It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MyBallsSmellFruity on 2025-02-19 15:49:20.

I have a bunch of old magazines that I figured I'd scan and upload to IA so others can enjoy them. I'll be using a batch feed scanner so I can pull the staples and zip through them super quickly. Has anyone used a good (and long/strong enough) stapler that could be used to re-staple magazines and small books? I'd prefer something long enough to even staple those big old Life magazines.

I see a bunch out there, but nothing is standing out.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/penis_not_happy on 2025-02-19 15:38:00.

Im a little confused with the whole " NTFS is not supported by android" so reading and writing shouldn't work if i connect an external storage device which is formatted to NTFS, however I've been using my WD SN580 1TB,(NTFS format) with an enclosure for almost a year now without a problem , on my OnePlus 8t it works, on my Samsung galaxy a55 it works,on a Lenovo tablet it works and even on my LG C2 TV it works, so im confused as to why people say that NTFS can't be read on android devices?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Tallgeese33 on 2025-02-19 15:08:49.

Hello, I am trying to get data off a DDS4 tape using a DW023A USB drive. The issue is I cant seem to find the drivers anywhere online. I don't know why I even bothered to contact HP for something so old, as they were no help to me lol. If anyone even has suggestions on where to look I would appreciate it!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BeardInTheNorth on 2025-02-19 09:26:42.

So, I have a bunch of unpowered external HDDs that I am trying to create backups of. My laptop has 2 USB Type-A ports and 1 USB Type-C port. All are "super speed" as far as data transfer rate is concerned, but I am assuming they are all unpowered. So, I purchased a powered USB hub from Amazon (ACASIS 10-port USB Type-A 3.1 hub, operates at 12V, 4A, 48W), both for the extra ports and for the mains power.

Thus far I am able to transfer small files and folders from external HDD to external HDD, and external HDD to laptop SSD. However, any time I attempt to transfer a particularly large file or folder (>10 GB) after about 30 seconds the transfer rate plummets to the single digits and I start hearing the dreaded "clicking" sound of an external HDD not getting enough power.

This seems to happen with multiple HDDs, so while I cannot rule out multiple HDD failure, Occam's razor would suggest otherwise. Somewhere in the chain, not enough power is getting through. Or that's my hypothesis. I am just not sure why that would be the case; is 12V, 4A, 48W not enough juice to facilitate large file/folder transfers? Should I get an even more powerful hub, or one that connects via USB Type-C instead?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mrdougan on 2025-02-19 09:19:20.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/gumofilcokarate on 2025-02-19 09:12:29.

After half a year of collecting hardware fot my DIY NAS I'm finally about to finish the build. The last purchase I have to make are the HDDs. I'm looking for two 10-14 Tb CMR drives which will work in a ZFS mirror. I'm going to buy new units.

What's kind of special in my use case is that the NAS will be off for most of the time (because reasons) so the drives will be used more like they were in a PC than a NAS. Let's say they will be spined up/spooled down 365 times a year (in reality it'll be half of that).

Also regarding my experience with brands... the only HDDs that ever failed me with data loss were Seagates (7200 Barracudas) so it's kind hardcoded in my mind to avoid them.

Right now I'm on WD Reds and while they work OK, they're from a batch that was supposed to be CMR but turned out to be SMR. Nothing bad happened but I felt kind of cheated by WD since I didn't get what I paid for.

I'm not excluding neither Seagate nor WD, just saying I have bad experiences with them.

Is there any brand/particular model which will fit in my use case?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/killer_cain on 2025-02-19 08:48:08.

There's a particular twitter account i want to scrape, it's like 160K posts, but it's littered with graphics which the tweets will not make sense without being included, is there a way to grab each of them as a graphic/screenshot without having to do it individually for each one?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TheRealItzLegit on 2025-02-19 08:25:17.

If it can support both 3.5in & 2.5in drives that would be excellent, I have a good handful of them! My budget is $300.

Cheers.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EngagedWorldWizard on 2025-02-19 06:22:18.

There are obviously a lot of very sophisticated DevOps types on here, but I was just wondering if there is a need for a script to re-assemble sites from archive.org that have already been taken down (usaid.gov was the one I was working on, until I found out about ArchiveTeam Warrior project (which I am now running).

(I would still love to know if you got usaid.gov.

Anyway, it is a little bit tricky job with a large site, because you have to gather the most recent snapshot of any file (which are all in directories by date), and then piece it all together and have it play nicely. If there is interest in this, let me know, because I was making pretty good progress on it.

(I know there is a Ruby gem that is supposed to do this, but my results were not that good.)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/IllCarpet6852 on 2025-02-19 04:36:55.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Reverse0 on 2025-02-19 03:46:52.

Hi, was wondering someone with more experience can point me in the right direction.

I have a 780xtx minipc that I am currently not using and I would like to convert it into a Nas since its probably the smallest thing I have.

Would it be better to convert one of the two m2 slot into sata with an adapter. Or Use the 40gbs usb port to sata to connect and run it that way. Is that even a thing ?

I just really want it for file transfer and storage. Some family members also have way too many pictures and videos on their phone so I would like them to transfer it to a Nas as well.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NoMission4490 on 2025-02-19 03:43:10.

is there a tool where i can scrape twitter profiles by keywords or through the you might like section and also only scrape verified profiles i need it for a project im working on but cant seem to find any that do this sort of job.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PotatoRebellion12 on 2025-02-19 07:42:36.

Started my hoarding journey with a 16tb drive in my pc and backed up on 2x16tb raid 1. My reasoning, I have an unlimited internet connection, I may aswell fucken use it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Outside_General_8622 on 2025-02-19 06:02:17.

I'm currently exploring social scraping and need some advice. I'm looking for a large batch of proxies—ideally residential, but open to other types—that aren’t blocked by the major social media websites. The key requirements are unlimited or very high bandwidth.

I'm interested in recommendations or alternative approaches for reliably scraping these platforms (assuming I can handle IP rotation and other restrictions).

I'm not promoting any paid services here; just genuinely seeking community input on where to buy such proxies or methods to obtain them while staying within the sub's guidelines. Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated!

I have tried a few of the vendors who sell residential proxies but they charge per GB of bandwidth which is expensive for our usecases

#proxies #webscraping #socialmedia

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/screw_ball69 on 2025-02-19 04:51:44.

So there is a not small amount of old commercials and tv content on the web but is there any repositories for old radio stuff? Not music mind you but ads, personality stuff and the like.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/gappuji on 2025-02-19 04:18:45.

Hi! I am wondering if anyone has any experience shucking STKP20000400? What drive is un there? Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ValentinaRuiz on 2025-02-19 04:16:49.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MikeRoz on 2025-02-19 03:28:15.

I am running a server with a number of GPUs in an open-air mining frame. I have a PCIe HBA connected to six 3.5" SATA drives. The drives are screwed into a pair of drive cages from an old case, but the cages are just sitting on the table behind the HBA card. I realize this is not the best setup, as the drives are getting minimal airflow from the fan I have on the HBA, and my options for when it comes time to add more drives are limited.

I think in most cases the most logical thing to do would be to move to some rackmount enclosure for the drives, but I'm not aware of any rackmount case that could accommodate all my GPUs. I don't think putting just the drives in some kind of rackmount case is an option either, as I don't think the SAS/SATA cables would reach from the HBA on the mining frame to the other case.

Most drive enclosures seem to be built around providing a USB data interface at least, or even a full NAS appliance. Is there such a thing as just a tower of drives that provides cooling, maybe shared power, but allows me to plug in my own separate SATA for each drive?

Or is there some other option I'm not seeing, apart from splitting my single server into separate machines for NAS and AI functions?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/alejandrotch on 2025-02-18 13:40:26.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/catinterpreter on 2025-02-19 02:25:27.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MarleySB on 2025-02-19 01:36:06.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RedditingAtWork5 on 2025-02-19 01:05:46.

I've spent a lot of time on the Wayback Machine recovering data from The Palace chat software from the early 2000s and have a solid archive of the era going. My most coveted data however exists in the form of the background images of a certain Palace I used to frequent. I've been searching for these images for over a decade and have found a total of 1 in an unrelated site on the Wayback Machine.

I've actually found the directory I'm after: potterchat.com/palace/palace/media in 2004, but the Wayback Machine never crawled inside of the media folder and stopped at the 2nd palace directory. I've tried a couple other archive sites that I know of, but they haven't crawled potterchat.com at all.

Social engineering my way across these has failed as nobody I've spoken with about this still has their old hard drives. These files surely exist still on some hard drive somewhere because The Palace downloaded all backgrounds directly to the user's machine, but finding the owner of one of those hard drives is nearly impossible.

What are my options from here to recover this data?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DarfMcNarfy on 2025-02-19 00:22:55.

Is there a simple, straightforward way to download the entire collection of YouTube comments that I've liked? I can see the collection under "My Activity," but I'd love a way to keep the information I've upvoted in one document (or something similar) without having to manually grab each comment.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/wickedplayer494 on 2025-02-19 00:20:43.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WxaithBrynger on 2025-02-18 21:23:26.

I've got multiple 20tb WD external hard drives attached to my Synology Nas because I only have a DS220 and I'm a little worried that they may fail. I'm not sure if externals are rated to run continuously like other drives are.