It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/palepatriot76 on 2025-07-30 19:26:22+00:00.

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Trying to back up a UK set, Two in Clover

Getting error using "MakeMKV" stating illegal, code, etc and mentions drive

My external blu-ray drives says "2 remaining" regarding changing region

So this is legit?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SirWillem1 on 2025-07-30 18:09:32+00:00.

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didn't have the money for online backups plus being dumb and wiping my old drives that had duplicate data on it. can't recover it i think because i used veracrpy to encrypt it, i don't feel too bad about it because that's why i encrypted it.

Edit:Damn, forgot to say. It just started to disconnect and then it wouldn't reconnect, and then it just spun with no lights on. Veracrypt worked fine. Seems to a problem with the drive as some reviews mentioned it.

note:it was this drive https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0B2PZWD81?showmri

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JamesRitchey on 2025-07-30 17:17:43+00:00.

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For fun, I decided to do a memory card test. I wrote data to a card, left it for little over a year, and then checked it for data loss. These are the details of the test, and the results.

Details:

• April 12, 2024 10:11PM the card was disconnected from power source (computer).
• July 30, 2025 9:45AM the card was reconnected to power source (computer), and re-checked for data loss.
• At no time between the disconnection date, and reconnection, was the card plugged into anything.
• The card used in this test was a SanDisk 4GB SDHC memory card. I've owned this card for many years, and used it for various things during that time span. While I've not had any issues in the past with data on the card, the card itself does have damage to the outer plastic from repeatedly being taken out of its storage case over the years.
• The card was stored in a clear plastic SD card case in my computer desk.
• The data used in this test was from "/dev/urandom" on Debian 12 AMD64 XFCE.

Results:

• Data verification was done using sha256sum for checksum comparison between the memory card, and an SHA-256 checksum made of it before. This test revealed matching checksums.

Original: 2c3e3395f8f75ee7e30c428f28ef7a411196d699ba0ff1e6a8dc1b31a61297e0

New: 2c3e3395f8f75ee7e30c428f28ef7a411196d699ba0ff1e6a8dc1b31a61297e0

• Data verification was done using cmp for byte-for-byte comparison between the memory card, and an exact image made of it before. This test revealed data was byte for byte identical.

sudo cmp "/dev/sdp" "sd.img" && echo $?

[sudo] password for user1:

0

Note:

• No analyses were done of the original data to determine its suitability for this sort of test.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/praveenjohri1 on 2025-07-30 10:57:48+00:00.

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Hello

I am looking to get 20TB or above used drives from vendors with good reputation in UK. I came across serverpartdeals.com but it is US based. Any recommendations?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Beneficial-Oil6759 on 2025-07-30 16:10:29+00:00.

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I was unable to stream the mega video files from the Mega website. It was directly selecting when I did a single click; it was downloading for a double click. However, it was working smoothly without any issues from its mobile app. I tried the Mega desktop software, but in that, you have to provide the link for each and every video to stream. It was quite annoying for me. Any solution?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sharp_Ad_6336 on 2025-07-30 14:03:10+00:00.

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Bought a sabrent external enclosure with the best reviews on Amazon, only to find out that it has a connectivity issue where it randomly disconnects after 3 minutes or 3 hours. Not exactly ideal for a small Plex Media server.

Unfortunately it seems like nearly all of the products have a fair amount of negative reviews with the same complaints. Are there any decent enclosures out there? I'm willing to put a bit more $ into an adorable 2 bay NAS enclosure if anyone has any recommendations.

Running a beelink mini s12 pro with a (free) 4tb WD purple (I do have a second if I get a dual bay).

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Old_n_Zesty on 2025-07-30 13:41:09+00:00.

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Hi All!

First, thank you for your time.

I hope to build a proper home server one day, but my research has shown me I have a lot to learn first.

In the meantime, I've got around 10TB of data with no real backup solution... so I'm going to bite the bullet and buy a prebuilt for ease of mind while I learn more about creating my own server.

Goal:

• RAID 6 for max redundancy (Please correct me if I'm wrong)
• 4x 12TB HDD drives
• Primary use case is backup
• Secondary use case is web-accessible & streaming media
• Not cost sensitive, but I also don't want to waste money either

Priorities: Stability/Protection > web acces > cost > streaming

Thank you in advance for any recommendations!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Plebius-Maximus on 2025-07-30 10:55:33+00:00.

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I recently picked up a Samsung PM897 second hand for a great price, and am currently using it in a Windows PC (it was originally intended for a NAS but I have decided to get a different pair of enterprise SSD's for that).

Does anyone know where to get firmware updates for drives like this? Samsung magician only handles consumer stuff so is of no help, and I can't see anything on Samsung's site that mentions this drive

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RoninSzaky on 2025-07-30 10:19:00+00:00.

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So yesterday I wanted to do my periodic data backup on my 2TB Samsung T7 Shield. However, shortly after I started copying files, I realized that something was awfully off with the transfer speeds.

 

At first, I thought it was simply the type of data I was copying, but larger files showed the same behavior with write speeds of a whopping 2 MB/s.

I started troubleshooting the usual suspects: drivers, cables, ports, and the drive's health, but alas, nothing helped.

While there are some "solutions" on YouTube, these only seem to speed things up when the drive is already performing decently.

Today, I was actually going to give up and buy another SSD, but I read somewhere that keeping the drive plugged in and letting it sit for 30 mins might help. While this did not exactly work at first (benchmark still showed hours for estimated completion), I did uncheck both optimization and trimming and ran the benchmark again, which now showed a write speed of about 100 MB/s. Not great, not terrible, but after turning on optimization again, I got my usual speed back.

 

To sum things up, let the drive sit idle for an extended period, then start turning off and on both trimming and optimization with some optional benchmarking in between.

Alternatively, you might try plugging the drive into a power-only USB socket, which could help reset the controller.

 

Hope this helps my fellow troubleshooters!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JesseSavage1 on 2025-07-30 09:19:02+00:00.

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I thought I would turn an old PC I had sitting around into a data server. I did a little bit of research and decided that Proxmox was the way to go. I don't have a clue what I am doing and it seems like I bit off more than I could chew.

I am having so many problems getting things to work on it. With a ton of fumbling, I was finally able to get ZimaOS set up on a VM. I don't know why nothing else I throw at the machine sticks, but this does. Some things may actually be working fine, but I just don't know how to access them. I have 4 drives set up as a ZRAID in proxmox. I seem to lose a ton of storage space with this setup.

Since I really don't know what I am doing with proxmox, is there really any good reason to use ZimaOS in a VM? Seems like it's kind of pointless, and maybe I would get all that storage back to use.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/taway12199 on 2025-07-30 08:45:08+00:00.

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https://preview.redd.it/efdkwltj4zff1.png?width=814&format=png&auto=webp&s=675672660fa72ad30e7b47f496dae4bcb973e924

I have this HDD since 2016 and it is showing 1% health and 1 day estimated life time since 2019 lol. I still have some apps and games in that drive and they are running without any problem.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Vareator on 2025-07-30 07:46:50+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/small_ataraxia on 2025-07-30 06:51:04+00:00.

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Brothers, My English is not good, so I wanna try to know the solution for my backup. In my area, we have a rule that said all data need a backup clone in storages which can be unplugged and go offline.

I've got my NAS, my Veritas on SAN. But, I need to make a copy what go offline 6 days per week, and only online in 1 day to get incremental change.

I'm thinking about HDD docks, 16 TB - 20 TB HDD, online by manual power plug. Guys, please share your experience for this task.

I will copy manually to HDD docks, no tools or applications? 3.5 usb is fast enough to big package? performance is good or not?

Thank you so much. Sorry for my bad English

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/small_ataraxia on 2025-07-30 06:50:18+00:00.

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Brothers, My English is not good, so I wanna try to know the solution for my backup. In my area, we have a rule that said all data need a backup clone in storages which can be unplugged and go offline.

I've got my NAS, my Veritas on SAN. But, I need to make a copy what go offline 6 days per week, and only online in 1 day to get incremental change.

I'm thinking about HDD docks, 16 TB - 20 TB HDD, online by manual power plug. Guys, please share your experience for this task.

I will copy manually to HDD docks, no tools or applications? 3.5 usb is fast enough to big package? performance is good or not?

Thank you so much. Sorry for my bad English

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/darrenpauli on 2025-07-31 16:09:51+00:00.

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Hi folks,

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed - but it's a serene life in its own way - and it seems all the guides and Synology disk calculators in the seven corners of the net can't help me. AIs even less since they appear as ignorant as me but with more conviction.

So it's with much reluctance I bother you with my peasant's setup. Who knows, maybe it'll bring fond memories of your entry into datahoarding. That or PTSD.

I'm after recommendations to maximise space on my mixed drive Synology 5 bay NAS.

I'm prepared to:

Consider all the data on my nas (which may over the long term consume all my potential available space) as expendable, and back up small amounts of config docker data and valuable errata to cloud and local / offline. I'm prepared to wipe the drives now and have backed up everything I need.

But I'd much prefer:

To sacrifice a small portion for SHR redundancy (unless this is stupid {it's stupid, isn't it?}) and maximise usable space.

Because research is for other people:

I recently bought a 16tb drive rather than 2x 8tb and now can't shell out for a new drive, at least anything more than about AUD$100ish/$US70ish which at current market prices means I'm stuck with what I have for a while. A long forever while.

What I have is:

A 5 bay Synology 1019+ NAS running largely as a media server, but will house Home Assistant. All apps run in docker via docker compose and configs, with it all backed up.

HDDs in SHR btrfs:

16tb refurb'd WD Ultrastar (2021)

2x 3tb WD red (2015 but active in the Nas with low use for say 2 years tops)

2 X 1tb WD green (2015, same usage as the red) (I tried to WDIDLE3 it years back but couldn't).

500gb Dell enterprise from 2011 I probably found in a bin.

For a few years I ran the setup minus the 16tb without issue. I've not run the kind of disk checks you'd all recommend to ascertain health, and can only say here and now that Synology's storage manager GUI gives me an over confident 'healthy' signal.

I've in many years past had to rescue data (a freezer was involved if memory serves) I'd brazenly shoved into new disks before I learnt about failure rates, so I take Synology's 'healthy' with a grain of salt.

But let's for arguments sake pretend they are all ok, great, in fact, or at least ok enough for a peasant like myself.

This week in a bid to avoid asking you folks I listened to all the AIs tell me to replace a 1tb with the 16tb which would maximise space. They said choose repair, not replace, after swapping.

So right now I have (in disk order):

500gb 3tb 1tb 3tb 16tb Still in SHR.

My total capacity according to Synology is 6.8tb.

I'm doing great, aren't I. Between following the advice of hallucinating Markov chains to inserting mismatched eco, red, and rubbish bin drives in random order, I think I've made my case to be a mod here rather confidently.

I kinda feel like I'd wear JBOD like an expensive tailored suit at this point with SHR not wanting to go anywhere near me and my dusty (did I mention the dust?) disks.

But hey, Gemini says I did a good job and all I need to do is wipe the drives and I'll get almost all the available space. What could possibly go wrong?

Yours in perplexed serenity,

Darren

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/disastorm on 2025-07-31 14:56:24+00:00.

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I don't know much about the different types of drive setups and whatnot, but what would the best solution to a relatively quiet drive be other than SSD which would obviously be the quietest.

I currently have a 3TB Seagate Barracuda from 2019 as my general storage in my pc, if i wanted to replace it with like a 8-12TB drive, what is the best option if i want it to be no louder than my existing Barracuda? It sounds like the enterprise drives tend to be louder?

Is WD Red maybe the best solution for a quiet large HDD? Or what about Blue?

Or perhaps is just using a NAS with an enterprise drive stored somewhere where the noise doesn't really matter a good solution?

Are there any other solutions? I know windows can kind of turn off drives when they aren't in use, but they still randomly spin up so I usually don't rely on that.

Also in terms of usage, it will basically only be used for storage of files and media, and perhaps streaming back the media such as videos. It won't be actively running any games or applications.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Legal_Ad_1096 on 2025-07-31 14:09:59+00:00.

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Hello,

I have a lot of family and childhood pictures contained in various old devices (computers/phones). I would like to extract them and take advantage of this opportunity to create a centralized and easily maintainable digital photo library. Until then I didn't have any centralized way to store my pictures. My goal is really to create a digital photo library that will last on the very long term (my life basically, I am 25) and that I will continue to fill with new pictures. I precise that I am not talking about professional pictures taken with high quality cameras, I am talking about family pictures, events pictures, taken mostly with a phone and that don't need any editing.

What I plan to do is to store all my pictures in folders. I don't want to rely on any photo library software and data base because software can be discontinued and add to much complexity. I don't think it is future proof enough.

I precise that I want my photo library to be OS independent so I think using only simple folders is perfect for this.

I don't think that the "date created" and "date modified" of the pictures is a reliable way to remember when the pictures where taken because often when you move the files or switch between OS these info get overridden. So, I have two choices here: either I do a file structure /YYYY/MM or even /YYYY/MM/DD; or I put all the photos in a same folder but rename them with the date taken (with a script): YYYY_MM_DD_HH_SS.jpeg. For this I would need your input, what do you think is the best practice?

Regarding ways to say which pictures are associated to an event (wedding, birthdays...), I plan to keep info.txt files in the files structure to provide descriptions to group of pictures.

According to you is this a good way to organize my photo library in a robust and future proof way? Or am I missing something?

I precise that this post is not about how to backup my photo library and on which medium I should store it. It is about which file structure I should use or which tools I should use to make the photo library. Regarding the backup I will save the library on the cloud and hard drives.

Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Undecided79 on 2025-07-31 13:23:31+00:00.

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Books, newspapers, film, even rock inscriptions. All should be done simultaneously

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PsychoticBinary on 2025-07-31 12:54:55+00:00.

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As the title says, I have a lot of short videos, mostly from vacations or product videos. I don't really need them as shorts but I don't want to loose the media as well. I tried to collate a couple of them into one long video (aprox 3h) but from a total of 30ish gb, the new generated video is 47gb (using wondershare filmora). Is there a way to collate them without loosing much when it comes to quality?(most of them are 1080p). As I said, I don't mind cutting the new video if I will need some part in the future, but as they are now, a lot of space is wasted.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DisneyVader on 2025-07-31 11:24:08+00:00.

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im new to a lot of this so when i got my Unraid shares and my Libredrive working i just started ripping my entire collection...

i now realize this was a mistake... most of my media files are just in one giant folder... when i learned Makemkv could create new folders based on the name of the disc i started doing that

but now im working on getting Plex / Jellyfin and possibly an Arr stack running and these services expect the files in individual folders with name and year... and files with similar naming scheme...

so my question is... is there a recommended way to automate this process or do i need to manually work through 22TB worth of media? :(

AI clients tell me to just use Radarr but that doesnt seem to be working or im just doing it wrong... any help is much appreciated

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mccann73 on 2025-07-30 04:39:11+00:00.

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Hi everyone, I recently purchased 2 Seagate 20TB SAS x20 manufacturer refurbished drives, or so they told me. As these drives were not for critical data, I was ok to use a refurbished drive and save some money, but was well aware of the issues around the Seagate’s having there smart info reset to show 0 hours usage.

 They arrived today and I went through the FARM drives stats to confirm they were genuine refurbished, and I found some strange results, the FARM POH was ok, it looks like the seller might have run tests on these, maybe, as there was already an hour runtime. But then I saw the Workload Statistics that doesn’t seem to match up to the power on hours, even if it was a vigorous disk read/write scan was performed I not sure we would get these numbers in an hour? Also checking the date of manufacture didn’t make sense, manufactured mid last year (2024) and Seagate tells me warranty expired on the 11/Mar/2025?

 Anyway I will try and run the Seagate tools to confirm results, just got to move a SAS controllers to a windows device, hope to hear you thoughts, would the workload stats be ok?

 

Seagate Field Access Reliability Metrics log (FARM) (SCSI Log page 0x3d, sub-page 0x3)

FARM Log Parameter 0: Log Header

FARM Log Version: 4.29

Pages Supported: 59

Log Size: 9864

Heads Supported: 20

Reason for Frame Capture: 0

FARM Log Parameter 1: Drive Information

Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

World Wide Name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Firmware Rev: E005

Device Interface: SAS

Device Capacity in Sectors: 39063650303

Reason for Frame Capture: 4096

Logical Sector Size: 512

Device Buffer Size: 268435456

Number of heads: 20

Device form factor: 3.5 inches

Rotation Rate: 7200

Power on Hour: 1

Power Cycle count: 7

Hardware Reset count: 0

FARM Log Parameter 2: Workload Statistics

Total Number of Read Commands: 8207

Total Number of Write Commands: 383565

Total Number of Random Read Cmds: 533

Total Number of Random Write Cmds: 8233

Total Number of Other Commands: 73861

Logical Sectors Written: 282742016

Logical Sectors Read: 2097170

Number of Read commands from 0-3.125% of LBA space: 1891494

Number of Read commands from 3.125-25% of LBA space: 3920

Number of Read commands from 25-50% of LBA space: 4480

Number of Read commands from 50-100% of LBA space: 8971

Number of Write commands from 0-3.125% of LBA space: 596288

Number of Write commands from 3.125-25% of LBA space: 1792

Number of Write commands from 25-50% of LBA space: 2048

Number of Write commands from 50-100% of LBA space: 504256

 Date of Assembled: 2435

FARM Log Parameter 3: Error Statistics

Unrecoverable Read Errors: 0

Unrecoverable Write Errors: 0

Number of Mechanical Start Failures: 0

FRU code if smart trip from most recent SMART Frame: 0

Invalid DWord Count Port A: 4

Invalid DWord Count Port B: 0

Disparity Error Count Port A: 4

Disparity Error Count Port B: 0

Loss Of DWord Sync Port A: 1

Loss Of DWord Sync Port B: 0

Phy Reset Problem Port A: 0

Phy Reset Problem Port B: 0

FARM Log Parameter 4: Environment Statistics

Current Temperature (Celsius): 281

Highest Temperature: 333

Lowest Temperature: 213

Specified Max Operating Temperature: 60

Specified Min Operating Temperature: 5

Current Relative Humidity: 0

Current Motor Power: 4824

12V Power Average: 0

12V Power Minimum: 0

12V Power Maximum: 0

5V Power Average: 0

5V Power Minimum: 0

5V Power Maximum: 0

FARM Log Parameter 5: Reliability Statistics

Helium Pressure Threshold Tripped: 0

FARM Log Parameter 6: Drive Information Continued

Depopulation Head Mask: 0

Product ID: ST20000NM002D

Drive Recording Type: CMR

Has Drive been Depopped: 0

Max Number of Available Sectors for Reassignment: 18204

Time to ready of the last power cycle (sec): 32303

Time drive is held in staggered spin (sec): 0

Last Servo Spin up Time (sec): 10243

FARM Log Parameter 7: Environment Information Continued

Current 12 volts: 12016

Minimum 12 volts: 11985

Maximum 12 volts: 12156

Current 5 volts: 4949

Minimum 5 volts: 4908

Maximum 5 volts: 4977

FARM Log "By Head" Information

MR Head Resistance 0: 424

MR Head Resistance 1: 277

MR Head Resistance 2: 456

MR Head Resistance 3: 415

MR Head Resistance 4: 425

MR Head Resistance 5: 403

MR Head Resistance 6: 422

MR Head Resistance 7: 425

MR Head Resistance 8: 393

MR Head Resistance 9: 410

MR Head Resistance 10: 446

MR Head Resistance 11: 422

MR Head Resistance 12: 464

MR Head Resistance 13: 371

MR Head Resistance 14: 474

MR Head Resistance 15: 344

MR Head Resistance 16: 396

MR Head Resistance 17: 343

MR Head Resistance 18: 464

MR Head Resistance 19: 459

Number of Reallocated Sectors 0: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 1: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 2: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 3: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 4: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 5: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 6: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 7: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 8: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 9: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 10: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 11: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 12: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 13: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 14: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 15: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 16: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 17: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 18: 0

Number of Reallocated Sectors 19: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 0: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 1: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 2: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 3: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 4: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 5: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 6: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 7: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 8: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 9: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 10: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 11: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 12: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 13: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 14: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 15: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 16: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 17: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 18: 0

Number of Reallocation Candidate Sectors 19: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 0: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 1: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 2: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 3: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 4: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 5: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 6: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 7: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 8: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 9: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 10: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 11: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 12: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 13: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 14: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 15: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 16: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 17: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 18: 0

Write Power On (hrs) 19: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 0: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 1: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 2: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 3: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 4: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 5: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 6: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 7: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 8: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 9: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 10: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 11: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 12: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 13: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 14: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 15: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 16: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 17: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 18: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Repeating 19: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 0: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 1: 0

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Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 3: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 4: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 5: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 6: 0

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Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 8: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 9: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 10: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 11: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 12: 0

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Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 14: 0

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Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 16: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 17: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 18: 0

Cum Lifetime Unrecoverable Read Unique 19: 0

Second MR Head Resistance 0: 365

Second MR Head Resistance 1: 361

Second MR Head Resistance 2: 500

Second MR Head Resistance 3: 395

Second MR Head Resistance 4: 589

Second MR Head Resistance 5: 356

Second MR Head Resistance 6: 395

Second MR Head Resistance 7: 394

Second MR Head Resistance 8: 404

Second MR Head Resistance 9: 524

Second MR Head Resistance 10: 420

Second MR Head Resistance 11: 392

Second MR Head Resistance 12: 420

Second MR Head Resistance 13: 458

Second MR Head Resistance 14: 453

Second MR Head Resistance 15: 363

Second MR Head Resistance 16: 385

Second MR Head Resistance 17: 327

Second MR Head Resistance 18: 371

Second MR Hea...

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kakashihokage on 2025-07-30 01:44:31+00:00.

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Hey yall I would like some help, I'm trying to find the cheapest way to get a DAS or NAS enclosure that is capable of running 200TB in RAID as one large disk. Anyone have any ideas? I have no experience with DAS or NAS or RAID whatsoever. Can you buy used solutions anywhere? thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jabberwockxeno on 2025-07-30 01:30:04+00:00.

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I recently bought a trio of manufacturer recertified (non-pro) Ironwolf 12tb ST12000VN0007 drives for around 480 USD around a month ago: I wanted 16tb drives, but the ones I was gonna buy sold out. My return period is almost up and before it is I'm trying to see if I can find manufacturer recertified 14tb or 16tb drives for not a ton more, like around 600 USD, or even just other 12tb drives that are more quiet or have better reliability rates, but I'm having trouble

I was gonna buy 3 16TB T16000NE000 's instead, especially for the space but also since they're rated for 300tb/year reliability vs 180 for the 12tb's, and I tink have around double the AFR, based on googling rather then the spec sheet like the other value?) but those either rose in price or I misread it, since now they'd be 720 USD, which is too steep a price for me to pay, I think (especially since my plan was to do RAID 1 with 2 drives I bought and use the third as a backup, then in a few months buy a 4th to do RAID 10 with and then a single huge drive as a backup, so I still have more purchases down the road), though I really worry my eventual 24tb array may not be enough long term space: It'll probably be fine for 5ish years, maybe longer, but I'd like this to last more then then (though 5 years is my warranty length anyways, so?)

I can't really find manufacturer recertified 14tb drives in general, and while Exos 16tb recertified drives are cheaper, like I could get ~~2x~~ (meant to say) 3x EXOS X16 ST16000NM001G 's for 630 USD, I hear (ha!) people say EXOS drives are very loud, which is a concern of mine: my NAS would be in my room and I'm concerned about the noise (maybe needlessly? I do have multiple laptops and cooling pads running nonstop and those rarely bug me)

It seems like the 2.8 bel (idle) and 3.2 bel (seeking) noise levels the 12tb Ironwolfs and the 16tb ironwolf pro drives I have/was considering is the same as what the EXOS is rated for: it's manual notes the same values for typical use and a slightly higher max.

If their manuals and spec sheets list the same noise levels, then the Exos and Ironwolfs should be as loud as each other, right? Is this actually not true in practice?

Also, general advice on if I should stick with the 12tb's or not: Are drive prices likely to come down enough in 5ish years that switching to higher capacity drives then won't be a problem? Or is it viable to incrementally switch out the 12tb ones with 16tb ones (I won't actually get more usable space with a RAID 10 or 6 array though untill they're all 16tb, right?)? Is the lower writes per year rating for the 12tb vs the 16 not actually a big deal?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/xkcx123 on 2025-07-30 01:27:57+00:00.

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Could you all give me some recommendations that are not crazy expensive.

Based on the storage sizes and such i have been looking at LTo 4 and higher.

This would be solely for use as another backup

The total amount of data that I have is about 15-25TB’s right now but I’m considering ripping all of my media (DVD’s, Blu-ray’s, CD) and that’s a few thousand disc.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KamVachon on 2025-07-29 23:55:11+00:00.

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I am a photographer and I am trying to transfer files from one of my SSD to my backup HDDs. While doing so, it always shuts down my Macbook. I also tried moving files from my HDD to my SDD and it crashes even faster.

My HDDs and SSD are plugged into my computer through my Anker USB-C hub.

I have 2 HDDs that I run mirrored. I always plug them in together.

What could be causing this? I'm really afraid of losing my photos!