Hey everyone. I really want to replace Google photos with some sort of self-hosted solution. However, I am getting overwhelmed.
The first thing that came up when I did a little bit of research is buying a NAS. However, I just noticed these devices are so expensive with really weak specs. Feel like I am getting ripped off. Also, I heard that it can be slow? Is that true?
Anyway, I was told it is better to just buy a Resperry pi. However, these things are expensive for the specs. Would a used Intel NUC be better? Can you use any mini pc for that?
I have seen some crazy powerful (compared to the pi) cheap used Ryzen mini PCs, can those be turned into servers?
You can basically turn any PC into a server, it’s a matter of the operating system you install. You’d want some *nix I would say. Make sure the hardware is supported by OS of choice, and bam. Now you just have to install the software you want to do the serving and configure it right. This will be more complicated than just buying a NAS - part of that price is convenience. There are some prebuilt OSs that do something similar like XigmaNAS, but see if they also provide the serving you want as an option.