The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/100gamberi on 2025-03-26 18:32:03.

Hi!

I have an extensive sample library of audio files (about 7 TB), which I use almost every day for work. At the moment, I have two different SSDs (4 TB each) that I carry around. However, it's a bit inconvenient, as I use twice the ports and it's a bit annoying to update and search the library, especially with soudly.

I thought of buying a 8 TB SSD, and at the moment there are 4 available: SanDisk, Samsung T5, Samsung MZ, and WD_BLACK. I would choose the last one for the high read/write speed - although it's not that fundamental, as it's kind of a storage from which I export audio files every day, so I don't think speed is essential.

The question is: since I would connect/disconnect and bring around this SSD often, is it a safer option than HDs when it comes down to durability and damage? Or should I save myself 600 € and just buy an HD?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hungry-Wealth-6132 on 2025-03-26 17:26:10.

Hi!

I am working a bit at Wikimedia Commons, and there, the shutdown of USGOV websites is a huge topic. Has someone a good advice?

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump (far to the bottom of the page)

"With the very likely shutdown of the Voice of America, I've begun copying what I can to Wikimedia Commons, before they start deleting their various websites. I'd encourage anyone who has a few moments to go to the VOA websites and copy anything that is copyright-free for use here. Especially if you speak another language, there's a trove of good information there that will likely be of interest in the future. I doubt much is getting archived by the current US administration either, making this even more important."

Thanks! (Maybe there is even an online mirror or someone already backing up?)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/manzurfahim on 2025-03-26 18:08:06.

I need to offload a bulk of data from my RAID6, and was thinking of getting the 28TB drives. Are these drives just recertified, or do they have platter(s) disabled because 28 is just an unusual number. Also, are these drives HAMR or SMR or PMR?

The data I'm going to offload (BD / UHD Full discs), they are not extremely important like photos etc. but I did spend a lot of time collecting them. I am not sure, maybe I will get two drives and have two copies. But how are these drives in general? Those who are using these new drives (24 / 26 / 28), what are your gut feelings about these drives?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cdesmith16 on 2025-03-26 15:33:17.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nikcolafizzzz on 2025-03-26 14:45:21.

What's the best windows formatting tool currently for wiping a used disk completely for archival purposes ?

I have couple of very old wd black 50ogb internal hdds that I got off off used market which I would like to completely wipe before starting to use em for archival purposes .

Is the windows disk management tool enough ? Is command line disklart better ? Or should I be using tools like rufus or lowleveldiskformatting tool by hdd guru or any other software which cleans up disks proper and aligns sectors well ?

What's the best tool / software to completely wipe and old used disk on windows which isn't too complicated and wudnt cause much issues / harm with a few disks plugged in ?

Regards ,

ColaFizz

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BeamBlizzard on 2025-03-26 11:15:33.

Is there any program/project related to that? Preferably on python.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SheepherderSelect622 on 2025-03-26 10:52:37.

What would your approach be to building the quietest possible NAS?

Speed and cost per TB are secondary.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Anxious_Extreme_6532 on 2025-03-25 20:58:35.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AccomplishedMud110 on 2025-03-26 08:18:58.

Background-I am an addict, like many others I have accumulated a large library of games without the time or hardware to run it.

Now, I found an old 2tb hdd that I ordered from Amazon and forgot about, it works fine event hough it's an internal 3.5inch drive running via an adapter with power cable.

Should I download my entire library on to the drive just for kicks and free up the storage on my aging laptop (.5tb + .5tb internal and another 1tb connected by usb) all ssd? Will gaming from hard disk be significantly slower?

Might built a new system soon, looking for economics of it, so can install this drive into the new PC as games only drive.

Thanks for the help.

P.s. electric bill avg around $20.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ilikebillyhashbrown on 2025-03-26 06:41:45.

Is there any cloud provider that provides 8 GB/s throughput SSDs? PCIe 5.0?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SnooSeagulls1810 on 2025-03-26 06:02:39.

I tried to find a data sheet on it, but every data sheet I found didn't include this specific model. Is it a typo or a real product?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MrQmar on 2025-03-26 05:27:17.

I’m trying to archive a webpage using services like the Wayback Machine or archive.today, but Cloudflare keeps blocking the crawler with its "Checking your browser" page or CAPTCHA. The site I’m trying to save doesn’t have an existing archive, and manual saving isn’t practical for my use case.

What I’ve tried:

• Wayback Machine, archive.today, and other public archivers.

1. Are there tools or archivers that can bypass Cloudflare’s anti-bot checks?

Any advice or shared experiences would be hugely appreciated!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Dial-M-For-Malistrae on 2025-03-26 04:05:03.

I am looking for a better backup solution for my security camera setup, but I am debating whether or not to get one of those Ugreen prebuilt NASs instead of building my own and building my first rack. I want to spend at least about 2k because I'd like something that lasts. This would need to be able to scale up to at least four more Rio link cameras as I currently have nine and can't fit another drive into the DVR itself, so I was looking to use an FTP backup.

My biggest concern would be cooling the server. The garage where I am and the security cameras are pretty poorly insulated, so I'm slightly concerned about venting the Heat. I have thought about venting it into the upstairs area between the roof but would rather not. In my mind, the main upsides to building my own would be much better Hardware as well, as it's roughly about the same price as what I'm looking to spend. I have looked at some used Dell servers that are pretty cheap as options. I've done some work in Linux primarily for fun, and I'm not worried about getting my hands dirty as far as installing operating systems and the like.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ninja-Trix on 2025-03-26 03:25:47.

Due to cheap manufacturing, Warner HDDVDs AND DVDs from the same era have been found to have incredibly early disc rot, characterized by clouded splotched between the data layer and the protective coat. This is caused by air pockets seeping through when the layers aren't properly sealed.

While HDDVDs had it the worst, some showing clouding even when purchased new at the time, just now, DVDs from the same era are showing the same signs of decay.

Someone else has compiled a comprehensive list of the affected releases and you may want to consider backing up your copies if you have them:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CyLGHyuhA2mfhPr4Bkyj8RAapl_0LTmN/

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/spaciousmind321 on 2025-03-25 22:53:08.

I have been running on internal drives and using the odd external drive for backups . But I need more space for movies etc, mostly to use as a plex server, which can be on the whole time.

The trouble is I need to do it on the cheap for now.

I bought a second hand good condition orico 5-bay metabox pro, thinking this would solve all my problems.

I plugged in some old 2TB NTFS formatted drives from an old computer and quickly found out I can't see my data on them (some of which I want to keep) and the orico wants to format all the drives in there to RAID.

Now I can probably manage to get my data off them and format them if needed, BUT I want to be able to upgrade this with bigger drives when I can afford it.

I've never really used RAID before so correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is you have to format all drives to RAID and then can't add any more without formatting everything again?

If this is correct, I don't want to use RAID. I don't want to use oricos stupid software. I just want to use these as drives on the network that I can add or remove at my leisure.

1. Is this possible using the orico metabox pro?
2. Can I install OMV (or alternative?) on it to use it as a JBOD.
3. If I do this, can I then use and access NTFS formatted drives in it (and keep my original data) ... OR do I still need to format everything in there first?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ybmeng on 2025-03-26 02:08:26.

Hi folks, I'm thinking about building the lowest-possible-cost cold-storage service using Amazon S3 Glacial Deep Archive for infrequently accessed data.

The pricing model would be something like:

$2/mo fixed base price + $1/tb/mo for storage + $2.5/tb for retrieval (Maybe a small 10% service charge due to stripe fees).

What do you think? Would such a service be useful to you?

Edit: Why my service over Amazon S3 Glacial Deep Archive directly? - To use Amazon directly you'd have to set up a lot of things: billing, apis, record-keeping for what files are stored where, retrieval. The barrier to entry can be quite high for people who are not technical. I'm curious about what people are currently using for cold storage and whether this price model is better than those.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/squirrellydw on 2025-03-25 23:22:46.

Can someone recommend a good 2 to 3 bay external drive enclosure for 3.5 Sata drives?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/auroraparadox on 2025-03-25 23:15:07.

The title sums it up nicely.

I know that Amazon ended the ability to download your ebooks for transfer to USB.

Does this make it impossible to backup our legitimate purchases?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/doodlebuuggg on 2025-03-25 22:02:15.

I'm trying to scrape two Dailymotion accounts that have about 1000 videos uploaded to each channel, however I've been struggling to figure out how to do this properly. Using yt-dlp scaps out at 1000 due to Dailymotion's API and even when loading all of the links on a browser, exporting as a list and downloading from that list manually, it seems to only download 990 (when there are about 1250 links that're actually on the list.) I can't figure out a way to download every video that actually exists on the account and would appreciate some guidance. Even when I do download what yt-dlp does catch, it downloads at a snail's pace at 1mb/s. If anyone here has expertise on scraping Dailymotion, I'd appreciate the help.

The accounts are

https://www.dailymotion.com/chris-bryanthttps://www.dailymotion.com/chuck-donegan

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Proteus-8742 on 2025-03-25 21:10:58.

I have a synology ds224+ which I want to use as a Plex server. I currently have 6TB of movies , music and photos currently backed up to an 8tb seagate hdd external.

I’m not planning to use RAID, but will back up the NAS to an external HDD, probably the same one initially.

Does it make more sense to buy 2 x 8tb wd red plus for the NAS or one 12tb now and another 12tb when its full?

Also, can I just re-use the seagate/wd externals that I’m using now by shucking them and putting them in the NAS? Or do I need proper NAS disks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PricePerGig on 2025-03-25 20:18:30.

Hi all, After adding CMR/SMR as per Seagate rules to PricePerGig.com I wanted to add the Western Digital rules to the site so we can filter by tags.

Before I spend countless hours sifting through Western Digital's rather poor excuse for documentation and then implementing it to auto add the tags to each HDD (e.g. CMR tag so you can filter by that and just see all the CMR drives), I thought I better ask a simple question to the experts.

Are these reliable definitions?

https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a/_id/50697/~/steps-to-determine-if-an-internal-drive-uses-cmr-or-smr-technology

We have a number of different ways they do this - I've summarized them for your convenience (and my future reference!) Some clearly state CMR/SMR, others just put it right at the top in the sales gumph, and others are hidden down the bottom somewhere.

WD Red, Blue, Purple, Gold and WD_BLACK Drives

• WD Gold 3.5" - all CMR
• WD_BLACK 3.5" - all CMR
• WD Black 2.5" - ignore - depends on size, but they are so small I don't think I'll bother what say you?
• WD Blue 2.5" - All SMR
• WD Blue 3.5" - ignore - depends on size, but they are all less than 2TB anyway so ignore.
• WD Purple Pro 3.5" - all CMR
• WD Purple 3.5" - All CMR
• WD Red Plus 3.5" - All CMR
• WD Red 2.5" (CMR) - no link, but looks like they are all CMR
• WD Red 3.5" - All SMR
• WD Red Pro 3.5" - All CMR

Western Digital Ultrastar Drives

The data sheet can be checked to see if the drive uses CMR or SMR.

• Ultrastar DC HC620 (Hs14) 3.5" - all SMR
• Ultrastar DC HC570 3.5" - All CMR - can someone please check, it's buried in there
• Ultrastar DC HC550 3.5" - All CMR - But I'm not 100% on that.
• Ultrastar DC HC560 3.5" - ePMR & CMR !!! HELP, what's ePMR, what would we like it tagged as?
• Ultrastar DC HC530 (He14) 3.5" - All CMR
• Ultrastar DC HC520 (He12) 3.5" - It doesn't say!
• Ultrastar DC HC510 (He10) 3.5" - It Doesn't Say!
• • just an interlude here, I'm pretty tired at this point and not sure if anyone cares about ultrastar, it's a cool name though, I mean, 'red' vs 'ultrastar', I know which one I'd pick. I wonder if I can get a domain name with that in - back to it.
• Utrastar DC HC330 3.5" - All CMR
• Ultrastar DC HC320 (7K8) 3.5" - All CMR
• Ultrastar DC HC310 (7K6) 3.5" - it dosn't say
• Ultrastar DC HA210 (7K2) 3.5" - it doesn't say. I'm assuming since they are only up to 2TB, probably all CMR. but why wouldn't it just say so.

OK, that's it. I may well have bitten off more than I can chew here. I prefer coding over trawling through this! Please consider supporting the site next time you buy anything from amazon, just click any old link and complete your purchase as normal, I may get a small commission - pricepergig.com

Thanks to all that have supported this endeavour so far with your kind comments, and critical ones, it all helps.

I'm going to watch Adolescence and go to bed.

Side note for those that missed it

Seagate rule sheet: https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/products/cmr-smr-list/

Example of how this turned out : PricePerGig.com then click 'CMR' or 'SMR' tags/filters.

See the other discussion here if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1jgu9do/i_added_cmr_smr_and_hamr_tags_on_pricepergigcom/ )

End side note

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KindredKate on 2025-03-25 19:33:06.

hi there. like the title says, i am looking for assistance in getting copies of puppy photos taken by dead dogs' breeder (adopt don't shop—i know. i did not buy them, as i was a child).

the wayback machine has a snapshot of a page that lists their respective "about" pages, but their individual pages have not been archived. i was wondering if there were any methods i could try to get access to them, or are they too niche to be saved?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/neddy_seagoon on 2025-03-25 19:19:58.

tl;dr I need to get some medium-big HDDs and a cloud storage account (does that work for 321?) for a the 4k video I use to do my job. My employer probably won't get me a RAID.

Our source video has gotten booted from Teams because it takes up too much space (fair), and I need to figure out a temporary solution that's also safe-ish.

I generate about 100GB of video every 45 days, and need to back up the video we already have.

My thought was that I could get a pair of external 8-16TB drives, and a bigger dropbox account. One drive is the working copy, backed up to Dropbox, and the other sits in my car.

What drive would be a good option for that?

I'm a graphic designer with just enough background in refurbed enterprise gear that I know drives are a deep rabbit-hole and that I should be storing my company's video archive on a RAID, but we're a sort of internal startup and trying to prove we can actually make a profit.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Shrinks99 on 2025-03-25 18:53:45.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EvilPizzza on 2025-03-25 18:20:07.

First and foremost: I am not affiliated with Seagate or any other hard drive manufacturer

Just wanted to share a decent deal I found while looking for new HDD's that won't break the bank. I know a lot of people (including myself) are adverse to buying used drives considering all the uncertainties. That being said, Seagate is selling 6TB IronWolf drives for $110 USD on their website right now. This comes out to around $18/tb which is pretty good for a brand new high reliability drive.

https://preview.redd.it/ra623c21ovqe1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=910eceded1f2a3350c064d8b29e81e966675ee81