It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/spawrage on 2025-01-01 17:17:18.

These "refurbished" (aka used) "HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB SATA Enterprise HDD"'s from GHD -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

Were $75, then $80, then $90, then $100, then $106, $110 now.

Anyone know when they might be coming back to a similar price? Maybe a slury of 16's will be replaced in data centers soon?

Wish I bought more when I saw them for $75 ~3months ago :(

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AffectionateCard3530 on 2025-01-01 15:01:39.

Hello all!

I've seen variations of this question asked before. I am wondering what you do with your old harddrives, and in particular, do you consider them "reliable" enough as a backup cold storage solution?

I'm talking about the hardware like a 8+ year old drive that still functions perfectly well, but it's due for an upgrade, or it taking up space. Would it be reasonable to put sold long-term backup storage items on these drives, seal them, and store it in the basement?

The concern I have is that an unreliable backup is no backup at all. If the drive is aging, I'm not sure how to estimate how "unreliable" it truly is.

I saw one madman on here with a 24 drive enclosure full of old harddrives with a specialized filesystem to act as a backup. Though that's not in the budget for this year.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Difficult-Audience81 on 2025-01-01 14:55:06.

i have a hdd ST1000LM035-1RK172

i recently had on it many tv series approx 60 gb of it

and i either formatted it or deleted the partition and created a new one is there any way to get them back

i would like to recover them with original file name too

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BRDHXC on 2025-01-01 14:42:45.

Anyone experience a duplicate drive when using a USB SSD drive attached to the PC it USED to be in? Removed a drive, put it in an enclosure to use as external storage, then when using it - it shows up twice (as E drive). Works fine otherwise, but GUI removal tool claims it's in use. Can remove manually with diskpart, but just thought it was interesting.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/garden-3750 on 2025-01-01 14:01:38.

The majority of insecure HTTP websites are likely parked and/or abandoned domains — I have a reasonable amount of experience, having used the Firefox's HTTPS-only mode since its introduction in late 2020.

The only major websites I recall having encountered are specific Wikidot wikis (e.g. http://darksouls.wikidot.com/), Hardcore Gaming 101 and Projekti Lönnrot (a Project Gutenberg-like undertaking for Finnish literature).

Since the HTTP-only sites tend to be basic HTML pages archiving should be simple — mirroring with wget may be viable (for personal use) and the URLs can be scraped (optimally from the site map), then fed into the Wayback Machine.

One list on Github; seems unmaintained.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tabascooo on 2025-01-01 13:56:29.

I'm about to get a NAS. Probably a Synology DS423+ 4 Bay.

I will be using it to store some video files and backup large photo files.

I probably have about 3TB of data maybe 4TB, so not a huge amount.

I have access to 4 old HDDs: HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB 3.5" SATA III HDD

I can put these into the NAS for 8TB mirrored or 16TB ~~Unraid~~ . Edit: not raid

For now, this is plenty of storage. Whilst I know this will change over time, and I'll need to upgrade, it seems like a good free option for now. Rather than spending lots of money on new hard drives that will go down in price over time (by the time I actually need larger capacity).

Given that I'm trying to reduce expenses, is there any reason NOT to do this? Are the drives particularly slow?

Will I still be able to stream with Plex and access photos quickly. It won't be more than just me doing this from the same network.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PlancheOSRS on 2025-01-01 12:13:06.

I'm trying to convert DVD-Rs into a digital format using WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, but I'm encountering issues. The program isn't ripping the entire disc, and I receive an "Error 1" code prompting me to contact support, even when running in Safe Mode. Additionally, when I do manage to rip the content, the resulting video lengths vary, sometimes being only 3 minutes or 10 minutes long for the video i just ripped.I've tried using the 'Copy Full Title' mode and saving it as an .mpg file before converting it to MP4, which works occasionally. I've also tested different DVD drives without any improvement. What could be causing these problems, and what should I do? The disc's aren't damaged or anything. At least I think so. There's no indication of scratches or anything.

Other notes: program crashes occasionally , I have the most up to date software, the DVD-rs are home videos if that helps

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Gundud on 2025-01-01 11:48:47.

I just got into the game for few months (unraid).

I'm setting up 3-2-1 backups, and now in middle of backup my photos to backblaze.

The thing is apps like duplicati "merge" and split the photos into multiple file. My concern is when part of the file is broken, then all my photo will be corupted. I think duplicacy also deploy same approach.

My main concern is photo safety and not size. Should I upload each individual photo to backblaze? Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dhendodong on 2025-01-01 10:41:06.

Hi im planning to buy this bad boy DE6600 and plan to use it with true nas zfs im just wondering because upon researching, it only has two ports to plug in a HBA, the question is will it bottleneck if i insert it to my 9300-8e or 9300-16e will i be able to get full speed or if not what can i do to manage to get full speed.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tickera on 2025-01-01 08:30:09.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any software for organizing and viewing local photos, primarily for famous artwork/paintings. Ideally would allow for categorizing by artist or style etc... With reasonable viewing features (zoom)

Also, do any metadata scraping services exist for famous paintings?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ctark on 2025-01-01 03:48:47.

Hello all,

I am looking for guidance on my storage server redesign. Generic specs followed by a bit more info below:

Let’s say a person has 3-4 servers (say Dell poweredge with mix of 2.5 and 3.5” drives) and a couple JBOD chassis with dual controllers).

If this person wanted to have redundant paths to their data (say mostly static files such as “Linux ISO’s”) along with some containers such as Plex or other “Linux ISO” downloading tools, how would you suggest connecting everything? How would you setup the file systems?

Bit more specifics for my use case: I currently have one mega server that is hosting everything from my website, home automation, frigate, plex (mergerFS with snapraid), router (Vyos) and a workstation / gaming VM on it.

I would like to migrate everything to a better solution. Preferably so I can power down a node and have things either automatically or with small user intervention, migrate to a new node. (Doesn’t have to be true HA, but better than all eggs in one server).

I’ve been reading and reading and now have so many ideas I don’t know what’s best. The main server is currently Debian with most things on docker and VM’s through CLI qemu scripts. I’ve been playing with proxmox and Ceph, but also read that k3s with rancher might be a good idea to explore, even if steep learning curve?

Maybe expose all disks as iSCSI LUN’s? But what to put on top of them, and how would I take advantage of multipathing?

If you can give ideas, and why you think they are a good option, I would be very appreciative!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TheWunBeautiful on 2025-01-01 02:27:51.

I tried keeping track of my journaling and the video scripts I'd been typing out in Obsidian for about a year. I used a USB as a temporary solution, and just went "well, I'll save up for a better way to back up my back up", especially because I do not like using clouds or any sort of syncing service whatsoever.

My error was when I used my USB to reinstall Windows 11 on my PC. It was the only USB I had around, and unbeknownst to me, Windows doesn't just clear out the data on your PC... It clears out the data on the USB you'd be using. A year's worth of journaling and writing, down the drain over such a goofy mistake.

Dear goodness, I'm in pain.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Beavisguy on 2025-01-01 02:11:50.

Any good free program that can deleted files under a certain size in a folder with many subfolders?? What I want to do is delete all the images under 150k and videos under 5mb are there any free Windows programs that can do this??

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ThreeLeggedChimp on 2025-01-01 01:24:43.

Just went looking for current prices, but the 870QVO is listed as discontinued.

Same with Solidigm, the consumer page is just gone.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Agreeable_Repeat_568 on 2024-12-31 22:57:08.

I am wondering if a DIY thunderbolt DAS is possible? Options online are not great and I would love a DAS I can customize possibly with dual Thunderbolt or something else.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Premier_Chaim on 2024-12-31 22:55:29.

Greetings! I am someone who is planning on building a server with an old 6th gen i5 desktop. I need advice on how to screenrip my legally owned content (im serious), and perhaps some hdd-suggestions. Should i use vga-output to evade HDCP and other DRM's? Should i use AV1-encoding? Should i buy a refurbed 10 tb sata hdd for €120? Is it wise getting a sas-drive on non-serverspecific mobo's f.e Im sorry for the inconvenience, i hope you lads can help me, this is my first time doing something unorthodox.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GIKAS1 on 2024-12-31 22:39:09.

So I got a 4TB usb hdd and within the last 2 weeks I managed to make it show up as 70% fragmented due to deleting files and unpacking many zips in between.. Today I noticed that when writing files on the disk the writing speed drops to almost 0 for 5 seconds and then resumes repeatedly while the file is transferred... The disk is legit and I know that usb drives show that kind of behavior however it definitely got a lot more severe now...

Any help is appreciated!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/evildad53 on 2024-12-31 22:19:16.

The post about data organizers encouraged me to ask this. Those of you that accumulate movies, TV, music from different sources probably wind up with slightly different naming conventions, like "Mad.Max.Fury.Road.2015.1080p.BluRay.mp4" vs "Mad Max (1979) (1080p BluRay x265).mkv." In an alphabetized list, these different conventions can lead to files being out of order and lead to confusion regarding what you have or finding the right film to watch. Do you rename files, and if so, do you rename them into something plain English like "Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).mp4"? Or some other style? And do you put all your Mad Maxes or Aliens or Matrixes (Matrices?) into folders so they're all together? Thanks for input.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/purgedreality on 2024-12-31 21:11:40.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Imaginary_War9923 on 2024-12-31 21:00:25.

hi hi~

I've been working on an offline tool to track and automate scraping from Booru sites. Check out this project if you're looking for an offline scraper that tracks downloads. let me know if u find any issues, i want to improve this program :)

https://github.com/Waffles-54/scraping-bot-manager

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dannydevitoloveme on 2024-12-31 20:24:39.

My dilemma: I have almost 2tb of pictures and videos on my google drive & am running out of space. Have been intending to back them up in other places/externally for a while to free up space and protect them in case the worst happens, but am honestly unsure of the best route. Probably 800gb+ of videos and the rest are pictures.

I have deep dove on this subreddit but I am not educated on this stuff at ALLLL so I’m not understanding a lot of terminology. I’ve seen the 3-2-1 rule but its not super clear to me. I’ve been considering an external hard drive (?) but I don’t know if that will do what I want. Would it make sense to use something different like dropbox in addition to google? I’m also slightly broke so more monthly subscriptions to things is a bit outta question

Sorry if these are dumb questions lol i just don’t wanna lose my data & have about 400gb of space left

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rozza591 on 2024-12-31 15:55:48.

What setup do you use for your LTO?

Hey fellow hoarders I'm looking for some friendly advice.

For the last 3 years Id been using the following setup which worked great.

• Quantum lto6 drive model B
• Areca ARC-1350 HBA
• Windows 10
• Quantum LTFS driver

About a year ago I had to wipe my PC and I could not get the LTO drive to work since.

I'm wondering what y'all use, I know the drive, HBA and cables are working as I can load and unload with tar but I'd rather be using LTFS. I've tried Fedora, Ubuntu and Unraid but I can't seem to get it running on any of them.

Any advice or insight into your own working setup would be appreciated.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Exotic_Emergency642 on 2024-12-31 14:43:52.

I have had a 3 disk RAID array (internal system board controller) in use for about 4 years now. System software issues forced me to wipe the entire system recently and, in the process, I added an extra drive to the RAID array.

All three disks that have been in use ~4 years (power off / spin down disabled)

SMART:

~40,000 hours of operation

~100 power cycles

A drive I had used with an Xbox that I no longer needed

SMART:

~15,000 hours of operation

~100,000 power cycles

I should mention that these drives have all been shucked from portable housings as this is the easiest way to procure large ones around here.

This makes me curious as to around how many power cycles indicates that a drive is on life support?

I've had wonderful results from drives with low cycle counts and being able to reach much higher hour counts. In fact, all my internal drives have always been set to disable the idle spin down power down process I fear is a drive killer (just a gut instinct, I have no data to back this up). To this day I haven't seen a failure with an internal drive since I stopped buying Maxtor drives 20 years or so ago. Bunches of portables gone bad (they do take more heat and vibration and many time the WD controller board just fails instead of the drive)

No, I promise I didn't play the Xbox for 1 and a half years lol, the darn machine must have been waking the drive multiple times a day when the system was sleeping!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ramakrishnasurathu on 2025-01-01 03:20:50.

Data storage and usage keep growing every day, but has the environmental impact been factored into this growth? Could we rethink how data centers are designed, powered, and managed to not just be efficient, but also aligned with sustainability goals? What would that kind of future look like?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/randopop21 on 2025-01-01 01:27:15.

Getting old. Slowing down and/or getting heard of hearing. Need subtitles to fully understand dialog.

How do I ensure that the movies I've searched for contain the subtitles?

Sometimes they are in a separate .srt file. But sometimes they are inside the MKV file. And when it comes to MKV files, it's not clear if they have subs or not.

And, sadly, most of the ones I come across don't have any subtitles and I have to search for them separately.