Arto Liukkonen

Hate organising your photos? Try it with 5 Terabytes

How do you manage five terabytes of photos for less than €10 a month? This talk reveals the serverless architecture that makes it possible.

Hate organising your photos? Try it with 5 Terabytes
#1about 3 minutes

Defining the challenge of managing terabytes of photos

A freelance photographer's 5-terabyte collection requires a cheap, durable, and user-friendly backup and browsing solution.

#2about 3 minutes

Comparing costs of commercial cloud storage solutions

Standard cloud storage options like Google Drive, Dropbox, and AWS S3 are too expensive for multi-terabyte personal photo archives.

#3about 4 minutes

Leveraging AWS S3 Glacier for affordable long-term storage

AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive offers a cost-effective solution for archiving large volumes of raw photos at just a few dollars per month.

#4about 5 minutes

Processing raw images locally with a Raspberry Pi

A Raspberry Pi running exiftool and imagemagick generates preview JPEGs from raw files locally to overcome limitations with AWS Lambda.

#5about 6 minutes

Using AWS Rekognition for automated photo analysis

AWS Rekognition automatically analyzes photos to detect faces, objects, and scenes, storing the resulting metadata in DynamoDB for search.

#6about 3 minutes

Demonstrating the final serverless photo browser application

A live demonstration showcases the final application, including browsing by folder, searching by detected labels, and finding people across photo shoots.

#7about 3 minutes

Breaking down the final costs and future project goals

The complete serverless photo management solution costs under $10 per month, with future plans to open-source the code and add e-commerce features.

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