Thanks Nikhil and Thej, Nikhil, thanks for breaking it down. Will look into it.
Regards, Shivangi On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 2:58 PM Nikhil VJ <nikhil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shivangi, > There's 2 pathways: self-hosted, and managed by a 3rd party. > > > For self-hosted, for the infra, there are some cheaper server hosting > services available: Ssdnodes, Hetzner. > I'll recco ssdnodes for most Storage+RAM for money (buy for 3 yrs, that's > where it gets wayy cheaper). Hetzner comes next and has convenient monthly > payment via paypal which works with Indian debit cards. (will not > auto-deduct, you pay). And both of these don't have hidden costs - fixed > amt each month, no usage-dependent shock bills. (Ssdnodes on 3 yr plan - no > monthly paying actvity for 3 yrs!) > > Con: this path is self-managed, can take more in-house effort for > maintenance, defense against attacks etc. And there is a fixed based cost > irrespective of whether ur using it to the full extent or not. > > After infra, if we see the actual software that will manage the images, > then nextcloud as mentioned is one option. > Sharing another one: https://min.io/ -> it's made to be an open source > alternative to Amazon S3 buckets / Azure blob storage etc. Offers features > on par with those services, but self-hosted. I have successfully run one > instance of it on my server without much effort. But have not heavily used > it yet. > > ---- > *Managed services:* > Azure Blob storage, Google Cloud storage, Amazon AWS are some options. > > I have worked with Azure blob professionally and its quite good, > integrates well with python and nodejs code. We can also make certain > containers (equiv to folders - sort of) public-view, so you can have > absolute URLs of all the files and publish those in all places. The links > will be direct-download so can be directly embedded, not like you have to > open a google driver folder in a new tab or something. > > But i wasn't the one paying so don't directly know what that is like. From > all the expense reports it seems like a v.small cost for a lot of files. > I've explored their pricing page and it looks fully pay-as-you-go, and > very cheap until you reach a v.high amt of usage. Could not find a fixed > base cost or other such red flag. > > So I'll recco this option. Don't have to spend resources on server setup > and management; can start using the service from get-go. If some launch > gets delayed a few months, then you won't be incurring high costs during > that time. If you have a ton of images saved but in daily usage very few > are actually downloaded/uploaded, then it's a lower cost due to that also. > You can choose an India server location of the service, so minimal latency > (I've experienced no lag with several thousand files fetched as fast as my > net would allow). > With Azure > <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/products/storage/storage-explorer/> > Storage Explorer > <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/products/storage/storage-explorer/> > tool I'm able to see/manage all the stored files in an online folder and > directly upload there, so I don't have to rely on scripts. > > --- > All the best. > > -- > Cheers, > Nikhil VJ > https://nikhilvj.co.in > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 1:14 PM Thejesh GN <i...@thejeshgn.com> wrote: > >> - Nextcloud photos is great. You could also use Nextcloud for other >> document formats, so can work as all in one document management tool >> - You can also check https://photoprism.app - It can also do some >> google photos like things like maps, people tagging etc. Its self hosted >> and FOSS >> >> >> >> Thej >> -- >> Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> http://thejeshgn.com >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> >> >> On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 12:49, Shivangi Desai <shivangi.de...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Dilawar for the information. >>> I will look into it too. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Shivangi >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:54 AM Dilawar Singh < >>> dilawar.s.raj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> https://github.com/nextcloud/photos may just fit the bill. >>>> >>>> - Self hosted (+/- depending on how you look at it). I run one on an >>>> AWS $5/month instance and it is enough for our small org right now. we >>>> don't use it for photos though. >>>> - it may not be hard to link google form to Nextcloud (but Zapier >>>> doesn't have integration, so what do i know..). >>>> - Have an Android app. Possibly iOS as well. You have to tag the >>>> photos. Or arrange them in different folders. >>>> >>>> Nextcloud is a very popular solution and a lot of plugins. You may to >>>> browse through them to check if something suitable it here. Before you plan >>>> to self host on a dedicated server, you can try it on a shared instance. >>>> Its easy to install but hard to upgrade (used to break often). >>>> My MilesWeb shared account cost me ~ Rs. 2k per year. >>>> >>>> best, >>>> Dilawar >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- On Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:43:16 +0530 *Shivangi Desai >>>> <shivangi.de...@gmail.com <shivangi.de...@gmail.com>>* wrote --- >>>> >>>> Hey All, >>>> >>>> At Goonj (https://goonj.org/) we have lots of photos (from different >>>> projects/events/ continuous field work etc). So to manage these photos we >>>> are looking for photo management solutions. >>>> >>>> We would want one in which we can add photos from the backend (using >>>> forms or from android applications etc) and which would have some fields >>>> associated with it (like boundary information, project/event information >>>> etc). So would need filtering and or tagging based on these parameters. >>>> >>>> I am currently looking into google photos API for this but wanted to >>>> check if any of you have used any other applications or solution >>>> recommendations. >>>> >>>> Thank You, >>>> Regards, >>>> Shivangi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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