It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/swd120 on 2025-03-11 03:25:18.

I'm looking for an SFF-8088 right angle connector where the cable goes to the left instead of the right - but cannot for the life of me find a vendor that has one. Here's an example in the wrong orientation (cable goes right)

Use case is a Dell r710 - I'm upgrading to an LSI-9300-16i (which have SFF8643 connectors) to get 2 additional ports so I can add a disk shelf to my unraid installation, but I'd like to keep the 6 bays in the R710 connected as well. (that'll let me have up to the max of 30 devices for the array).

I'm also open to other solutions? I've also looked for SFF-8643 Male to SFF-8088 Female (to just connect to the existing cables) and that was also a bust for me.

In the meantime, once my SFF8088 cables arrive, I should just be able to use the disk shelf on its own until I find a solution to turn the internal bays back on. It'll take a little time to max out those 24 bays.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JustinD1203 on 2025-03-11 00:25:15.

I need some help from the experts. I haven't been able to find much (or for that matter any) information on repairing or even troubleshooting this drive.

I have an IBM SCSI Ful Height LTO-4 drive that was in a tape library I got for an E-Waste pile. In my ventures of finding out if the issue was the library or the drives, I obtained a IBM LTO-2 drive and swapped it into the caddy of the 4 drive. That works in the library so I now know it's the drive as the issue.

Unfortunately these drives are expensive and hard to find, especially when I have no real need for this hardware, just because it's cool and I am trying to use it with my AS/400.

When I got the library it was complaing about both drive failures, and a PSU failure. I first tackled the PSU failure and was able to find a simple fix, that has seemeed to hold up. The fan's wiring was touching the backside of the fan, the part that spins. It has worn almost completely through the fan wiring so I relocated the wiring and it seems happy now. I assume it was a fan failure that resulted in that message.

Now onto the drives. Both of them have the same failure mode. There is no lights, no digit on the SCD display, and not movement at all. The only thing it does is make a high pitched wine when powered up. That's about all I have to go off of.

Please if anyone knowledgeable in this hardware is willing to offer their two cents, that would be extremely helpful. Let me know if I can provide any more information.

Thank you!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Agitated_Camel1886 on 2025-03-10 21:47:44.

Hey everyone, I’m looking for recommendations for an external USB HDD enclosure that supports SMART monitoring. I already have a 3-2-1 backup system, and I got 2 cold hard drives. My current issue is the drive can die anytime without me knowing, and I do not want to know they all die only by the time I plug them in. I want to be able to monitor disk health so I can react quickly if something goes wrong.

My requirements:

• Supports SMART monitoring, so that I can check drive health
• Support 10TB 3.5" HDDs (preferably 16TB)
• Allow HDDs showing up individually in my Ubuntu laptop
• 2 bays (preferably 4 bays)
• (preferably) auto-sleep / good power management as electricity not cheap here
• (preferably) USB-C support, the enclosure will be mainly plugged into my laptop with USB-A and USB-C ports, but I seldomly would want to plug into my second laptop which only got USB-C ports

I know a NAS will easily fulfill my requirements here, but I am trying to save some money and I don't need features like 24/7 availability or RAID.

If you’ve got experience with a good enclosure that fits these needs, I’d love to hear your recommendations! If there exist other better solutions, let me know! Thanks in advance and have a good day!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jolly-Caramel233 on 2025-03-10 20:49:02.

Hi,

Wondering if creating more service accounts in google workspace would circumvent the daily 750GB upload limit or not? I tried but the limit is there (maybe my code implementation is wrong because I am using "impersonating"?

Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BeachOtherwise5165 on 2025-03-10 16:03:13.

Recently there was a story about how Facebook had downloaded Anna's Archive, and had downloaded enormous amounts of data, but had disabled seeding. The motive is likely training data for AI, and in some round-about way, people may benefit from a better Llama model, but they may also retain superior AI capabilities for themselves.

With torrent filesharing, you often hear about people who download, but don't seed. They "leech" while contributing nothing.

But even "seeders" are only assisting in distribution of existing data. The people who scrape data, rip movies, or crack games, and make them freely available, are categorically different, in that they have no profit motive. Perhaps they are anarchists who "benefit" from the disruption of the capitalist machine, or overly compassionate people who are thrilled to be generous.

You also have archivists or collectors, who invest heavily in large storage, who collect, catalog, and maintain, large data collections for decades. In my view, they are true data hoarders, in that their sole motive is the collection, and have zero interest in sharing. They might trade, but it has to be profitable for them. To some degree, their behavior is comparable to what Facebook did, in that they take what is available while giving nothing back.

I've always thought that the internet was about sharing, because the marginal cost is free. Traffic is free, compute is cheap, storage is cheap, so the individual cost is minimal, but the collective benefit is great. So I'm somewhat surprised to realize that my worldview is naive and incomplete.

Perhaps you can describe the people as:

• product-driven (data-driven sales - including illicit streaming platforms)

• sharers / seeders

• leechers

• contributors (rippers)

• collectors

Did I forget any?

How would you describe the people "in the scene", their motives, is it problematic (leading to a collapse), and do you have any ideas for a better future where data is more free rather than sitting in private collections?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nesbis on 2025-03-09 10:08:55.

I was in the mood to watch today Transformer 2, and I happen to have a sealed DVD copy laying around... I opened it, put it on my ps5 and surprise surprise it is unreadable.

After some investigation I learned that dvds have indeed an expiry date and after some years they are just not usable anymore.

I know that I can stream this particular movie in several formats but my question is... what happens to all the extra content that usually comes with DVD movies? Director comments audio, Main cast comments audio, how the movie was made, all the good looking images and prints for the physical part... I have the feeling that all of that is already lost for so many old movies but if I'm mistaken please enlight me.

With that being said... do you know any alternative where I can find this kind of content with the same level of care?

Is there any place I can download a copy of my broken dvds? I'm now on a rip dvd adventure to make sure I can at least watch in the future what I already own...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kazubra on 2025-03-09 07:07:35.

Hello!

I am trying to set up a good strategy to have both my data and a reliable backup.

I currently have a SSD with my OS (Windows 10, but it can change to Linux in the near future), one HDD with 1 TB of storage for my work and personal files and a 1TB NVME SSD where I store games. I am probably adding a SSD with linux (while I don't fully ditch Windows).

Additionally, I have a Seagate Backup plus of 5TB which I use with the Toolkit to backup the HDD.

By my understanding, this is not a 3-2-1 backup strategy yet

What I have of data is something around 250GB

I have read a little bit and although I know that selfhost and NAS are some top recommendations here, a Synology NAS is really expensive where I live (not US) and I don't know that for the volume of data that I have, it is really worth it (for now). I already pay for google drive, but the gb/$ does not seem good if I need to escalate.

Therefore, I wanted some recs on cloud services (it would be my off-site copy, last resort). I did some research and got to:

pcloud

icedrive

iDrive - these one you guys seem to hate, but it has good prices

Do you have any recommendations on what to avoid? Could you share your experiences with these services? (or recommend any other)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/soultakerte on 2025-03-11 00:01:46.

Hi you guys i wanted to know if anyone had any recommendations for external hardrives? I usally use it for anime and music. My last one was a portable one. Now i cant even acces it on my laptop. It connects and my whole computerr slows down and it wont open.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/VxMX on 2025-03-11 00:01:07.

I’m digitizing some old VHS tapes using OBS Studio, but I’m getting a lot of static/distortion in the audio. The video looks fine, but the sound has a constant hissing or crackling noise.

I’m using a CARYWON capture card (bought from Amazon) to connect my VCR to my computer. I’ve tried adjusting the audio levels in OBS, but the issue persists.

Does anyone know how to remove the static? Are there any specific settings in OBS I should tweak, or could this be a hardware-related issue? Any tips on post-processing the audio if needed?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aman2125 on 2025-03-10 23:48:59.

My current 2tb sata drive is failing and I am looking to transfer my data to a new drive. Will be using it as my main boot drive as my motherboard only has one nvme slot.

Use case, data archiving, light to medium gaming and basic windows operations.

| Brand & Model | Capacity | Price | PCIe Gen | Controller | DRAM Cache | NAND Type | |

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| | Kingston NV3 | 4 TB | $299.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Unknown | No | QLC | | TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Z44A7 | 4 TB | $299.00 | PCIe 4.0 | InnoGrit IG5236 | Yes | TLC | | Klevv CRAS C910 | 4 TB | $309.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Unknown | Yes | TLC | | Silicon Power UD85 | 4 TB | $319.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E21T | No | QLC | | Silicon Power UD90 | 4 TB | $325.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E21T | No | QLC | | Crucial P3 | 4 TB | $325.00 | PCIe 3.0 | Phison E21T | No | QLC | | Crucial P3 Plus | 4 TB | $329.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E21T | No | QLC | | Silicon Power US75 | 4 TB | $329.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E16 | Yes | TLC | | TEAMGROUP MP44Q | 4 TB | $329.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E21T | No | QLC | | TEAMGROUP T-Force Z44A7Q | 4 TB | $329.00 | PCIe 4.0 | InnoGrit IG5236 | Yes | QLC | | Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite | 4 TB | $339.99 | PCIe 4.0 | InnoGrit IG5236 | Yes | TLC | | HP FX700 | 4 TB | $350.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Silicon Motion SM2267XT | No | QLC | | PNY CS2241 | 4 TB | $351.79 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E18 | Yes | TLC | | Acer Predator GM7000 | 4 TB | $359.00 | PCIe 4.0 | InnoGrit IG5236 | Yes | TLC | | Seagate FireCuda 530R (HS) | 4 TB | $368.43 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E18 | Yes | TLC | | Lexar NM790 | 4 TB | $379.00 | PCIe 4.0 | InnoGrit IG5220 | No | TLC | | Verbatim Vi7000G | 4 TB | $384.83 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E18 | Yes | TLC | | Kingston NV2 | 4 TB | $385.00 | PCIe 4.0 | Unknown | No | QLC | | Sabrent Rocket Q4 | 4 TB | $391.98 | PCIe 4.0 | Phison E16 | Yes | QLC |

Have compiled the list of drives available in my market (australia). Which one would I be better of picking.

Have used chatgpt to tabulate the info, so a few things might be inaccurate.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/imtotally6feettall on 2025-03-10 23:44:30.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dohat34 on 2025-03-10 22:57:42.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PricePerGig on 2025-03-10 22:11:16.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lotsacrudoutthere on 2025-03-10 21:39:45.

Currently running a home desktop with 6 different internal drives holding about 20 tb of personal media (home photos, videos) spread across them. No raid. Online backup w/backblaze and local with external drive.

I like this stup b/c being local, I can do inexpensive backup with backblaze. But organizing across them is a pain and not fault/drive failure tolerance like raid would have.

I'm running out of space and wondering best upgrade path. Do I just replace oldest/smallest with larger, new drives and keep same strategy? Can I do raid internally and still get regular backblaze service?

I've considered a NAS but not sure I see a lot of upside in terms of value if I have to pay by the tb for online b/up and buy multiple new drives to start it.

Any downside to staying local with a few large drives in the box?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jrizz43 on 2025-03-10 20:13:01.

Am I totally screwed? I have a StableBit Drivepool that consisted of 4 drives. I added a 5th drive. Clicked remove on drive 3 and 4 and waited for it to finish moving the files over to the rest of the available space in the pool. I received no errors whatsoever. I checked those drives to make sure they were empty. I then removed them from the computer.

I am missing a TON of stuff. I plugged back in the 2 drives to verify they are empty. They are. Am I just shit out of luck?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Vector_Heart on 2025-03-10 17:46:01.

Hi all, My plan is to buy an internal 3.5" HDD, put it in an enclosure, and use it to copy data from my parents computer to it as a backup. 2TB should be enough.

Now, the cheapest I've found new in my city is the Seagate Barracuda, but there are others similarly priced 2TB disks, like the Toshiba P3000, and the WD Blue and Purple. But then I read that IronWolf seems better for a usecase like this and now I'm confused.

Honestly the HDD will see new data maybe twice a year, since it's mostly for vacation photos. I just want to know if SMR and CMR matters in this case or if one of the models I mentioned would be better than the others. I'm mostly concerned with reliability, as in, the HDD won't have many writes nor reads (I think that's called cold storage, but I'm still learning) and I'm not sure if that can be bad for the HDD.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HedgeFundManager1997 on 2025-03-10 16:55:57.

I am awaiting a 28TB CMR hard disk. ST28000NM000C-FR

This is a huge server disk that I acquired and I wanted to put it into a USB box but I am not sure who's box can handle the biggest hard disks, 36TB are now shipping and WD suggest 40TB by year end,.

So 3.5" boxes are available but some choke in 12TB disks let alone bigger hard disks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/InsurgoTapeMedia on 2025-03-10 14:35:59.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/temeroso_ivan on 2025-03-10 15:30:46.

Which one should I get? I am getting a 20TB drive for backups.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/hova092 on 2025-03-10 15:04:39.

Title. Looks like Scott Galloway's 2025 Forecast keynote got taken private. NYU boards are saying it may have gotten pulled by external request. Anyone have it downloaded by chance?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Endjag on 2025-03-10 13:17:08.

Has anyone lately had issues with Seagate Ironwolf Prodrives, bought them from wellknown reseller. Installed them in my NAS, saw that 2 out of 6 drives were not functional.

This means that 33% of those disks are faulty?

Anyone else had same experience?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mofosyne on 2025-03-10 13:07:50.

Aiming to create a script that would create a pure UDF iso (So can burn 4gb+ video etc...) to a bluray disc with extra protection via dvdisaster.

Just can't figure the issue out. Got 'wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.' mount error.

Is this due to some linux kernel restriction on UDF?

Have a look and see if it makes sense to you.

!/bin/bash
==========

Blu‑ray Archival Script
=======================

Warning: Not working... got 'wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.' mount error
======================================================================================================================================================

This script creates a blank UDF image sized for Blu‑ray media,
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formats it using mkudffs, and optionally mounts it for copying files.
=====================================================================

It is intended for archival to Blu‑ray only.
============================================

Usage: ./create\_bluray\_udf.sh <source\_folder> [<image\_name>]
================================================================

Check for required dependencies
===============================

for cmd in mkudffs dvdisaster sudo dd truncate; do
 if ! command -v "$cmd" &> /dev/null; then
 echo "Error: $cmd is not installed. Please install it."
 exit 1
 fi
done

Check for correct number of arguments
=====================================

if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
 echo "Got $# args"
 echo "Usage: $0 <source\_folder> [<image\_name>]"
 exit 1
fi

Get Source Folder
=================

SOURCE\_FOLDER="$1"

Derive default folder name from the source folder
=================================================

DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME=${SOURCE\_FOLDER%/}
DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME=${DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME##\*/}

Generate a default disc title from the folder name
==================================================

DEST*TITLE=$(echo "$DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME" | sed 's/[^*]+/\L\u&/g' | sed 's/\_/ /g')

Get destination image; if not specified, default to <foldername>.udf
====================================================================

DEST\_IMAGE=${2:-${DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME}.udf}

echo "SOURCE\_FOLDER = $SOURCE\_FOLDER"
echo "DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME = $DEFAULT\_FOLDER\_NAME"
echo "DEST\_TITLE = $DEST\_TITLE"
echo "DEST\_IMAGE = $DEST\_IMAGE"

mkudffs settings for Blu‑ray
============================

MEDIA\_TYPE=bdr # bdr – BD-R (Blu-ray Disc Recordable)
UDF\_REV=2.60 # Use highest supported UDF version (Blu-ray requires UDF 2.50+)
echo "MEDIA\_TYPE = $MEDIA\_TYPE"
echo "UDF\_REV = $UDF\_REV"

Calculate the size needed (in bytes) for the source folder and add 10% overhead
===============================================================================

RAW\_SIZE=$(du -sb "$SOURCE\_FOLDER" | cut -f1)
OVERHEAD=$(echo "$RAW\_SIZE \* 0.10" | bc -l | cut -d. -f1)
TOTAL\_SIZE=$(echo "$RAW\_SIZE + $OVERHEAD" | bc)

echo "Source folder size: $RAW\_SIZE bytes"
echo "Caculate 10% UDF metadata overhead: $OVERHEAD bytes"
echo "Allocating image size (with overhead): $TOTAL\_SIZE bytes"

Create a blank file of the calculated size
==========================================

echo "Creating blank image file..."
truncate -s "$TOTAL\_SIZE" "$DEST\_IMAGE"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 echo "Error: Failed to create blank image file."
 exit 1
fi

Format the blank image as a UDF filesystem using mkudffs
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echo "Formatting image as UDF..."
mkudffs --media-type=$MEDIA\_TYPE --udfrev=$UDF\_REV --label="$DEST\_TITLE" "$DEST\_IMAGE"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 echo "Error: Failed to format the image with mkudffs."
 exit 1
fi

Create a temporary mount point and mount the image
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MOUNT\_POINT=$(mktemp -d)
echo "Mounting image at $MOUNT\_POINT..."
sudo mount -o loop,rw -t udf "$DEST\_IMAGE" "$MOUNT\_POINT"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 echo "Error: Failed to mount the image."
 rmdir "$MOUNT\_POINT"
 rm "$DEST\_IMAGE"
 exit 1
fi

Copy the source files into the mounted image
============================================

echo "Copying files from $SOURCE\_FOLDER to the UDF image..."
sudo cp -a "$SOURCE\_FOLDER"/. "$MOUNT\_POINT"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 echo "Error: Failed to copy files."
 sudo umount "$MOUNT\_POINT"
 rmdir "$MOUNT\_POINT"
 exit 1
fi

sync || echo "Warning: sync command failed"

Unmount the image and clean up the temporary mount point
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echo "Unmounting image..."
sudo umount "$MOUNT\_POINT"
rmdir "$MOUNT\_POINT"
echo "UDF image created at $DEST\_IMAGE"

Optional: Enhance the image with error correction using dvdisaster
==================================================================

echo "Enhancing image with error correction using dvdisaster..."
dvdisaster -i "$DEST\_IMAGE" -mRS02 -n 15% -o image
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 echo "Warning: Failed to add error correction."
else
 echo "Protected image created successfully."
fi

exit 0

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Correct_Detective_35 on 2025-03-10 11:22:57.

Are there any websites that has all or almost all of the official artworks, screenshots, concept arts, character renders for like 1990s and early 2010s games released back in the day for promotional purposes and other stuff and in their original resolutions without compression (like an official screenshot in 1920x1080 resolution without being compressed to 1280x720)?

For example, I'm looking for a website that has all the official artworks and screenshots for the Killzone games (Killzone is a game series that had games released from 2004 and up until 2013). Is there any website that I can find all of the official content released back in the day for promotional purposes (not just some random gameplay screenshot taken by a random user)?

I'm looking for official content like these:

Official artwork example

Official artwork example

Official concept art example

Official screenshot example

Official character render example

Very important note that I should mention; I don't want watermarks attached to them, I want them in their clean, unmodified form and in their original resolutions without compression.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Cocoshbe on 2025-03-10 10:22:04.

Hello, I'm not the most tech savvy person and I was wondering if someone would know how to download my baby's funeral service from one room

EDIT: Resolved Thank you so much everyone ❤️

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DiskBytes on 2025-03-10 08:45:28.

As Synology offers Hyper Backup, if you wanted to run a backup copy to tape, would you prefer to tar all files as they are, or tar the backup file which Hyper Backup creates?