virtual-dsm VS Piwigo

According to the GitHub, you want to pass in the actual device, not the mounted path. You probably should/need to unmount it in unassigned devices. https://github.com/vdsm/virtual-dsm

If you’re feeling adventurous you can run the synology dsm os in a vm (qemu/kvm in my case). You use tinycore[0] as a boot loader to bootstrap the official Synology image[1]

It can be a bit of a pain to setup but once it’s up and running you can run all synology apps, including photos and even their nvr software, backup your home pcs to it, etc. If you pass through pci sata controllers you can bypass any disk virtualization layer and let synology manage raw disks exactly like a metal install in one of their nas machines would do. You could even swap the disks into an official nas later on if you wanted. The synology apps are highly polished and worth the setup imo.

There’s also a docker image that makes it all trivial, but it’s too many layers of abstraction for my tastes[2]

0. https://github.com/pocopico/tinycore-redpill

1. https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-install-xpenology-on-proxm...

2. https://github.com/kroese/virtual-dsm

If you want to participate in development or report some issues, the source code is available at https://github.com/kroese/virtual-dsm to see.

This is not for everyone, but I host my family photos myself, most recently with this: https://piwigo.org/. I have been doing this since 2007 (started on a different software, called "gallery". Was able to migrate from gallery2 to gallery3 and now piwigo), and so far no major issues. Advantage: I can easily share photos with family, no need for iCloud, Facebook, or indeed any service- they just need a web browser on their desktop computer or phone.

There is also Piwigo which is open-source and can be self hosted.

https://piwigo.org/

piwigo.org

Piwigo FREE Photo Storage= https://piwigo.org/

A couple additiona maybe?: - Piwigo great for photo management. Could be used as an alternative to Google Photos - Nexcloud for file sharing. Replacement for Google Drive.

I use https://piwigo.org/ on a old PC that I installed Linux on.

I have on my list to evaluate self-hosted image clouds Piwigo and Photoprism but they don't bridge the photogrammetry gap either. It might even be more time consuming if I have to download the assets I'm working on first.