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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SullenLookingBurger on 2025-07-25 13:02:36.
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TopdeckIsSkill on 2025-07-25 12:04:56.

Hi everyone,

lately I'm buying a lot of comics from humble bundle. Now I wonder how I should manage the files, and if it's worth set up something like komga to interact with them. I also a lot of manga. I'll try to dived the post in 2 main topics: manga and comics.

  • Comics, the easy part:

Comics are all PDF or EPUB, even the longest series is made by few comics.

  • Manga, the real nightmare:
  1. They're images of the single page, zip with images, pdf and epub
  2. Some of them has a folder/file for every chapter, some of them has a folder for every volume and some has volume/chapter file-folder
  3. They're both in english and italian

The biggest issue is the file managemente: there is anything that I can use to automatically move and rename files based on metadata? Calibre may be suited to for comics, but for manga I don't know if there is any way to do it automatically.

Then there are the manga

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Apprehensive-Peak127 on 2025-07-25 08:59:29.

Hi people!

I managed to use a Terramaster D4-320 to make an external RAID with Windows Storage Spaces. It is a RAID 5 with 4x 8TB WD Blue HDD. The speeds are okay and when it's on I can work smoothly with it to edit video.

The problem I have is when I try to edit the speeds work for a few minutes and they stop. I need to manually turn them on by moving my timeline and wait like a minute or try to open a folder from the RAID.

Is there a way to mantain them spinning and on?

What I tried now:

Power options - Advanced settings

Hard disks never turn off

USB selective suspend settings disabled

Device Manager

USB Power management - Allow to this computer to turn off this device to save power: Disabled

And nothings, still turns off disks after few minutes (1 minute I would say)

Thank you!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/First_Musician6260 on 2025-07-25 10:27:35.
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Next_Consequence2170 on 2025-07-25 06:16:49.

Whats the best way to download all photos and videos in a sub reddit??

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/xxbrandon23 on 2025-07-25 04:05:24.
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Weird-Opposite4962 on 2025-07-24 23:39:08.

(I don't speak English, I'm sorry for any dumb grammatical mistakes) Hi guys, I'm quite a noob on this topic I only have 157 gb of random YouTube videos (obviously everything is in the public domain, nothing ilegal or something like that).

But now I want to organize them and download entire channels but I don't know anything about data hoarding just that there are hard drives and sdd but nothing else.

Could you provide me with material to expand my general knowledge about the topic?

Thanks in advance, uwu

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EntropyNT on 2025-07-24 22:20:22.

Hey, I'm hoping someone can help me out with this. I just bought a 12TB Seagate Skyhawk 3.5" HDD and didn't realize the >6TB drives are larger in width and don't have the middle holes on the side and unfortunately this will not fit in the 200R case I bought in 2017. I plan to use this drive to back up my computer and the 12TB external network drive that has a bunch of media.

I thought to buy an adapter to install the 3.5" drive in one of the three 5.25" optical drive bays I'm not using, however, after over an hour of research and reading reviews for every bay adapter I can find on Amazon and other sites a reviewer always says the same thing: These don't fit the high capacity drives even if the description says they're universal and fit all 3.5" drives.

I'm looking for advice and if anyone else has had success with a bay adapter or has come up with some other solution. I'm not super handy and I don't have a 3D printer. My next option is probably going to be finding an enclosure to make this an external USB drive since I don't need it to be in my case, I just thought this would be easier and cheaper.

Thanks for your help!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JKZuchel on 2025-07-24 21:32:12.

Hello,

I have a GE Logiq S8 ultrasound system that came with its recovery DVDs. Since these are optical discs, I want to create backups for safety.

The set includes three DVDs:

  • DVD 1: Base System 1/2
  • DVD 2: Base System 2/2
  • DVD 3: Application Software 1/1

I successfully cloned DVD 1 and DVD 3 using ImgBurn without any issues. However, DVD 2 is not recognized by ImgBurn, which reports that there is no Table of Contents (TOC). I also tried using ISOBuster and DVD Decrypter, but neither could read the disc.

Has anyone encountered this before or knows how to clone such DVDs?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/waavysnake on 2025-07-24 17:15:39.
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AshleyAshes1984 on 2025-07-24 17:09:22.

Original Title: The Netapp DS4246 disk shelf my server connects to for additional drives has no 'soft off', you just flip the PSU switch and it roars to life till you cut power. With a smart power bar, load from the server triggers the shelf's outlet, so the shelf turns on and off automatically with the server. :D

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Altruistic_Cicada175 on 2025-07-24 23:27:20.

I've always wanted to make a webapp, and after hours and hours of trying to figure out how to get it from working locally on my computer to on the web, I finally have it working correctly.

my website: tiksnatch.com

has 3 tools: mp4 downloader, mp3 downloader, and story downloader

I will be adding plenty more features, like trending hashtags/music like tokcharts used to show before they decided to gouge people.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Prestigious-Taro-263 on 2025-07-24 22:48:46.

hi

i need help

i want to download my favortie

in bulk not one by one i have like 1000

i tried myfavett but it only download videos

please help me

by the way i am noob

so help me with details please "tutorial"

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ChangeIsHard_ on 2025-07-24 20:38:02.

Hi folks, I currently use Hetzner Storage Box ($13/mo plan for 5TB) to back up my DIY NAS. This works nicely, but I'd love to find an even cheaper option for off-site backup, if one exists, especially if I start storing more data (as an aspiring data hoarder 😅). Is there?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ro2ro on 2025-07-24 19:44:16.

Are there significant differences between WD Elements and My Passport? I need to back up about 4-5TB. I’ve heard these are the most reliable and cost-effective external HDDs, lasting for years. Are there differences in reliability? I’ve noticed price gaps. Are there other models from other brands worth considering? Are SSDs significantly more reliable than HDDs? If so, are there specific SSD models you’d recommend?

Thanks in advance.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ok_Tea_3275 on 2025-07-24 19:29:08.

I've been trying to make dvd+wr discs that will play on my dvd players, I figured out the codec but I don't know anything about the authoring prosses, can someone help me with this?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/justletmesignupalre on 2025-07-24 19:12:48.

I've seen a post here stating that we should archive all the games, and some coments asking for a torrent. Wouldn't it be, in this case, just straight up pirating indie games?

The creators of those games are indie devs who are most likely now searching for another platform to sell their games, they are not going away... Am I missing something?

EDIT: Thanks folks for your responses, you raise fair points.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Swimming_Mango_9767 on 2025-07-24 18:28:28.

Used for media hoarding, movies, backups.

RAID 10: 48TB (with 4 drives) or 72TB (with 6)

RAID 6: 96TB (with 6)

Is RAID 6 too risky during a rebuild with these drives, or is RAID 10 the safer play even with less space?

Thoughts on this drive as well?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Prog47 on 2025-07-24 18:02:19.

I don't have as many drives as I used to. Back in the day both me & my friend had 20 bay norco cases full. It seems like every time I (or my friend) would have a drive fail it would be a seagate drives. As far as reliability WD/Hitach > Toshiba > Seagate. I can't remember the last time I had a WD drive fail (i'm sure they do sometimes) but heck i have drives 15+ years old that are still going strong. I had many seagate drives fail during that period to the point where i told myself i would never buy another seagate drive again. I haven't bought a seagate drive for over 10 years. Has seagate improved in terms of reliability? Most of the hard drive deals i see are on seagate drives. I'm about to build a new storage server & need 8 or so drives.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kamay1770 on 2025-07-24 16:14:49.

I have a Jonsbo N2 case, the backplane is powered by two molex connectors, powering 5 SATA HDDs.

I have bought some 12TB Exos drives, yet to be delivered, but they are PWDIS enabled.

Does anyone know if they will work plug and play in this chassis, or if I need to pop pin 3 / kapton tape the exos drives?

I figure since molex doesn't supply 3.3v and the backplate is molex powered (with minimal capacitors/circuitry) that it might not convert and pass 3.3v through to SATA from the backplane anyway, meaning I don't need to worry about it.

Edit: why the downvote?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NinjaskPvP on 2025-07-24 16:08:19.

I need help. I’m the admin of my Facebook group, which is very important to the Brazilian Ace Attorney fanbase. I’ve heard about ways to make a full backup, but I didn’t understand how to do it. For example, I came across this article: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-used-facebook-to-power-our-investigation-into-patient-harm

I'm not very tech-savvy, but if someone can tell me an updated way to do this, I can ask my friend to help me with the rest.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Durnehvihr69 on 2025-07-24 15:11:00.

My mother has an assortment of cassette tapes with recordings of old concerts (60s Santana, 80s Grateful Dead, my dad’s band from college, etc.) that she would like to have digitized so that she can easily listen to them again (and for preservation purposes). Where would the best place be to upload these? If it’s a well known band, while uploading to YouTube or Spotify for easy listening be a problem if it’s a concert recording rather than an album?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Durnehvihr69 on 2025-07-24 15:10:57.

My mother has an assortment of cassette tapes with recordings of old concerts (60s Santana, 80s Grateful Dead, my dad’s band from college, etc.) that she would like to have digitized so that she can easily listen to them again (and for preservation purposes). Where would the best place be to upload these? If it’s a well known band, while uploading to YouTube or Spotify for easy listening be a problem if it’s a concert recording rather than an album?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kirbo96 on 2025-07-24 14:56:31.

I need some HDDs I can occasionally plug into my desktop PC to backup my media collection.

My plan is to buy about 3 larger SATA drives (maybe 5 TB each) to store all of my files, duplicates and all. I will be plugging these into my desktop periodically to check with a CRC and verify with a HASH. Otherwise they will live in boxes in different houses. I will rotate a new HD in ever few years.

I will also have 3 smaller SATA drives (for consolidated file storage with all the duplicates removed, and my collection pruned and labelled. These will get the same verification then “live in a box” treatment as the larger drives, unless something fails in my main PC and I need to restore data.

The idea for the large “ALL FILES!” drives is for peace of mind that I don’t accidentally delete something forever while scanning for duplicate files/trimming down my collection.

Questions:

  1. I’ve heard that where I buy drives matters, as Amazon tends to be rough with their drives and some arrive partially damaged (and then fail). All prices being equal, what online portals should I buy from?
  2. Should I look for Enterprise grade HDs for this use case, or is it unnecessary?
  3. Should I care about SMR or CMR for the big cold storage drives? I feel like since I won’t access them often, it doesn’t matter much.
  4. Since I’m looking for longevity and reliability, should I avoid refurbs?
  5. Any obvious holes in this plan that I’m overlooking?
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bankroll5441 on 2025-07-24 14:10:46.

Hey all,

I was hoping this sub could offer some advice as far as best practices implementing immutable backups. Backups are something that I've been putting off for my homelab and recently began focusing on, as losing some of this data due to a compromised device, corruption, device failure, etc would be a huge pain in the butt. I'll try to explain as best I can what I've implemented so far.

I'm currently using Borg Backup for full system backups on all necessary devices. Backups are pushed via ssh to a server where I've mounted a spare 2TB NVMe drive in an m.2 enclosure. Backups run automatically via a script tied to a systemd timer. Current de-duplicated data on the backups drive is equal to about 1.2TB as of writing. My prune settings are: Daily - 7, Weekly - 4, Monthly - 3. I've stored the repo keys and passphrases for each device both physically and digitally (encrypted with gpg, credentials stored on YubiKeys). The only data redundancy I have at the moment beside device level is a sync of that drive to my Nextcloud, where data is stored on HDD's in Raid 1 (also same server).

I have a spare 4TB HDD that I could store the immutable backups on, but I'm just struggling to develop a way to implement it correctly. I would definitely be mounting the HDD on a different machine than the one receiving the Borg Backups. I would like the immutable backups drive to store all Borg archives without pruning. I understand I could use rsync to sync the two drives and automate it, but that would present a potential vulnerability with the drive being writable at the time of syncing. Would I have any issues running rsync with chattr +a on? Sudo perms are tied behind YubiKeys on almost every device, so I'm leaning towards this option.

I'm trying my best to achieve the 3-2-1 rule, but unfortunately storing this data on the cloud seems to be very expensive, so I'm leaning into redundancy and security of the data. I know I'm taking a risk with all of it being on site but at the moment it seems to be my only option.

Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated, for both my Borg backup flow and for immutable backups!

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