https://pragmaticsysadmin.help/tags/photos/Practical sysadmin guides, senior tech help for aging parents, and kids' learning games — without the buzzwords. By Jonne, a Finnish sysadmin.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenPragmatic Sysadmin (Pragmatic Sysadmin)Pragmatic Sysadmin (Pragmatic Sysadmin)Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://pragmaticsysadmin.help/sysadmin/2026-11-10-replace-google-photos-with-immich/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Pragmatic Sysadminhttps://pragmaticsysadmin.help/sysadmin/2026-11-10-replace-google-photos-with-immich/<p>The moment I moved my parents off Google Photos, the free 15 GB of Google One became 200 GB of headroom, and I got back the photos Google had been helping itself to. That part was easy.</p> <p>The part nobody mentions is that Immich is a real server, not a web app, and it has requirements Google quietly pays for on your behalf. Six gigabytes of RAM, a disk you will back up separately, and a public endpoint on your home connection — which is where most of the sharp edges live.</p> <p>Here is what actually happened for me when I replaced Google Photos with Immich, checked against the official documentation on 10 November 2026. I&rsquo;ve run it on a Pi 5 and on an N100 box, and both taught me something different.</p>