Online photo storage

I'm starting to geek out! I may have more than one obsession

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flickr is pretty decent as well: https://www.flickr.com/

I host my own photos using piwigo photo gallery software.  

This peaked my interest.  Do you have a server at home where you put them?  If so, how do you handle offsite backup?

I have several servers in my basement, yes.

I back up my files locally to a powerful FreeNas server with 6 HDDs in it (raid-z2) that's in my basement, then use an rsync script to sync my data to an offsite raspberry pi with a huge HDD (4TB) attached to it that's installed at my grandfather's house. the raspberry pi is currently in my basement while I tweak a script. I also then send that data to a backblaze b2 bucket for even more redundancy. data is important!

I feel like I am living next to an airport...things are going over my head!!!

Drobo I think.

Heard nothing but heartache.

the problem with a lot of those smaller NAS devices is heat - you stuff 5-6 spinning HDDs in them and they generate a fair amount of heat without having optimal air flow.

I think my NAS case is considered a 4U box..and has like 6-9 fans in it. here's a photo of my NAS on a ikea lack table (people turn them into racks because they're cheap and work nicely):

This peaked my interest.  Do you have a server at home where you put them?  If so, how do you handle offsite backup?

I have several servers in my basement, yes.

I back up my files locally to a powerful FreeNas server with 6 HDDs in it (raid-z2) that's in my basement, then use an rsync script to sync my data to an offsite raspberry pi with a huge HDD (4TB) attached to it that's installed at my grandfather's house.   the raspberry pi is currently in my basement while I tweak a script.  I also then send that data to a backblaze b2 bucket for even more redundancy.  data is important!

I feel like I am living next to an airport...things are going over my head!!!

it's all good. I wouldn't know anything about medicine.

I'll tell you when I realized things were going over my head is when I learned that everyone but me abandoned Photobucket two years ago.  

Pete, FWIW, you are not alone........................

the problem with a lot of those smaller NAS devices is heat - you stuff 5-6 spinning HDDs in them and they generate a fair amount of heat without having optimal air flow.

True, but the smaller NAS devices are intended for home and small office use. If the airflow was increased, the fans would be too loud. Some of the enterprise storage enclosures are so loud that hearing protection is required when working around them. Some RAID controllers can power down the drives to save power and generate less heat.

I think my NAS case is considered a 4U box..and has like 6-9 fans in it. here's a photo of my NAS on a ikea lack table (people turn them into racks because they're cheap and work nicely):

Wow, that is a handy setup. I looked in Ikea, but could not find the Lack table in your picture. Do you have a link to it on the Ikea website?

I back up my files locally to a powerful FreeNas server with 6 HDDs in it (raid-z2) that's in my basement, then use an rsync script to sync my data to an offsite raspberry pi with a huge HDD (4TB) attached to it that's installed at my grandfather's house.   the raspberry pi is currently in my basement while I tweak a script.  I also then send that data to a backblaze b2 bucket for even more redundancy.  data is important!

Especially when that data is our SOD and acquisitions posts. Seriously, thanks for the tons of infrastructure and maintenance work you put into this site. You totally rock!

The Raspberry Pi is so much fun to tinker around with, and a very flexible and useful little tool. Four TB is not all that large for drives anymore, though. Both Seagate and Western Digital have 10 TB hard drives, and WD announced 12 TB hard drives and an 8 TB SSD. Samsung has a 16 TB SSD, and far larger SSDs are on the horizon.

the problem with a lot of those smaller NAS devices is heat - you stuff 5-6 spinning HDDs in them and they generate a fair amount of heat without having optimal air flow.

True, but the smaller NAS devices are intended for home and small office use.  If the airflow was increased, the fans would be too loud.  Some of the enterprise storage enclosures are so loud that hearing protection is required when working around them.  Some RAID controllers can power down the drives to save power and generate less heat.

that's why I try to build my own stuff where possible so I can control the type of equipment going into it.  for example..the fans...we just racked new HP servers at work a few weeks ago and when they're booted up/rebooted, they literally sound like jet engines!

my freenas box is pretty quiet, considering it has 6 HDDs and a lot of fans..I should take a short video soon since I need to open it up soon to install a HBA.

I think my NAS case is considered a 4U box..and has like 6-9 fans in it.  here's a photo of my NAS on a ikea lack table (people turn them into racks because they're cheap and work nicely):

Wow, that is a handy setup.  I looked in Ikea, but could not find the Lack table in your picture.  Do you have a link to it on the Ikea website?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20011413/

I'd probably buy two of them so you have a bottom...from my understanding, the legs are hollow after the first few inches where the top screws into the legs...I wouldn't trust mounting a heavy server to those legs myself..you'll also need some L brackets to mount them together.  and then if you want to make it more portable, buy some wheels at home depot or lowes...then you'll have like a 10U rack for ~$30!

I back up my files locally to a powerful FreeNas server with 6 HDDs in it (raid-z2) that's in my basement, then use an rsync script to sync my data to an offsite raspberry pi with a huge HDD (4TB) attached to it that's installed at my grandfather's house.   the raspberry pi is currently in my basement while I tweak a script.  I also then send that data to a backblaze b2 bucket for even more redundancy.  data is important!

Especially when that data is our SOD and acquisitions posts.  Seriously, thanks for the tons of infrastructure and maintenance work you put into this site.  You totally rock!

The Raspberry Pi is so much fun to tinker around with, and a very flexible and useful little tool.  Four TB is not all that large for drives anymore, though.  Both Seagate and Western Digital have 10 TB hard drives, and WD announced 12 TB hard drives and an 8 TB SSD.  Samsung has a 16 TB SSD, and far larger SSDs are on the horizon.

did I also mention that I had my friend write me a custom script to test my backups?  

the script he wrote rsyncs the latest db dump and files from my freenas box to my local webserver to create a mirror of the live site...if the backups are running correctly, of course.

I think I have 3 raspberry pis now..they're cheap enough to have a few!

Mickey Oberman, Freddy mentioned your Photo Bucket challenges.

This thread has some alternatives.

Flickr: So far, so good.

I'm not sure if it has been said, but those with an Amazon Prime membership have Prime Photo backup (unlimited) included for free. The phone app and the PC component are pretty easy to use.

I'm not sure if you can link to images directly.I re-host them to imgur (free).