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Plan self-hosted services with guides to Proxmox, storage systems, photo libraries and Home Assistant. Compare installation options before deployment.

Immich 3.0 Upgrade: What Breaks and How to Update Safely From 2.x

Immich v3 drops pgvecto.rs, removes env vars and the legacy mobile timeline. Back up, update your phones, check VectorChord, then change IMMICH_VERSION…

Immich Hardware Requirements: CPU, RAM, Storage, GPU, Pi and NAS

The official Immich minimums and recommendations, plus storage overhead, SSD for the database, GPU acceleration, Raspberry Pi limits and NAS guides.

How to Move Google Photos to Immich with Google Takeout and immich-go

Immich has no built-in Takeout importer and recommends immich-go. Export, import, keep albums and dates, and verify before you delete from Google.

Tailscale vs WireGuard: What Each Is, Free-Tier Limits, and When to Use Which

Compare Tailscale and plain WireGuard by current pricing, CGNAT, relay paths, metadata and access rules. Includes a home-server acceptance checklist.

Immich Install Guide: Docker Compose, Requirements, Backups and the Mobile Apps

How to install Immich with Docker Compose, following Immich's own docs: requirements, the .env file, first login, the backup warnings the project…

Home Assistant Install Methods: HAOS, Container, and What Happened to Supervised and Core

HAOS and Container are Home Assistant's only supported install methods; Core and Supervised were deprecated on May 22, 2025. Which route fits…

Raspberry Pi Imager Errors: Access Denied, Error Writing to Storage and Verify Failed

Most Raspberry Pi Imager errors come from Windows Controlled folder access, another app holding the card, or a bad card or reader.…

TrueNAS vs Unraid: License Cost, ZFS vs the Unraid Array, and Hardware

Compare TrueNAS and Unraid by license and update costs, ZFS growth, parity, SSD pools and hardware. Plan a NAS around your drives,…

TrueNAS Community Edition Download: Official ISO, Checksum and CORE vs SCALE

TrueNAS Community Edition 25.10.7 is the current stable release. Where to download it, its published SHA-256, why SCALE became Community Edition, what…

Ventoy vs Rufus vs balenaEtcher: Which USB Tool for Which Job

Ventoy, Rufus and balenaEtcher all make bootable drives, but they suit different jobs. A side-by-side comparison from each project's own documentation, with…