I just took my first step in the self-hosting world with Immich using an old LG Gram laptop with 256 GB of storage, and immediately ran out space.
I thought about buying a new SDD for the laptop, but if I’m upgrading, it might make more sense to just get some proper hardware for this.
But I’m not sure what I should get, exactly. For now, I plan on self-hosting AdGuard Home, Immich, Paperless-ngx and maybe a music server. Hopefully something simple, definitely something I can add more storage later as needed. What are some good options for this use case?
It’s a terrible time to be doing this. There’s some decent NAS devices that use mobile chipsets and don’t draw much power, slap some spinning rust in there for storage and you’re all set. Unfortunately they’ve basically gone up by US 400 in the last 6 months.