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PSA: If the first Smart Search in Immich takes a while (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Your ML model cache volume is getting blown up during restart and the model is being re-downloaded during the first search post-restart. Either set it to a path somewhere on your storage, or ensure you're not blowing up the dynamic volume upon restart.

In my case I changed this:

  immich-machine-learning:
    ...
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache

To that:

  immich-machine-learning:
    ...
    volumes:
      - ./cache:/cache

I no longer have to wait uncomfortably long when I'm trying to show off Smart Search to a friend, or just need a meme pronto.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That seems like a bad idea

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Its convenient because your data is stored in the same folder that your docker-compose.yaml file is in, making backups or migrations simpler.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yup. Everything is in one place and there's no hardcoded paths outside of the work dir making it trivial to move across storage or even machines.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

As other stated it’s not a bad way of managing volumes. In my scenario I store all volumes in a /config folder.

For example on my SearXNG instance I have a volume like such:

services:
  searxng:
    …
    volumes:
      - ./config/searx:/etc/searxng:rw

This makes the files for SearXNG two folders away. I also store these in the /home/YourUser directory so docker avoids using sudoers access whenever possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So why would you not write out the full path? I frequently rerun compose commands from various places, if I'm troubleshooting an issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So why would you not write out the full path?

The other day my raspberry pi decided it didn’t want to boot up, I guess it didn’t like being hosted on an SD card anymore, so I backed up my compose folder and reinstalled Rasp Pi OS under a different username than my last install.

If I specified the full path on every container it would be annoying to have to redo them if I decided I want to move to another directory/drive or change my username.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I'd just do it with a simple search and replace. Have done. I feel like relative paths leave too much room for human error.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It's not.