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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/chaps_snaps on 2024-11-09 09:22:09+00:00.

Fairly digitally literate, but a beginner when it comes to actually software developers things. Where do I start if I want to set up my own server to host files? Cost estimate? Helpful webpages or YouTube tutorials? Ideal applications? Please just point me in the right direction.

I take a lot of photos and videos of my life and my small children. I love the ability to view them on any device and every week I am showing the videos to family members who can’t be physically with us. But, I’m getting annoyed at the price to pay for cloud storage on Google photos (need to go up to 200GB), it seems ridiculous to pay for storage. I could just store it on my external disc for free…but I would lose the ability to access them on the move. I also do a lot of mobile work and online teaching in different locations so I need all of my files accessible from multiple devices…and new devices as old ones become obselete.

A couple of rabbit trails later and I’m here. I’m a stay at home mum and snatches of free time…I don’t know how ridiculous is for me to think that I can do this. But I’d like to be more savvy about the software and devices I use - gotta start somewhere!