The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ManusiaEntahBerantah on 2025-08-02 16:01:51+00:00.

Since recently OFDL got DMCA'd, are there any alternatives to download DRM videos and images from OF?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DustinNielsen on 2025-08-02 13:27:32+00:00.

Hey fellow hoarders,

I'm building out a Plex/media server in a 4U rackmount chassis. It's got 8 internal HDD slots, and I'm quickly running out of space. The mobo is full ATX, and I'm using Unraid.

I'm looking into a PCIe HBA (like an LSI 9207-8i or 9305-16i) to add more drives. My power supply is 750W and has plenty of headroom. The case, however, is the bottleneck — I physically can't fit more than 8 drives inside. I think my ultimate setup would have max 12 HDDs so I can't imagine needing more than four HDDs outside the case.

Would it be totally foolish to run SATA breakout cables and PSU power cables out the back of the 4U chassis and mount more drives in a separate 1U or 2U rack slot below or above it?

I'm picturing just bolting some fans and drive cages into an old 1U chassis or DIY shelf, maybe even 3D printing some brackets. I already have the cables, the PSU seems up to the task, and this avoids the complexity and cost of a true JBOD enclosure with SAS expander, separate PSU, etc.

Is this a terrible idea for drive integrity/cooling/safety? Or is this a totally common budget-friendly move?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Individual_Sir4579 on 2025-08-02 09:39:56+00:00.

Apologies if I'm in wrong sub, couldn't find a specific one for this adult library organiser.

Is anyone aware of a StashApp theme where scenes are displayed like posters rather than squares/landscape? I have mostly plot oriented (movies) entries and I'd like to see them as DVD posters rather than square or landscape scenes.

Much appreciated.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HungryPersonality559 on 2025-08-02 13:20:19+00:00.

With the (edited from "looming loss") funding cuts to NPR and PBS, what can the average person do to help archive important educational programming. I'm a teacher and want to use NPR materal and PBS materials in future lessons and am so worried these programs will get lost! For instance: the little kiddos I teach love when I incorporate Work it Out Wombats into the curriculum. It's an adorable show that teaches computational thinking and problem solving. We use tiny desk concerts as dance / decompression breaks. Any reccs for the best way to save materials intended to be used explixitly for educational purposes (and not resold of course)?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Methhead1234 on 2025-08-02 18:45:20+00:00.

I have shamelessly collected 35,000 pictures of various things (articles, news, artwork, irl pics, memes, etc. etc.) and I'm hoping to organize them over the next couple weeks. I know there's facial recognition software to sort pics, but is there anything for distinguishing memes vs article screenshots (they are very visually distinct) vs art, and so on?

Doesn't have to be anywhere 100% accurate, but it would definitely cut the time organizing it when I go back to manually sort them. Tried and true methods?

Highly appreciate any ideas

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/2024to2025 on 2025-08-02 18:00:35+00:00.

What do you think is the best option?

Wd 5tb is only $5 more expensive.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/UnassumingDrifter on 2025-08-02 17:14:12+00:00.

Anyone have any insights on how to get those 30-60gb drives cheap? No not steal. I’d be fine with 6 of the the 15.xx drives for raid6 with +/-40TB available. I’d love to get off spinning drives. Unfortunately everything is see is crazy expensive. As much as I like the speed I could live with not the fastest throughput (for SSD) I just want the low latency and hopefully if ever I have to rebuild an array speed during that seems critical. My current “issues” if they are that there’s about 4hrs a day when maintenance tasks run that the drives are pegged. It’s 4hrs because I’ve said that’s the window so there’s likely tasks going incomplete.

I’d like to do this for less than the price of a decent car 😳

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Merchant_Lawrence on 2025-08-02 15:18:36+00:00.

i preety sure my 4 core, 8 gb, 128 gb disk vps will sufficient /s. really is that event possible, i really need offline recipe catalog and kiwix libray lets just say not sufficient enough for me.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SparhawkBlather on 2025-08-02 14:15:26+00:00.

So I recently moved from a Synology DS918+ with 32tb raw in SHR1 to a much more substantial machine with 2 x 10TB SATA zfs mirrors as my “fastpool” and 8x16tb SAS in a RAIDZ1 as my “slowpool” (plus lots of compute, plus NVME mirrors for databases, plus SATA SSD mirrors for containers).

But I need to find a much lower cost way than I’m currently doing. I need to get started on a JBOD approach with enough bays that I can buy inexpensive disks. But it also needs to live in “living space”, so it can’t be a rackmount 2U “screamer”. Maybe someday I can move to a real rackmount approach and get a 60-bay enclosure and populate with a bunch of 4TB drives (or maybe 8TB drives will be just as cheap by that point). But not today. And I’m not scrappy enough to do a full unraid “just get whatever and stick it in a box” - I’m probably going to stick with ZFS for now. So what’s my play? Are there any “quiet/small” rack mount boxes? Are there any desktop boxes that have real bay capacity? Where do you get drives that are reliable enough when you’re buying in bulk - are there “annual sales” or anything?

I need guidance so I can join you all.

Thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/draygonia on 2025-08-02 14:01:30+00:00.

Hi, I've been a data hoarder since the late 2000s but I wish I had been more of a data sorter in hindsight.

I have a collection of graphics design templates, photoshop resources, animations, sounds, mockups, stock photos, infographics, website templates, scripts, books, tutorials, the list goes on and on. I downloaded much of it at least 10-15 years ago.

Many of them are embedded in archives and most of them are named but I have no idea how to even begin to sort through everything.

I need some way to sort all of it into a readable library and I cannot do it myself, it makes me sick to even think about starting.

Can anyone recommend any software that can do this automatically?

I would appreciate any advice you can provide.

PS: I tried to rewrite this post using AI but I think people are pretty sick of that so I decided against it, hence why it sounds a little all over the place. Sorry.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Confident_Finish8528 on 2025-08-02 10:59:08+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Odd_Towel6889 on 2025-08-02 10:54:45+00:00.

Hi all,

My FreeNAS 9.10.2-U3 boot drive failed, and the official archives seem down. I have my config and SSDs, just need the correct ISO (or manual update tar) to reinstall. Does anyone have a working link or archive?

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Left-Independent9874 on 2025-08-02 09:58:35+00:00.

Hi everyone,

I built two free tools to help you export social media comments:

1. Export Facebook Comments to Excel 👉 GitHub Repo
2. Export Instagram Comments to Excel 👉 GitHub Repo

Feel free to check them out and let me know if you have feedback or questions!

Cheers,

Haron

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sweetsweetmellie on 2025-08-02 09:41:11+00:00.

Hi,

I hope this will make sense to all of you.

I switched phones back in 2023, from Samsung to iPhone. Kept the same number but didn’t save all my conversations. Now, I need to retrieve my old messages from my Samsung phone but I think Whatsapp is not fond of the app being used on two devices at once. What can I do to retrieve my old messages from my old phone ? Thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReginaGeorge_2000s on 2025-08-02 08:52:12+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jotschi on 2025-08-02 07:23:27+00:00.

I have the odd issue that some drives keep experiencing resets when I add more drives to one of my disk shelf's. The disk shelf uses a cooled IBM (46m0997) expander. When the drive craps out I need to manually power cycle it to restore functionality. It however keeps being show on the bus but throws Io errors. The drives themselves are fine.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Any recommendations for SAS2 expanders?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Bondster45 on 2025-08-02 05:18:48+00:00.

I am looking for opinions regarding my current setup, and if the cost of running mirrored drives is worth it.

My setup consists of:

• My main PC (4x HDD)
• My TrueNAS backup server (8x HDD running mirrored pairs)
• Backblaze (Cloud backup)

I am reconsidering if it's worth running my TrueNAS drives in mirrored pairs, because expanding my storage gets expensive having to buy 3 drives at a time (1 for the main PC, 2 for the NAS). I setup my NAS this way for an extra layer of protection against failing drives (4-2-1 rule?), however the NAS is only on a few times a week for backup and contains only unused enterprise grade drives. Also Backblaze recently upgraded their restore functionality, so if any drives on my main PC were to die I could get away with restoring from the cloud instead of the NAS.

Would you consider this mirrored NAS setup to be overkill, or do you think the cost is worth the extra layer of redundancy/protection?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ConfidencePurple3478 on 2025-08-02 04:07:48+00:00.

Working on a personal archive of Amazon product reviews for NLP sentiment analysis. Scraping is unreliable and noisy. I’m hoping there’s a solid amazon reviews api out there that can pull verified reviews and star ratings over time. Any recommendations?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Captian1618 on 2025-08-02 03:14:54+00:00.

Despite verifying that it's properly installed and finding it directly in my site packages, it continues to say "'gallery_dl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file."

I've typed it out in other ways like 'gallery-dl', 'gallery-dl --help', and 'gallery_dl --help' with no success. Please help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MisakaMisakaS100 on 2025-08-02 02:51:19+00:00.

Hi, I would like to ask what hard drive enclosures would you guys recommend me. I have multiple Orico 5 bay enclosures and a ACASIS 5bay enclosures. I am facing multiple issue when using them with driverpool and hard drive sentinel like freezing and crashing. I am thinking of getting other enclosures that are more reliable but dont know which one. And I heard those enclosure uses JMicron chip which are very bad...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dysn_edits on 2025-08-02 02:48:17+00:00.

Hi, is this normal speeds for gen5 m.2?

Samsung 9100 PRO M.2 NVMe Gen5 2TB

https://preview.redd.it/kslphfbgsigf1.png?width=485&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d45866543abac661c852e23676e051e5657b025

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MorgothTheBauglir on 2025-08-02 02:26:26+00:00.

TLDR;

Wanted to validate the concept of building a DIY NAS using mini pc's and SFF/MFF desktop cases, trying to focus on power efficiency and easily available and cheap materials plus re-utilizing a lot of the stuff I already had - eg. fans, hdd's, IO shields, etc. It turned out pretty good, met all of my personal requirements and couldn't be happier:

1. 10x HDD + 2x 256GB SSD
2. N150 + 16GB RAM + 512GB NVME
3. Deepcool CH160 mesh case
4. Combined HDD throughput is around 2GB/s
5. Idle power consumptions fluctuates around 120W
6. HDD temp averages at 35C
7. CPU temp averages at 60C
8. No RGB whatsoever
9. Wife doesn't know because it's dead silent lol

Context and build log

I've been using my gaming rig as a 24x7 Torrent + PleX server at home for a few years now, had 10x 3.5" HDDs across two 5-bay USB 3.0 enclosures which worked fine with DrivePool and Snapraid but the power consumption was crazy 24x7 for not much demand. Decided to go offload that task to an Alder Lake mini PC and get rid of the USB overhead when moving data around or running backups.

Got the SOYO M4 Plus with 16gb of RAM and 512g SSD for pretty cheap in Aliexpress, replaced the generic SSD with WD's SN5000S 512gb with 2230 and placed it into the WiFi card M.2 slot with the A/E to M key adapter, slapped a couple of ASM1166 M.2 to 6xSATA adapter too and thought it was good (each M.2 is PCIE 3.0 x1 so that's 1GB/s per adapter). However, converting the A/E key to M key added some height to the slot and it started preventing one of the M.2 to SATA adapters from latching completely into the slot.

SN5000S on the M.2 A/E key slot for WiFI, notice how it gets higher due to the adapter

The 2nd M.2 to SATA adapter gets way too high up to the point it can't be completely screwed down to place without bending the PCB.

Since I just wanted to test the system out it actually worked out alright, however, the NVME temperatures were peaking at 79C (due to bad airflow and lack of space between both M.2 slots) and clearly need to have this fixed. The solution was to use an A/E key extender adapter which allowed me to route the NVME under the M.2 to SATA adapter and would give me space to install a proper heatsink and some thermal pads. Temperature went down to 50C and all the adapters were now 100% lined up as they should. The best piece of advice I can give is: always replace the included generic SSD! By doing it so the CPU usage dropped dramatically from thermal throttling non-stop in idle to fluctuating between 60~70C.

"Perfectly balanced as all things should be" - Darth Vader

CPU usage: (1) Included generic SSD, (2) with SN5000S creating some torrents and (3) SN5000S idle. LPT Always get a quality NVMe with chinese mini PC's.

The CH160 case supports both ATX and SFX power supplies but any of those would completely prevent me from installing all 10x HDD's + 2x SSD's so I really had to go smaller and gave it a shot with a Flex PSU and an ATX/SFX conversion bracket. This is by far the most critical component to build this NAS like I wanted, otherwise I would have to rely on power bricks and shady DC to SATA converters - "Fire is the devil's only friend" - nope, just nope. Managed to hide the 24-pin cables nicely behind it along with coupling the ATX power switch.

Flex PSU with ATX/SFX adapter bracket

Another angle, showing how much clearance there is now

Ok, hard drives were next. Managed to screw both 5xHDD cages together as they lined up perfectly and would be treated a single piece from now on. The SATA power cables were perfect for the job as I've had them cherry picked since they had 4cm spacing between each SATA plug which turned out to be precise for a snug fit and leaving no slack around. I've also "painted" the HDD cages with a few permanent black markers I've had laying around as the steel would contrast with the black CH160 a bit too much for my taste, just wanted to tone down the colors a bit for stealth purposes and it went like a charm. Also installed one of the 200W PCIE to SATA power breakout converters (also swapped the 10mm's standoffs with 4mm's), connected the SATA cables and had the mini PC case dremel'd to open way for the SATA connectors. The idea would be to toy around with it all and try to find the best fit and assess the possibilities.

Power cables with 4cm spacing worked out perfectly.

HDD's being thrown into position.

4mm standoffs vs 10mm ones - squeezing every possible clearance we can get

Test fitting chaos.

Settled on the overall position and started routing cables left and right and putting each piece on their final position. Place 2x60mm's close the PSU as they would be intaking cool air towards the mini PC and I've also managed to double tape the SSD's in there as there would be clearance for the mini PC too. I decided to remove the mini PC cover altogether as it wasn't helping the cables nicely so it made my life a bit easier, since the PC case is fully meshed I wouldn't worry about dust anyways plus it would also help with the overall cooling too.

Slowly looking less like a pile of tech garbage - which it is..?

Easy there cowboy, the worse is yet to come.

It's FML time now: cable management. Went with the basics of using Velcro's, fold and compressing cables. Some ~~cheating too~~ zip ties were used but just to fix unmovable things such as fan molex connectors and stubborn hard wires. Speaking of hard wires, untying the flat cable wires and bundling them up with cloth insulation tape did wonders to facilitate the work and remove the excess cables and connectors. I just cut them off and had the bare wires covered with liquid insulation tape. Clean and easy. The fact that I've placed the fan controller just by the rear I/O should opening helped me tremendously to route all the fan connectors to a common point and route them accordingly as well.

Still a rat's nest.

Untying flat power cable wirings.

Cloth insulation tape doing its magic, much better now.

Far from perfect but will definitely do the job.

Fan controller double taped by the I/O shield.

Since there wouldn't be any I/O shield I decided to 3d print one that I would open just the necessary holes for the build and also to allow the air to pass through. Basically the DC power connector of the mini PC goes through it along with the LAN cable and a USB 3.2 10Gbps hub that I've had laying around to facilitate doing cold storage backups via USB with my former HDD enclosures. I've managed to also punch a perfect hole for the ATX power switch to easily shutdown and on the system, the mini PC power is flawlessly managed via Wake-on-LAN, cool beans.

Rearview - PSU power cord, mini PC DC cable, LAN cable and USB 3.2 10G hub. 3D printed I/O shield with manually cut holes for the cables and power switch.

And I guess that's it, the build is complete. Booted perfectly, recognized all the drives, ran several throughput tests and I'm very satisfied with the overall result as I'm not running any VDEV's, VM's or big workloads. Went with Windows 11 IoT LTSC (non-bloated and solid version, highly recommend it) with good old DrivePool and Snapraid as it's basically for Torrent and PleX/Jellyfin.

[Final product.](https://preview.redd.it/oxzvmtv6tggf1.jpg?width=3072&format=pj...

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Mysterious-Fudge-552 on 2025-08-02 01:48:46+00:00.

Hey I was going through some old stuff and stumbled across my old Western Digital Sharespace NAS. While I know this by itself is old and not being supported I wondered if anybody had repurposed theirs for something. I know the reality is I should e-cycle it and buy something new but I wanted to check if anybody is doing something cool with it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AshleyAshes1984 on 2025-08-01 23:44:23+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/unabatedshagie on 2025-08-01 23:17:11+00:00.

I currently have six external drives connected to my "server" and as per usual, I'm running out of space.

I'm looking for a NAS or multi-drive enclosure for five drives and either drives I can shuck to put in it or just plain drives to put in it. Preferably 16TB or therabouts.

I was thinking about something like this but I'm not sure.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KO03BBA

As for drives, I have no idea about shucking, is that even still a thing that is preferable to do thesedays?