Hardware Recommendations and Pre-requisites¶

Hardware Recommendations¶

Component	Minimum	Recommended	Large Libraries (500K+ assets)
RAM	4 GB	8 GB	32-64 GB
CPU	2 cores	4 cores	8+ cores (modern AMD/Intel)
OS Storage	50 GB SSD	100 GB NVMe	250 GB+ NVMe
Media Storage	Variable	NVMe/SSD for DB, `encoded-video`, `profile` and `thumbs`	SSD for DB + HDD for media
GPU/iGPU	Not required	Intel 7th Gen. with Quick Sync, NVIDIA Gen. Pascal+, AMD Gen. Polaris+	RTX 3060/4060 12GB

Pre-requisites¶

If you want to migrate from Google Photos to Immich:
Google Account with photos stored in Google Photos
Up to an day of patience for the Google Takeout export and download process (depending on the size of your library, it can take a while)
2 hours of time to set up and configure everything (depending on your familiarity with Unraid and Docker, it may take more or less time)
Unraid Server with Docker support
Unraid Community Applications plugin installed
FolderView 3 plugin installed (for managing container start order)
Basic understanding of Unraid and Docker
Knowledge how to add a Docker Container to a (custom) docker network
Very basic Terminal/Command Line knowledge for Unraid
A SSD/NVMe drive for Cache (can be your Unraid Cache drive)
7-10GB for the Immich machine learning container to store ML models and cache
Triple the space of your Google Photos library available on your Unraid server for the migration process. Example: 100GB of Google Takeout Photos * 3 = 300GB -> 100GB for the compressed files, 100GB for the extracted files, 100GB for the final library after migration.

Tip

Not required but a sanity check - If you want to opt-out of Google Photos (=destroy your Google Photos library) and start with Immich, make sure to have healthy disks. It might be a good idea

to have an offsite backup and
run a SMART test on your disks and check the health status

before you start uploading your photos to Immich to avoid any potential data loss due to disk failure during the upload process.