It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/originalQazwsx on 2024-09-23 19:44:53.

Currently I have 8 hard drives that I'm using (5 external and 3 internal). I wanted to clean up my space and put them all in single computer case with the potential to expand in the future. As I started to dig into all of the options out there there are just SO many! Like Fractal R5, Fractal Node 804, etc.

Ideally it would be cheap/affordable (<$75). Perfectly fine with getting one used as long as it runs correctly. In addition, ideally the bays are included with the case instead of having to purchase separate bays that would increase the price.

Things that would make it even better are great airflow and quiet.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BD_South on 2024-09-23 19:15:46.

Can a kind soul point me in the right direction to transfer data from an LTO-6 (Quantum Ultrium LTO6) tape?

I just have the tape without any of the hardware or software.

Is there an all in one solution or do I need a tape drive, cables, compatible server, and specialized software for this? If so, could you recommend a list of things to buy?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LongIslandTeas on 2024-09-23 19:13:21.

For making a backup to a secondary server of all files over my network, I've been trying out TeraCopy, FreeFileSync and Fastcopy.

TeraCopy & FastCopy has the option to verify the copied file, but it seem to do so by reading the file back over the network (2x1Gbps Ethernet) - So my question is, could the copied file hash be calculated locally and then sent over the network? This should make a significant increase in speed. Are there even a server/client version of these tools?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Tom_unseen on 2024-09-23 18:19:47.

Dear DataHoarder Community!

After delving into the philosophy of data hoarding, I have to say that I find it extremely appealing. I share the belief that archiving content from the internet is crucial. I have a few questions for you, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to answer them.

1. How do you ensure that downloading content remains within legal boundaries?
2. Should I contact the respective websites if I’m concerned about legal consequences? (For example, asking if I can download the content?)
3. What browser extensions do you use and recommend? (What do you think of SingleFile?) —> I’ve already checked the r/DataHoarder FAQ, but here I’m curious about your experiences, especially with SingleFile
4. How do you organize your hoard (if at all)? Is a format like YYYY-MM-DD_Filename (for files) and folders like Images-Family with subfolders Images-Family-2024 (for folders) a long-term practical and sensible idea?
5. How do you avoid malware on your systems, and what measures do you take to prepare for a "worst-case scenario" in this regard? (Besides using VirusTotal beforehand and regular backups.)

Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fanta_bhelpuri on 2024-09-22 15:05:32.

But that before I found this subreddit! 😃. My problems aren't even that bad. I just need to save 350 GB of files. My most valuable files are the games and coding projects I've made that are only 15GB. But to just find others who share this paranoia to some extent is liberating. 😃

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mxpxillini35 on 2024-09-23 17:44:58.

Have 12 total 5tb drives. Using for a small amount of data storage (not usually accessed), but am looking to do some sort of filecloud system where I can backup family phone pics and videos.

About 95% of the usage is for media storage which I use for Plex. Plex isn't used a ton, but could see some small increases in usage soon.

So am I better doing 2 different raid 5 arrays (where one is used for movies and other data, and the other for TV shows? Or just one raid 6 array that houses everything?

Or is there a better way entirely to do this?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/starbucks1971 on 2024-09-23 17:09:02.

I have windows installed in c in a single partition on my 1tb ssd nvme. It is also bitlocked.

Planning to upgrade to a 2tb.

Was thinking of moving all my large files from C to an external hdd to reduce the usage to around 100gb. So it will be faster when decrypting the bitlocker encrypted drive. Then I will image the whole C and restore it on the 2tb drive. Then reverse the process.

Is this a good plan or should i just decrypt it with all the data still present.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TinderSubThrowAway on 2024-09-23 16:45:51.

Anyone ever had WD refuse to RMA a drive within warranty because of a scratch on the green board that probably happened while removing it from the NAS after it was failed?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/StuntGuy on 2024-09-23 16:44:09.

I am in need of a bigger HDD for my media, right now I have a WD Black 6tb and its just over the 5 year mark and im out of space, was thinking of a 8TB or a 10tb replacement but then I realized I haven't used this high end drive for gaming or anything intense lately as I've added 2 additional SSD's into my PC.

So I think it makes sense that this replacement drive shouldn't be a performance high end HDD like the WD Black...

I have researched and it looks like the WD Red plus 10tb or 8tb should be the option that makes the most sense but I just have 1 question, its labeled as a "NAS" drive, does mean anything of significance if I intend to just use this the exact same way as I was using my older WD black drive? All I want to do is unplug my black drive, and plug this new red one in but would the set up and everything else be the exact same? I'm confused because when researching it mentioned that the red drives were more suited for businesses (pretty sure I read something like that) which makes me worry because I would just be using this as my personal backup drive.

Another thing I wanted to confirm Is the noise, would this Red plus drive at a bigger size (10 TB red VS. a 6 tb black) actually be more quiet? Because the fact it would be almost double the size would make me think that it would be louder than my older smaller 6TB black drive?

Also, if you guys think there is a better alternative option other than the WD Red let me know please! I have used this WD Black drive for over 5 years and have noticed nothing wrong with it so I am pretty sold on WD being amazing but am open.

Any help greatly appreciated!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/monkeh2023 on 2024-09-23 15:27:21.

Does anyone have any experience recording TV channels 24/7?

I've got a spare Mini PC and I was thinking about buying a tv tuner to record either one or several tv channels 24/7 - ideally also use it as an EPG to record TV shows from any channel instead of using the TV to do the recordings as it has DRM on it.

What's the best way to go about this? I was thinking about a decent TV tuner, a lot of harddrive space but as for software I've got no idea. Any advice?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/A_South_Guy on 2024-09-23 15:26:39.

I just wanted to get your input if these are good deals

• Drives are from a Chinese seller in Shopee Philippines
• the Seagate exos are described as pulled, tested good
• No other description for the ironwolf pro drives if they were pulled. Seller agent says they are new
• As per store, warranty is 3 yrs from Seagate and 2 yrs with them.
• my main purpose is storing files for long term like pics and document scans.
• the reason I chose these size of drives is because they are the ones that are in sale.
• I'm thinking of buying 1 exos and 1 ironwolf to backup on each other and then store one of them off-site
• I plan to put them on two bay Synology and then just backup them on each other every few months.
• please bear with me, I have never done this before

Seagate Exos 12TB - price converts to 126 usd 14TB- price converts to 165 usd 16TB- price converts to 195usd

Ironwolf Pro 12TB- price converts to 126usd 14TB- price converts to 165usd 16TB- price converts to 195usd

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NiceLongToke on 2024-09-23 14:48:37.

I have a 4 bay Sabrent docking station that I foolishly bought thinking it would support a 24TB HDD, but the capacity for individual drives is 20TB. Are there any docks that are compatible with 24TB drives or is my only option a DAS?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fourDnet on 2024-09-23 14:00:07.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MK2k on 2024-09-23 13:17:38.

Fellow hoarders!

Media Hoarder is celebrating its 2nd birthday today and finally supports tv series with the freshly released v1.4.0.

Here's a video showcasing the new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch/3qfb5UWJrdQ

During the whole development phase I've been joined by an individual named kolbdog323 providing lots of feedback and requests over multiple months which I'm truly grateful of.

Media Hoarder runs on Win/Linux/Mac as an Electron app and is free and open source. It runs well alongside other media center solutions.

Some links

Media Hoarder Website: https://media.hoarder.software

Blog post "2nd Birthday - TV Series Support": https://media.hoarder.software/blog/2nd-birthday-tv-series-support

Video: Media Hoarder Features Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGkU9e1l8HU

Project on GitHub: https://github.com/theMK2k/Media-Hoarder

cheers!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ScrioteMyRewquards on 2024-09-23 13:09:33.

I have a ASM1164 PCIE3 x2 SATA card with two SSDs connected to it. During large transfers between the two drives, I started noticing a pattern of my web browser's (Edge) performance being affected. For some pages, scrolling would become slow and even lock up altogether. At first, I didn't put two-and-two together (why would I?) but then I noticed that as soon as I cancelled the data transfers, the browser would immediately become responsive again. The issue is a little inconsistent in its manifestation, but I've now repeated this enough times to be sure it's not a coincidence. Somehow there is a relationship between the drives on the card and the browser.

I went looking for bottlenecks. The drives are unencrypted, and the CPU is barely being taxed even when the browser is practically frozen. The performance of the drives themselves is unaffected. The RAM is less than half occupied. The PC isn't cutting edge, but it's not terrible either (6700K, z170x, 32GB) and the transfers between the drives are only 200-400MB/s. What's more, the ASM1164 card is on the CPU's PCI-E lanes, NOT the PCH. The GPU is also on the CPU, so its running at 8x, but it's a GTX 960 and barely even being utilized.

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know what could possibly be causing this behavior?

TL;DR: During large SSD transfers through ASM1164 card, Edge browser gets bogged down. Cancelling transfer immediately restores Edge performance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Lucius1213 on 2024-09-23 08:58:47.

I'm looking for a tool, preferably a GUI or web UI, that allows me to restore individual files from Btrfs snapshots. Ideally, it would let me right-click a file to restore previous versions or recover deleted files from a directory. Does such a tool exist?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OverideCreations on 2024-09-23 06:02:55.

Hi Everyone,

I need some help with an issue I'm having.

I have a 512 GB Micron SSD that I've been using in my old Dell laptop for Windows 10 over the past two years. Recently, I wanted to move the SSD to my new gaming PC for extra storage, so I bought a 240 GB SSD during a sale and used it to clone the 512 GB SSD.

I used two SSD USB 3.0 enclosures, connected to my gaming PC, and cloned the 512 GB SSD to the 240 GB one using Disk Genius software. The cloned 240 GB SSD is working fine in the old Dell laptop.

However, after the cloning process, the 512 GB SSD isn’t showing up in Disk Management when I reconnect it to my gaming PC. I think something went wrong with the enclosure or during the unplugging process after cloning. Disk Management only showed the 512 GB SSD as "Uninitialized" once, but now it doesn’t detect it at all. I believe I might have removed it before getting the "safe to remove USB hard disk" notification from Windows.

Neither Windows on my gaming PC nor my Dell laptop can detect the SSD when using the enclosure. I also tried connecting it directly to the internal SATA ports on both the PC and laptop, but it’s still not showing up.

When I connect the SSD, if I try to access "My Computer," Windows gets stuck trying to read the SSD and freezes until I disconnect it, after which everything works normally again.

I’ve tried using Windows 10 recovery to format the drive, but it either gets stuck or says no hard drive is available for installation. I’ve also tried using Diskpart in CMD, but the SSD shows up with 0 KB size and 0 KB free, and formatting through Diskpart doesn’t work either.

Here’s what I tried in Diskpart:

Select Disk

Clean

Create Partition Primary

Active

Format fs=ntfs quick

It still won’t show up.

I’ve also used the Micron SSD Utility, but it gets stuck when trying to read the drive. The software freezes until I unplug the SSD from the USB enclosure. I haven't yet tried using the Micron Utility with the SSD connected via the internal SATA port.

I thought it would be similar to how old USB sticks freeze or have the wrong partitions, where I’ve used the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool for Windows to restore USB sticks or micro SD cards (in a micro USB card reader), and voilà, everything would be back to its original size, partition, and capacity.

I thought this would work the same way—guess it’s just my bad luck.

It seems like the SSD might be stuck or has failed. Does anyone know of a way to revive this SSD?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aliceuwuu on 2024-09-23 04:03:49.

so i want to get into this thing and i have like 30 2TB nvme m2 SSDs which i want to put into good use rather than selling them off on ebay or something

i looked into buying 30 m2 -> sata adapters and using a regular sata bay but i dont think i want to trade off the speed for

i also searched online for an m2 bay similar to those of sata bays but i havent found one that can fit 30 in it. the biggest one i found has like 4 slots which is not nearly enough for my needs

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/southwind19 on 2024-09-23 03:27:47.

I’ve exclusivity used Samsung and Western Digital ; both have software - Samsung magician and dashboard..

Been reading to stay away from WD blue data SSD!

Does Crucical , TeamGroup or Patriot have their own respective software like Samsung or Dashboard

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Daconby on 2024-09-23 02:09:11.

I'm looking to build a new Debian/Open Media Vault system (not my first). It's looking like finding eSATA controllers is a losing battle (and also looks like reliability can be questionable anyway), so I'm going to convert an 8 bay Sans Digital SATA tower to SAS by removing the SATA backplanes. This means I'll need to connect the cables from the SAS controllers directly to the backs of the drives, but I can deal with that. The tower is just a disk tower, it has no space for a motherboard. It has two eSATA ports on the back, which I plan on removing, and either replacing with SAS ports, or just running the SAS cables straight through the holes.

I'm pretty much a SAS noob. I'm looking for recommendations for an inexpensive SAS controller that works with Debian and can handle at least 8 external drives, and also what cables I'll need to go from the controller directly to the backs of the SATA drives. The PC I'll be using for the server is an old Dell Optiplex small form factor, which has two half-height PCI-e slots (so obviously whatever controller I buy needs to be half height).

Thanks!

ETA: I'll be buying used hardware. And this is for a NAS connected via Gig Ethernet, so no need for maximum performance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GamingDragon27 on 2024-09-23 01:14:35.

I am eyeing this WD Red Plus WD80EFPX 8TB Hard Drive on sale for $144 right now. Yes, I know it isn't quite the $15 a TB and under gold standard pricing, but I'm pretty desperate for at least 1, quiet drive right now for basic media (movies, TV shows) as my 3 TB worth of unraided external drives are maxed and I don't want to have to resort to deleting old files. I have a separate WD SN850x SSD for video games and more complicated programs. However, I also know this drive is specialized for NAS set ups and I do not and will not have one of those for the indefinite future, simply putting 1 or 2 drives in my Corsair 4000D computer case's hard drive bay. I plan to either watch media from the drives while at my computer or to put it on a USB to watch on a device in another room. I don't want over pay, but the WD Blue's are literally only $4 cheaper at their current on sale price of $140 on NewEgg. It would have been nice to have the Blue's available for previous low prices of $12.5 a TB, but for the time being, is the WD Red Plus the clear way to go?

Or is there a Seagate option that can match WD's noise levels at a less expensive price?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tungvu256 on 2024-09-22 21:41:02.

just got back from a mini vacation. camera Canon R8 tooks photos fine, i was able to review photos in the cam too. no problem

when i got home, Win10 copied for about 10 percent and started giving errors for the rest. i forgot the exact error. once copy was done. Win10 no longer recognizes the mSD (F drive) card and it wants to format

https://preview.redd.it/x49aauawjfqd1.png?width=546&format=png&auto=webp&s=28b28f7e26f08f725a37c31921fdb4d09f4782b2

https://preview.redd.it/njuszfr6kfqd1.png?width=841&format=png&auto=webp&s=d717bd7861cd480a24a9461f627ae5e6d513f029

i tried another USB card reader, no luck. i tried the camera to view and the cam gave errors as well. the cam also wants me to Format.

please help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Other-Boot-179 on 2024-09-22 21:06:58.

Hello I am trying to preserve my games by dumping my disks and switch cartidges, and looking for the best option of storage. From what I understand the best would be to zip them and put them on external hdd, and the ones i plan on playing moving to my ssd. I also am looking for another 10tb of storage so any advice to make that cost affective is greatly appreciated. thanks for your time.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Delicious-Rutabaga-7 on 2024-09-22 20:32:36.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReadyJeff on 2024-09-22 18:54:04.

I'm looking for a way to download from Baidu's video platform Hao Kan. A couple of years ago, it used to be the case that the videos could be downloaded via JDownloader2 if you forced addition of the urls - a mp4 file would be present.

This is an example of the video I wish to download:

https://haokan.baidu.com/v?vid=13954284633695106050&collection_id=

When I manually add that URL to JDownloader2 I see a 2mb file prefixed with "videolandv2" and the file extension "chunk.js". I presume the video is now being served up via javascript 2mb at a time.

Grateful for any advice on what could be used. Thanks