It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BobbythebreinHeenan on 2024-10-08 17:32:29.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Altruistic_Bat_1645 on 2024-10-08 15:56:28.

Today for $279 at Western Digital's online store you can snag a 20tb Elements, which is ~$14/tb. But!

If you sign up for Rakuten, you get an additional 10% cashback, which makes it $251.1, or ~$12.50/tb. But!

If you also have a referral code from somebody you know, or somebody you don't, you also get $30 off, which brings it to $221.1, or $11.05/tb. And bonus to whomever refers you, they also get $30 cash!

Rakuten makes money by collecting and selling your shopping info (ala cookies), so it's not free money, but let's face it, just about everybody already sells your data anyway, so you might as well get something back for it.

Lmk if you need any help figuring it out, but every penny counts when you're building your array - thanks and you're welcome!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/steviefaux on 2024-10-08 15:35:35.

Excuse this if already said but I still like to remember Bob.

We should always remember these great figures of Datahoarding, old skool. I only recently heard about Marion Stokes and I see archive.org are now archiving her collection (maybe old news but I've only just seen it).

Over here in the UK, we had the great comedian Bob Monkhouse who it appears was doing the same. Recording loads of TV shows through his house and it was even discovered he had some shows that the BBC lost all recordings to.

https://youtu.be/ykNV4n32KGk?si=kM86_lYrQ3sgPOrK

He was also taken to court years ago for "piracy" but cleared however, they'd burned some of the original and only copies of some films that he'd had to hand over. How petty.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FewExit7745 on 2024-10-08 15:55:46.

So probably my situation is a rare one, but I have a Seagate 1TB External HDD with >600GB of data in it, that I had to long format. Before doing so, I transferred >400GB of my files to my 512GB laptop, and >200GB onto my 256GB Poco X5 Pro, using the Laptop as the middleman.

So reformatting done. I returned the files from my laptop to the HDD and the transfer proceeded without problems. The problems occured when I moved the files from the phone to the laptop again, I did stagger the transfer into two batches, and for the first batch, the phone changed from "USB Transfer" to "Charge this device via USB" after all the files seemingly went through. The second batch was interrupted by "insufficient memory to execute..." stuff at about 60% of the transfer, thankfully the files were still on the phone, so I divided the second batch of transfer into two parts again, and the files finally proceeded to transfer this time.

Now my worry is if I have some data corruptions during this process, and if I have to check all these files if the play or show fine, [95% of them were videos(like >4000 of them) and photos(>1000), also 50GB of these files(from 2022) are my personal files, the rest are from the internet]. About 20 of these videos are nowhere to be found now as well.

I did some random sampling on about 30 files in different folders and they were just fine.

All of the files are seemingly okay judging by their thumbnail but I have not time yet to check each one of them. I don't have the *checksums"(?) of the files before transfer Please don't judge me for only having one drive, I live in a developing country with developing country wages. I am actually about to buy another HDD(or SSD if Seagate has good discounts on them) this December, a year after I bought the first one. Just so I can finally do "2-1" of the "3-2-1" here.

Finally, thanks for reaching this far, and sorry for my poor English.

TLDR: Would it bother you if about 5-15% of your files might be corrupted? We're talking 5000 files. Should I just delete everything (except personal files) and redownload them?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Dalmyr on 2024-10-08 15:35:09.

Hi,

What would be the best reliable raid to use for 8 x 12 TB disk or 12 x 12 TB disk. I want to have good capacity and being reliable in case 1 or more drive fail.

The speed to access the drive is not important because I would mostly use them to access some video in my collection of Anime.

I might decide to use this QNAP model QNAP TS-1655-8G-US

I would use 8 to 12 3.5 bays.

If possible I want your opinions and why you would use the setup you would use.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tarun_sharma_ on 2024-10-08 14:39:07.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mackid1993 on 2024-10-08 14:02:18.

So Macrium is launching their new subscription version today. Obviously many are upset about this. I just wanted to share (without intending to rehash the virtue of subscription vs perpetual) the loyalty offers they are offering. https://forum.macrium.com/82986/RE-Reflect-X-Home-TradeIn

TL;DR V8 users can either get 3 years of X OR trade in for a subscription at 50% off regular retail price for life.

Again, I don't intend for this thread to devolve into a discussion about Macrium and subscriptions...I'm just looking to make this information available so those who use Macrium can make an informed decision in regards to the new model

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Robert_A2D0FF on 2024-10-08 13:29:31.

There are USB connected HDD enclosures that take more than one drive.

Some of those offer some extra features like cloning one disk to another or joining the disks in a RAID.

For cloning it's usually a button that has to be pressed and for RAID it's some dip switches that have to be set in the back. Maybe there are even more "extra features" like this.

[I know there are special devices that copy SD cards to a HDD, but I think they count as NASes.]

What is the established opinion about these?

My first reaction was "HELL NO!!", a little button/switch on the device that may overwrite my data seams like a terrible design. Maybe I'm to paranoid and there is a legit use case, besides "dumb user".

Those features don't seem that easy to implement in hardware and I would rather have a read-only mode on my USB-to-SATA device.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FalsePhilosopher on 2024-10-08 11:42:34.

This will automatically create zstd compressed releases of your git repo with the .git folder stripped. Doing a git clone on the repo it creates 167kb, where as the compressed release is 6kb a 96% reduction in size. The release is automated, it creates checksums and updates a download script with the check sums. All you or the end user needs to do is run the script to grab the latest release, extract it, and hash check the contents.

https://github.com/FalsePhilosopher/Repo-Archival-Releases

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TeslaModelE on 2024-10-08 11:41:23.

I just read that micron 9300 pro is not natively supported on macOS. If that's the case, I may have to go with 4-8 Samsung 990 pros in Raid.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FalsePhilosopher on 2024-10-08 06:33:39.

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/about-large-files-on-github#distributing-large-binaries

"We recommend repositories remain small, ideally less than 1 GB, and less than 5 GB is strongly recommended. Smaller repositories are faster to clone and easier to work with and maintain. If your repository excessively impacts our infrastructure, you might receive an email from GitHub Support asking you to take corrective action.

If you need to distribute large files within your repository, you can create releases on GitHub.com. Releases allow you to package software, release notes, and links to binary files, for other people to use. For more information, visit"About releases."

We don't limit the total size of the binary files in the release or the bandwidth used to deliver them. However, each individual file must be smaller than 2 GiB."

So what I just read is make a repo with just a readme file and tar 100GB file zst | split 1996M && gh release yes? So far in the week of hosting close to 10GB in release files I have not gotten an email. So idk use what you will with that info.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dark_hawk on 2024-10-08 06:18:30.

Hi,

I recently got a WDC WD80EFAX-68LHPN0 from a friend that he didn't need anymore, and it's almost brand new, low Power On Count and low Power On Hours.

"Problem" is, my PC takes almost 8 seconds more to boot up compared to when that WDC red drive is disconnected. That's the PC is waiting for the drive to boot up. Compared to my other two WDC WD40EZRX drives connected to the PC "Older 4tb green drives", which have no impact on boot up time whatsoever.

My questions are:

1-Is there a way to eliminate that 8 seconds delay?

2- Does the WDC WD80EAAZ "Blue Drive" have that delay in boot time?

Thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Omga4000 on 2024-10-08 04:30:09.

Looking to get an M.2 SSD for the Cloud Gateway Max.

Need something that is 4TB with a high endurance and reliability as can be, within reason. 24/7 recording of 2-3 AI Pro cameras.

Any recommendations?

The thing that was repeated mostly is to avoid QLC, aim for TLC / SLC, but no specific recommendations for an SSD.

P.S

I'm aware that SSDs aren't super recommended for 24/7 writing and most people are against it, but that's what my equipment supports. Can't get an HDD there, unfortunately.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/pastafusilli on 2024-10-08 04:06:42.

I hope 10TB is a good number to make this question interesting.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FalsePhilosopher on 2024-10-08 02:37:35.

For those who don't want to or know how to install WSL or dualboot linux for using sha256sum or md5sum in WSL/linux and want a living off the land stock windows means of doing checksums then here you go :)

https://github.com/FalsePhilosopher/Powershell-Checksum

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bigj1227 on 2024-10-08 02:07:58.

Have any of you guys heard of IPTV?

This vendor on telegram sold me this thing called IPTV 1 year for $250. It literally has 130,000 movies every show series ever and live tv 15,000 channels for every country like literally. I don’t think there’s a channel broadcasting or a movie made that isn’t in the server. I’ve never heard of this before and it’s blowing my freaking mind. No matter what test I put it to like Random movie from the 60s obscure stuff hard to find stuff it’s always there in the search. New movies and shows are added weekly like how is this even possible? It even plays PPV stuff, brand new releases, live like UFC ppv live and everything else. 16,000 channels 130,000 movies and every tv series ever. How have I never heard of this before? Does anyone know how this works? Just payed the vendor and he gave me a https:// then a username:password plugged it into an app called iptvSmartersPlayer and boom I’m surfing the biggest wave in channel surfing history. It’s bizarre and fascinating seeing live news from Ethiopia Ukraine Netherlands random places. Have you guys heard of this? I got a year of access from the guy on tele for $250 and it’s insane to me the value. How does this service work? Does the person hosting / selling it to me just data hoard upload everything ever to this server I’m tapping into? How is it getting live channels for every channel everywhere. What is this madness??

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ovr_the_cuckoos_nest on 2024-10-08 01:58:57.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PM_Me_Your_Picks on 2024-10-08 01:02:29.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Fazendo_ on 2024-10-08 00:09:09.

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to buy a new 1TB SSD and have narrowed it down to three options that are all pretty close in price. I’m hoping to get your input on which one would be the best choice. Here are the details:

1. TeamGroup CX2 1TB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD
   • Reference: T253X6001T0C101
   • Read speed: 540 MB/s | Write speed: 490 MB/s
   • MTBF: 1,000,000 hours
   • Dimensions: 100 x 69.9 x 7 mm
   • Price: €60.80
2. Team Group MS30 SSD M.2 2280
   • Reference: TM8PS7001T0C101
   • Read speed: 550 MB/s | Write speed: 480 MB/s
   • Shock resistant
   • Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 3.5 mm
   • Price: €56.90
3. TeamGroup EX2 1TB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD
   • Reference: T253E2001T0C101
   • Read speed: 550 MB/s | Write speed: 520 MB/s
   • MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
   • Dimensions: 100 x 69.9 x 7 mm
   • Price: €62.00

I’m mainly using the SSD for gaming and general storage, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on which one offers the best value or performance. Are there any significant differences that I should consider?Hey everyone,

I’m looking to buy a new 1TB SSD and have narrowed it down to three options that are all pretty close in price. I’m hoping to get your input on which one would be the best choice. Here are the details:

1. TeamGroup CX2 1TB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD
   • Reference: T253X6001T0C101
   • Read speed: 540 MB/s | Write speed: 490 MB/s
   • MTBF: 1,000,000 hours
   • Dimensions: 100 x 69.9 x 7 mm
   • Price: €60.80
2. Team Group MS30 SSD M.2 2280
   • Reference: TM8PS7001T0C101
   • Read speed: 550 MB/s | Write speed: 480 MB/s
   • Shock resistant
   • Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 3.5 mm
   • Price: €56.90
3. TeamGroup EX2 1TB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD
   • Reference: T253E2001T0C101
   • Read speed: 550 MB/s | Write speed: 520 MB/s
   • MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
   • Dimensions: 100 x 69.9 x 7 mm
   • Price: €62.00

I’m mainly using the SSD for gaming and general storage, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on which one offers the best value or performance. Are there any significant differences that I should consider?

Thanks in advance for your help!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MusikFurJungeLeute on 2024-10-07 23:38:26.

I encrypted a 3.5 inch external hard drive with Veracrypt and then shucked it. Then when I mounted it to a docking station, the hard drive will not mount. When I put the hard drive back inside the enclosure it worked again.

Is it better to encrypt entire disk (which will cause these kinds of problems) or use volume containers (which can be seen by unwanted eyes, and also can be easily/accidentally deleted)??

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Save-The-Defaults on 2024-10-07 23:04:28.

My 2.5k+ video meme collection got deleted because I added a single dark joke video to it, are there any ways to restore or download it's content?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/itsliqs on 2024-10-07 22:50:18.

Hi everyone,

I am trying to find a breakdown or explanation for what Seagate's serial numbers signify. I have looked around but can't find any current resources that explain this, at least not one that includes the 'NT' and 'NE' identifiers. Specifically, I am trying to determine the different between these two drives - I assume it's negligible but I would still like to know:

• IronWolf Pro ST18000NT001
• IronWolf Pro ST18000NE000

If anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/datawh0rder on 2024-10-07 19:19:17.

I'm thinking of expanding my homelab media server setup by getting a NAS (probably a 4-bay from synology). I was thinking of the following approach and wanted to get some feedback:

• 1 4-bay drive set up in RAID 0. This will allow me to maximise my storage space. There will be a folder for my media files, but I will also probably use it for general storage too (negligible space by comparison to movies/TV/etc.)
• Second 4-bay drive set up in RAID 0. The first drive will back up to this one on a regular cadence, and this bay will back up to the cloud. This way I have data recovery in the event of drive failure since I'll be playing fast and loose with RAID 0 to maximise space.
• Mini-CPU to run Plex (currently using Beelink S12 Pro). I don't want to run Plex from the bay itself bc S12 can do hardware transcoding and I want to take advantage of that

Does this seem like a good long-term set up (i doubt i'll ever hit 96TB (planning on 24TB drives) of stuff)? I'd start small and only expand drives as needed. Do Synology bays alert you when drives fail? And what OS would you recommend? I see a lot about unRAID and trueNAS but i don't really know the differences

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aptquark on 2024-10-07 19:09:24.

I have 4 x 12 TB disks. I wanted to create a RAID 10 so I followed an online tutorial and used Storage spaces to create 2 x RAID 1 pools. Then, I deleted the volumes in Disk management and created a Mirrored volume from both pools. Is this OK? Is there a better way? MOST importantly, 1 - can this be moved to another windows machine and just plugged in and VOILA...all the shit is there and 2 - if there is a failure, will Storage spaces or Disk management alert me and guide me through the rebuild procedure? Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dragon2777 on 2024-10-07 18:35:36.