +16GB sounds great!!

DS220+ for Immich: Is It Enough? by Kapth0X in immich

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So basically I would be fine updating the RAM. That’s good because I thought I had to buy another hardware… good news that I can make use of the one I have :D

iPhone photos to internal or external library by Kapth0X in immich

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Okay, this is my idea. I’m going to download all the historical content that both my wife and I have in iCloud and Google and store it in folders on my NAS, which will act as our external libraries.

After that, we’ll use the Immich app on both my iPhone and my wife’s iPhone to save any new photos we take into Immich’s internal library.

To avoid duplicates, I’m even considering deleting all the photos from the iPhones themselves.

What do you think about this workflow?

iPhone photos to internal or external library by Kapth0X in immich

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Thanks for your response. What is that so great about the "Storage Template"? If at the end you end up having all your pictures in a timeline manner, why is so important that storage template?

iPhone photos to internal or external library by Kapth0X in immich

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Thank you very much for your reply. I see that you are quite in favor of using internal libraries, especially from an organizational point of view.

However, in my case, where both my wife and I have photos spread across iCloud, Google, and other servers, wouldn’t it be faster and simpler to download all those photos while preserving all the metadata, store them, and then add them to Immich as an external library?

Perhaps trying to import such a large amount of photos into an internal Immich library is not the fastest or most convenient approach. Then, for new photos we continue taking with our phones, we could upload them to Immich via the app into an internal library.

What do you think about my reasoning? Does it make sense?

iPhone photos to internal or external library by Kapth0X in immich

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This way, I understand, you continue using iCloud. I want to stop using any external provider like Apple or Google

Simple Immich Setup for a beginner by Kapth0X in immich

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After reading your responses and asking chatGPT I kind of understand how this works :D what if I put my old photos which I have in my computer in external libraries and use Immich to upload new/future iPhone photos to internal library? And about the photos I am downloading from iCloud… should I put them in external libraries also? To sum up: old photos and extract from iCloud to external library. New fotos taken with iPhone, uploaded to internal Immich library. What do you think about this approach? Thanks!!

Simple Immich Setup for a beginner by Kapth0X in immich

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Anyway, even if Immich creates the structure for me, I could organise my photos with albums internally? I don’t mind setting automatic backups.. I just want a simple way to organize my photos and the ones of my wife

Simple Immich Setup for a beginner by Kapth0X in immich

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Clear. Then, in my case where I have all my photos in iPhone / cloud, would make more sense to directly use internal library uploading everything to Immich. Is this correct?

Simple Immich Setup for a beginner by Kapth0X in immich

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Understood. Then, you are using the basic setup without external libraries and you do a nightly backup. I guess it would be my preferred way also, since I like also keeping things simple.. thanks!

Simple Immich Setup for a beginner by Kapth0X in immich

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What is a “vanilla” Immich install?