It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/im_selling_dmt_carts on 2025-03-03 01:06:25.

I have a storage space with two 10TB drives. Issues are common if there is a power outage or something, the storage space will completely disappear until i restart it a few times... it's scary.

I have ~4TB of files in this space and I don't want to lose them. I also don't have a spare 4TB drive I could use to transfer all of the files over.

Is there a way to turn these back into regular drives? I'd rather just use one and keep the other as a 'manual' backup that is in real-time sync.

I am thinking since i'm using less than half the space, i could theoretically remove one of the drives from the space, transfer the files, then delete the space... but i don't see the options to do that, maybe spaces require at least two drives...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SuperSpirit2583 on 2025-03-03 01:02:11.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WobbleWobbleWobble on 2025-03-03 00:44:00.

There was an issue with WinDV crashing when trying to capture any video from my minidv camcorder. However, I was able to figure it out and decided to make this post in case it helps anyone else in the future. As described above, after connecting my camcorder to my computer with a firewire, loading up WinDV, then pressing capture, the program would immediately crash without any error statement.

The reason why the program was crashing is because the capture file directory did not exist. The program was trying to save the file to a non-existent location. After creating the folder on my desktop, it was able to record fine.

Hope this helps someone!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Golden_Cap on 2025-03-02 22:24:13.

I just had to restart. And used my ram instead of the USB I was using as the boot drive. All data cloned and not operating on ssd ! Thanks ! And no my hdd was not the problem. Just user error.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sonicpix88 on 2025-03-02 21:43:13.

I searched the post but didn't find what I wanted to ask. Sorry if it's been answered.

I'm a bit tech savvy. But my experience with storage and back ups has been an external drive.

Recently my daughter had a failure of her hdd back up losing all her photos. She had a second back up but deleted her images for something and never backed them up a second time. I told her to try file recovery of her deleted drive first. She's in the UK, currently here for a visit, I'm in Canada.

Because of this group I was reminded of Nas. I'm thinking of setting one up.

I'm a newbie. But I'm thinking of setting up an nas so she can back up here to my drives and access them for the UK.

I'm thinking of a 2 bay linkstation with 2 2tb drives. I have 1 Tb of images and she has less, so combined 2x 2tb should be enough for us.

Just looking for opinions.

Is what I want to do a good idea or are there better options I don't know about?

Is the buffalo 2 bay 2t system on amazon a good option? How do they perform?

Is it just easier for both of us to have external drives rather than nas? I like the cloud feature of nas though.

Thanks in advance and I appreciate the feedback.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lavaslice on 2025-03-02 15:13:32.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cleetus-png on 2025-03-02 19:49:38.

Hi all, I want to archive my mom's facebook page, everything about it. Photos, videos, posts, links, everything. She passed a few years ago and I've only kept facebook on my phone to access old photos from her page, but I no longer want to use facebook because of their lack of privacy.

I'm not too educated in programming at all, is there an easy way I can download everything and put it on a flash drive? And, about what size flash drive should I shoot for? She posted semi frequently from 2007-2019, and i don't know how much storage a typical facebook post takes.

Any help at all would be appreciated, thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NoPaleontologist8155 on 2025-03-02 19:47:39.

HI, Looking to see if there is an easier (faster) way to append new files to the end of an existing tape archive. I'm trying to squeeze as many files onto a tape as possible without going over and splitting files across multiple tapes.

Currently, I'm using: tar -b 256 -rvf /dev/st0 /file/path/0

While this works, it takes forever to save the 5ish files I'm attempting to put on the tape since it has to read the entire tape to find the end of the data before writing.

I want to avoid multiple file markers so that if I ever have to pull/restore any files from the tape, I don't have to remember to move through various file markers.

Is there a way to utilize the fsf & bsf commands to move to the end of the data, but just before the eof mark, write new data without erasing the existing data?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hits1015 on 2025-03-02 19:14:01.

This is an offshoot of another thread so i am asking separately with a new one.

I had an SSD corrupted recently and can't determine if it was an enclosure or drive issue. The Samsung 870 Evo SSD was in an Ineo brand passive external enclosure.

I do a lot of audio editing and this is the drive used to "write" audio files, with the app running on the host Mac.

Low latency is important, and a lot of "temp" files get generated in the course of a given production session. It can get fairly processor intensive. I have some empty enclosures around, and am trying to decide which of those i'm considering would be optimal for a new Samsung 870 SSD to replace the previous setup.

Is a cooling fan important or not? These are models i'm considering.

FIDECO Hard Drive Enclosure, USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 3.5 or 2.5 inch SATA HDD SSD with Cooling Fan, 12V Power Adapter Included, Support UASP

SABRENT USB 3.0 Tool Free Enclosure for 2.5” and 3.5” Internal SATA Hard Drives (EC-KSL3)

ORICO Aluminum USB C Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5 Inch SATA SSD/HDD, USB 3.2 GEN 2 USB C to USB A/C 2 in 1 Cable, Support macOS Windows Linux OS, Compatible with Samsung Crucial WD Drives(DD25-C3)

Thanks for any thoughts!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BobbythebreinHeenan on 2025-03-02 19:00:13.

I’ve seen people say repeatedly that Raid 5 is bad for larger capacity drives. because if one drive fails, there’s a high likelihood that another will fail during the rebuild. Honestly, this is what’s prevented me from considering Raid 5 for my 20tb drives.

can someone explain if this is just people being dramatic? Or are the higher capacity drives more vulnerable while rebuilding? Is there more chance of damage? Or is it just a, just in case because you already had one go out and if you lose another you’re screwed…

I don’t see the increased risk. Can someone explain?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jinglemebro on 2025-03-02 18:50:44.

I know SMR gets a lot of hate but it seems to me they are a spinning drive equivalent to tape. Everything is written sequential, they have great read speeds for large files, the new HAMR technology looks super stable for long term storag (on the data sheet). The cost per TB is better than CMR and you don't need a tape reader or robot. Is anyone using these as an archive storage volume? Fill it up power it down and put it away?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/looptyyy on 2025-03-02 17:52:15.

Quite the newb in this realm. Tried searching about this briefly with no luck. Maybe I am lacking the vocab. I want to get a serious storage set up. I want to get a 6-10 bay storage unit. But get 2 drives at a time in raid 2 for redundancy. Does this make the most sense ? Can the drives be different sizes and still be part of the same drive. Wil it be seamless to add drives later ? 🙏🏻 thanks in advance

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Warp-Routine on 2025-03-02 17:13:18.

Anyone have interest and/or ability to crawl and save documents and other resources regarding DEI in the armed forces?

Everything set for deletion in 48 hours via EO and I'd like to think that stuff isbvaluable as a historical record. For a project I'm working on ... That benefits a lot of people ...

I just don't have the skills to script crawlers to siphon this kind of stuff before it's gone.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jimbobcooter69420 on 2025-03-02 16:15:02.

I found a link on an urbes forum i frequent, link contains multiple hundreds of cave maps in missouri area (maps r from MDNR) wondering if someone has this downloaded or is able to seed (whatever that means)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/shadowfocus603 on 2025-03-02 16:07:30.

Since this is a group of folks who deal with hard drives all day I can think of no place better to post this. I recently acquired a WD Black 8tb external hdd to backup an 8tb data drive that is in my system. My data drive has 6.74tb of data on it. When I tried to do a 1:1 copy to the WD it said I was something like 750+gb short on space. I have tried using hd sentinel and disk genius to get an idea of what's up to no avail. Fresh out of the box I formatted the drive and it showed the proper 7.27tb in Windows yet I still can't copy 6.74tb to 7.27tb. Doing the math it almost seems as if the WD enclosure actually has a 6tb drive installed in it with the firmware fudged. Or, there is a shit ton of bad sectors that can't be written to but I feel like hd sentinel at least would have reported this. Looking for input and feedback.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Repulsive-Reply567 on 2025-03-02 15:32:39.

Hello,

this may sound stupid but I am not a tech/IT person at all. I bought an external harddrive to have a backup of my data. Till now I have moved my stuff manually from my pc to the harddrive, but I would like to run it automaticly, just for the things that aren´t allready there. Could you please explain my which program to use?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/alicedean on 2025-03-02 14:37:56.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/geekman20 on 2025-03-02 14:16:20.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AnnaPhor on 2025-03-02 13:36:17.

My dear friends -- I'm reaching out as someone concerned about language education in the US and the rights of persons who need language support.

The US government maintains a website at lep.gov that supports language access for government services for those in need.

The administration just signed an executive order that is likely to curtail the availability of these resources. Language educators and advocates are concerned about the loss of data on this site, especially some of the analyses of Census data that are tailored to language access needs.

I know who uses and needs this data; but our networks don't have the technical knowhow to grab it quickly. I know that there are efforts underway to save government data. If anyone has a lead or connection to someone who might have this data saved, I would greatly appreciate it!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/palaceofcesi on 2025-03-02 10:53:36.

Hi, I bought a Yottamaster 5-bay JBOD. Power goes out sometimes, and the power button must be pressed manually.

Is there any way to set up auto power on for this enclosure?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/abbbbbcccccddddd on 2025-03-02 08:42:29.

I want to build a small Linux NAS, and out of the box Linux doesn't put hard drives to sleep. I know that some electronics wears out faster when it's always switched on and off as opposed to being on constantly, but is this the case for HDDs and is it worth setting up sleep for them on a NAS? Noise isn't a problem, I actually kinda like it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SaikyoWeaponsGuy on 2025-03-01 22:04:39.

You can store same data, but also make it take less or much less space on your storage without needing to make an file archives such as ZIP/RAR & read faster by using lossless compression available in some file systems (which is really useful for HDDs)

File systems that support file compression are file systems like: BTRFS, ZFS, NTFS

I personally use ZSTD compression on BTRFS on my main drives including my archival HDD, I was surprised by how much free space I got on my game partition on my NVMe SSD after I decided to enable compression & use btrfs defrag to compress files, I didn't even had to delete any games!

(the reason why I ran btrfs defrag is because if you mount your partition with a compression command, it only compresses the newly written files, existing files need to be compressed with defrag command)

But why files can be readed faster than if they were uncompressed?

the reason why they can be readed faster than uncompressed is due to it being readed in compressed form & decompressed by CPU faster rather than directly reading the higher amount of data when files are uncompressed if files are stored on a slower drive like HDD

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/elijuicyjones on 2025-03-02 06:10:58.

My home lab is running on my desktop right now but I finally have some parts available:

an AM4 X570 Mobo, plenty of old cases, a spare PSU, 16GB of ram, a couple of spare 1TB NVMEs, a 1660 Super, and a 3700X. I’m working with existing disks now but the plan is to buy four 10-14 TB disks to start.

so I’m wondering if I have the building blocks I need for a decent home data vault slash plex server slash home lab for running a few dockers and LXMs?

Or should I get a beefier AM4 CPU or GPU and more ram?

Also I know I can run unraid and that sounds appealing but is there anything wrong with just running windows on the whole thing? I guess I’m not sure how NAS functionality and building raids on windows works. It’s easy right? 😂

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CiaIsMyWaifu on 2025-03-02 05:48:59.

I've been finding so many interesting unknown niche games on this year's Steam NextFest. Rather than lose track of them after the event is over and praying they show up in my recommended someday or become popular enough on their own, I want to archive the titles or thumbnails of every NextFest game included up til the last day on March 3rd.

But I have no idea how to do this besides manually wishlisting all 2340 titles (So far) so I can sort through and judge them all. I've already asked Steam Support if they could provide a list or archive of the participants but that fell through. So I figured I'd ask some experienced data hoarders.

My ultimate goal is to curate some interesting games to share with the world in case they're missed, as there's lots of games with bad launches or no advertising that slip through the cracks despite being excellent.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Claykicker on 2025-03-02 05:32:53.