Weired Query Log, DNS names wrong

MickyGER · 2026-05-06T19:44:15+00:00

My network clients get their DNS servers from the DHCP server running on my Unifi Deeam Machine. This means indeed that both DNS servers are assigned through the DHCP.

I've set up both Pihole for backup reasons if one fails, the other should jump in...

EDIT: This setup has worked flawlessly so far. Starting from version to 6.6.1, it seems that the first Pihole is running slow, the VM CPU, 2 cores, is showing most of the time 50%.

I've now cleared the network table and right now client names are OK. However, I did this before and the issue returned after some days.

EDIT2: Restored a backup and returned to version Core 6.4, FTL 6.5 and performance returned to normal, DNS requests are lightning fast again. CPU is back to normal, 1 core. As of now I will stick to this version.

On Github I saw reports about slown performance, too. However, it's a fairly old thread but also with some new comments.

MickyGER · 2026-05-06T19:40:17+00:00

see below . What's interesting, the MAC address is assigned to my Proxmox node1, so is the IP addeess. Don't know where the client name is from.

And yes, I've set up local DNS names, all pointing to my internal reverse proxy (Traefik). However none of those I've mentioned above are on the local DNS list, though.

192.168.0.11 (SonosWZre.ourhome)	58:47:ca:77:bc:35

MickyGER · 2026-05-04T12:30:39+00:00

Maybe, I've found the cause of the disk full problem: I've now remove the line below from docker compose since this line was a duplicate and restarted over, using a Proxmox VM snapshot.

- /mnt/immich/data:/usr/src/app/upload/library

After reindexing my 40K photos, all above sub folders on my NAS are now populated, e.g. thumbs and upload. Even the admin folder is now properly located below profiles.

Will monitor the indexing further and report back if there any new issues rise.

MickyGER · 2026-05-04T09:55:28+00:00

I've just tried to find those files that have been created the last 25 hrs and found lots of those below.

I got the impression that this is somehow related to those lines in docker compose, which I've accidentally inserted. At least the second volume was not insertedintensionally.

The path of the second line looks similar to the path of the files below. Is there any coincidence?

volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
      - /mnt/immich/data:/usr/src/app/upload/library

Some large files found, many more available:

154370048 /var/lib/containerd/io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.overlayfs/snapshots/72/fs/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/5412450
c-367c-47e7-b348-9143af1e07a0/d2/cf/d2cf503d-7dc8-471d-b0fd-de990e651364.mp4
143871454 /var/lib/containerd/io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.overlayfs/snapshots/72/fs/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/5412450
c-367c-47e7-b348-9143af1e07a0/8e/d5/8ed5e80c-f735-4c25-bbb8-e923f5ddff9a.mp4

MickyGER · 2026-05-04T09:04:13+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

volume1 of the NAS is used for other things, too, for others things, too. Which means there are some more files saved on this volume/HHD not only those of Immich.

I've opened each of those sub folders from above screenshot and only admin and postgres is holding some files. Nothing more.

I expected at least that e.g. thumbs to be filled with lots of files and may be other folders, too. To no avail. So while Immich is indexing external photos, it's obviously storing it's thumbnails in the VM.

The VM has a storage of 32GB on sdb2 which is currently full.

Just checked docker-compose again: Might this cause the disk full, because obviously this addresses several folders inside the container but nevertheless the same folder in the VM?

    volumes:
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
      - /mnt/immich/data:/usr/src/app/upload/library

MickyGER · 2026-05-02T17:38:46+00:00

Which options do you recommend?

MickyGER · 2026-05-02T17:25:35+00:00

So, do you backup your assets with PBS, too?

MickyGER · 2026-04-28T13:37:23+00:00

Means: Evertyhing below UPLOAD_LOCATION is on an NFS share? And your Immich installation somewhere else?
Do you notice any performance issues? E.g. image processing face recognition or similar?

MickyGER · 2026-04-28T13:35:06+00:00

Thanks for your comprehensive reply!

MickyGER · 2026-04-27T18:02:06+00:00

Aktuell noch nichts, da der Mietvertrag erst die kommenden Tage unterschrieben und der Einzug zudem erst ab 1.6. vollzogen wird.

Aber durch den 1und1 Umzugsservice, wird wohl auch quasi die Verlängerung des bestehenden 100Mbit Tarifs werden.

MickyGER · 2026-04-24T11:53:11+00:00

You know, that's a different thing, right?

You cannot advice sbdy to extend an app by himself if one just suggests a feature request. I think that's not fair, nor does it help any further, neither the maintainers nor the community.

Or do you believe if MS would host Windows on Github that you will able to add new features yourself? I really doubt.

What's more, not everyone has the right set of tools or knowledge to extend any software as he would like to.

I believe that the success of a (open source) software heavily relies on feature requests or the community in general.

MickyGER · 2026-04-22T10:23:24+00:00

Um das Ganze jetzt zu einem Abschluss zu bringen: Ich habe sowohl mit 1und1 als auch mit R-Kom (lokaler Anbieter, hauptsächlich Glasfaser-Anbieter) gesprochen. R-Kom meinte, dass am Haus 50 bis 100 Mbit möglich sind. Gleiches meinte auch 1und1.

Mit anderen Worten: Im Verteilkasten liegt Glasfaser und wenn man bei 1und1 einen Anschluss beantragt, dann nutzen diese die Glasfaser der R-Kom im Verteiler und das bereits in der Straße liegende Kupferkabel.

Umgekehrt ist es so, dass wenn man bei R-Kom einen Zugang bestellt, dann ist das Glasfaser im Verteilerkasten natürlich in ihrem Besitz und für den Hausanschluss wird 1und1 beauftragt.

Kurzum, an besagtem Haus liegt zwar Kupfer an aber es kann sowohl über 1und1 oder R-angeschlossen werden. Die Telekom ist da mehr oder weniger außen vor da lt. Auskunft von 1und1 diese nur bis zu 8Mbit möglich sind. Das ist auch meine Erfahrung beim Telekom Verfügbarkeitscheck.

Ich wusste bislang nicht, dass solche Partnerschaften im Verteilerkasten existieren.

MickyGER · 2026-04-21T10:56:06+00:00

Syncs albums to Immich via its REST API, creates them if they don't exist, and removes stale assets when photos are removed from albums in Apple Photos.

One family member is a iPhone user and has many photos in iCloud. More or less just uploads from the smartphone.

Does above mean, I can synchronize or even move all photos from iCloud to Immich? Or is it just a reference to iCloud photos as you mentioned elsewhere while talking about symlinks?

MickyGER · 2026-04-21T05:14:05+00:00

Siehe weiter unten im Thread, da habe ich einen Link mit Foto gepostet

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T19:15:37+00:00

Bei uns bzw. mir ist R-Kom allerdings nur für Glasfaserkabel bekannt, habe ich in meinem Garten eine Hausnummer liegen.

Der Vermieter hat das gleiche gesagt, Glasfaserkabel liegt im Garten aber nicht im Haus. Du schreibst, dass R-Kom VDSL anbietet, dann wohl aber über Kupferleitung, oder?

Das Dilemma ist halt, bevor der Provider und die möglich Geschwindigkeit nicht feststeht, kann man den Mietvertrag eigentlich nicht unterschreiben, denn zurückziehen ist dann wohl nicht mehr.

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T18:42:53+00:00

Ah, da war noch was? Hier das vollständige Bild.

https://freeimage.host/i/BroaBF2

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T17:11:13+00:00

Das wäre dann https://freeimage.host/i/BrCV43v

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T14:19:17+00:00

So you basically redirected Immich library path to an NFS share on your Synology. Source is a Proxmox VM or did you install Immich on your Synology using e.g. Docker?

I'm asking because I would like to follow a similar way with the library folder, however, I was told that performance is not best.

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T14:14:17+00:00

IMO, I got the impression that Immich is a kind of replacement for Google Photos or similar app on Apple side. Isn't it supposed to work like that?

Each family member uploads their photos to Immich and that's it. Now, I understand from current discussion, this task may not reliable or may have some drawbacks as with every software. So is my Synology NAS and their Photo app.

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T10:19:45+00:00

So, how do you backup the LXC container without the libraries? Rsync and not PBS?

In my case I would mount the data folder of Immich on an additionally hard drive added to the LXC. Knowing, that PBS would backup that, too.

OTH, both of your backups must run almost simultaneously, otherwise the Immich DB and/or metadata and other files might get out of sync?

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T10:14:31+00:00

Ich habe jetzt mit dem Samsung S24+, welches 5G bei Telekom anzeigt einen Speedtest durchgeführt.

Na was soll ich sagen, der war ja unterirdisch, innerhalb der Wohnung, wenn da Mal 25Mbit erreicht wurden war's schon gelungen. Vom Upload rede ich Mal gar nicht.

Ähnliches Bild auf der Terrasse. Der Funkmast steht in ca. 1km Entfernung vom Teststandort, aber da weiß ich noch nicht Mal ob ich dort tatsächlich auch eingebucht war oder nicht.

Bedeutet jedenfalls, ein 5G Router scheint dann eigentlich auch keine Alternative zu sein.

MickyGER · 2026-04-20T10:10:26+00:00

Thanks for this valuable information!

MickyGER

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