Unless LR have changed, there’s built in tools to move and manage the db <-> file relationship.

There used to also be tools to prune/trim the db.

The root of the problem might her workflow. Especially when shooting series, when she’s back/at the computer, immediately go through the photos and delete whatever’s out of focus/uninteresting/etc.

Maybe she’s good at the workflow? I know how tedious it is to sit down and sort out a huge archive like that.

I used LR for a long time, but got tired of backing up and managing the files. I moved to iCloud and I’m happy with that.

The Apple Photos program is extremely basic, but it’s a decent way of rough organising photos.

Using tags/project/etc. is important.

As for folder structure, I used (year) - (month) (day). That with at least some basic tags made it manageable.

I have a esp32 gizmo connected to my meter. It has a built in web server displaying live data, and also pushing MQTT data to Home Assistant.

I’d return it if it was sold as a server rack.

That didn’t answer my question. 🙂

My R720 with 12 SAS drives idled at around 225W.

I’ve cut down the number of spinning rust to 6, and added 4 SSDs, now it idles around 120W.

I also enabled power capping in the BIOS at 250W. 2x Xeon v2, forgot which model, and 128GiB RAM.

That’s mostly semantics, for me at least.

I have only one NAS, and one Proxmox host that is up 24/7, so they are in production.

I regularly tinker with those two as well, it’s all part of my lab.

Did you select the correct boot drive(s) in the HBA BIOS?

I like Mac Minis in general, but for a first homelab machine I’d choose something with 2+ NICs, without using USB dongles.

Maybe you’re just supposed to describe your VM setup?

Like host and guest OS, hypervisor, networking, service(s) running etc.

Anything in the Opnsense DDNS logs? That’s usually the best place to start.

It’s a nice server, but pricey.

Do you have a dedicated room for this? It’s not quiet, and it’s not very power efficient.

Yeah, the SAS drives are fairly power hungry.

Look into power capping if you have the enterprise license for your iDRAC.

Why is that shocking?

It’s the same in Norway, and other country specific TLDs. You’ll need to have a VAT number to purchase a .NO, but I don’t think you have to be a Norwegian national.