It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/No_Way_Kimosabe on 2024-09-09 18:32:39.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Spilled_Salad on 2024-09-09 17:26:47.

Context: my mom took terabytes of digitized film and digital photos of me and my sisters growing up and it lives in her desktop PC. She no longer uses this PC as often and I’m concerned about the longevity of the drives she has as they are already 10 years old. There are a few SSD’s and a couple hard drives but none of it is backed up.

I want the primary storage to be one or 2 bigger HDD’s but is it viable to keep 1 or 2 tape drives in other locations in case of a fire? These may sit in storage for years but I would like to have this data saved for me and my sisters as we get married and have families of our own.

All your help is appreciated!

Edit: forgot to mention, I know it is more cost effective to go with HDD’s for backups, but these files are important to my family and it is worth a few hundred dollars to have 20 years of memories secured

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MilkSheikh007 on 2024-09-09 15:13:05.

Looking for a very long-term usable thumb drive. Have seen a few Lexar options. Want to know how reliable it is as a brand. Do their thumb drives last very long?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/micahdotjohnson on 2024-09-09 14:50:43.

I am looking for a back alternative that can make daily snapshots of iOS/iPadOS devices, but does so remotely and doesn't require the device to be connected to the local wifi connection. I really like iMazing and use it every day for device backups, but it doesn't seem to support remote backups; it does support remote management and supervision, but I can't do a backup.

Any suggestions?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/smegtasticday on 2024-09-09 14:44:50.

The new one is using a mobo, GA-Z68P-DS3 (rev. 1.0); the older one is using a ms7906 board; the hard drive is a HGST He10 10TB. Bios has latest update. Have tried known working ports and cables, SATA IDE and ACHI modes.

Thanks, Im going crazy, and not that savvy technically.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/businessAlcoholCream on 2024-09-09 13:01:35.

The Kingston NV2 is the 1TB model and it is sold here at about 70USD. The Samsung 980 is the 500GB model and it is being sold here at about 90USD.

I plan to use the external drive mainly for storing large number of photos. My idea would be to buy an external case for it as both my slots in my laptop are already occupied. I also plan to write and read photos directly into the drive such as when I am editing. Which do you think is better choice for my use case? Do you think it is an overkill to get an NVMe drive for this purpose and should I just settle with equal capacity SATA SSD as I will not be playing games or watching 4K videos from the external drive.

I really just have no idea on how NV2 holds up and I find it kind of sus that they sell it that cheap when compared to Samsung. I currently have the 980 in my laptop as my second drive and I am satisfied by the performance which is also why I am leaning towards 980.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Emmanuel_Karalhofsky on 2024-09-09 12:40:47.

I am looking to implement a local storage solution to store 10TB+

My goal is to implement this as cheaply as possible and I am willing to source used HDDs mostly and these will have different capacities 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 5TB and possibly different spins 5,200RPM - 7200RPM.

With a maximum budget of $100 what would you do to achieve the highest data redundancy level?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Joey_Pajamas on 2024-09-09 12:37:15.

Is there a way to add tags to an image that, when moved from Windows to Android (or vice versa) the tags remain/ will be ready? I ask because I've noticed that images I moved from my PC to my tablet don't always retail tags/ the app doesn't seem to read them.

I'm not expert at this, so any basic advice would be appreciated.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Bismarck_seas on 2024-09-09 10:50:37.

Why do manufacturers produce ssd with capacity like this but not a round number? What is the difference?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/marquant on 2024-09-09 10:11:21.

So i made this storage pool with 3 devices, 8tb, 5tb, 5tb, and it showing up correctly in the settings, but when i go to my file explorer, it said the storage is almost full and the drive only has 8tb. (i set up the 8tb as first pool, then i added the 2 5tbs after.) what am i doing wrong?

https://imgur.com/a/orWJoIO

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/New_Assignment_1683 on 2024-09-09 07:55:39.

specifically the 10tb ebay refurbished ones would you recommend them if they have 5 years of waranty?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NeonChat on 2024-09-09 07:35:11.

I have a Seagate Expansion 4TB Hard Drive. It was making some weird noises probably due to head not working properly and then after some time stopped showing up in my computer.

So, I applied for a replacement and they accepted my replacement as it was under warranty. But as the drive is not connected to PC I'm not able to format it.

I am a bit worried about it. What to do? Do they check for the stored content on my drive or just format it before proceeding with anything.

I am worried about my data privacy not data as I have backup of data.

Please help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jacquesmacht on 2024-09-09 07:07:39.

Not sure which community would be best to ask this - hoping you guys can help:

I photographed a wedding over the weekend using 2 camera bodies with different lenses so that I can quickly switch between them. I forget to check and sync them up beforehand though, and turns out the time in the settings is about 5 minutes behind on the one of the bodies.

I now have them sorted according to the shooting time in my editing software, and it's just not great how the "scene" changes whenever I switched cameras.

Is there some software or other easy way to batch shift the shooting time in the metadata of ±3000 raw files by a certain amount?

Im on Mac

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/potatosoup37 on 2024-09-09 04:01:38.

After I eject my 2TB Seagate Expansion Portable HDD using the Windows eject option, it disappears from the available disks but keeps spinning. The only way to stop it is to disconnect it from the computer.

Is this normal or is it an issue with the drive (or firmware)?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/McDonalds-Sprite25 on 2024-09-09 03:20:30.

Okay, obviously not, but I have about a hundred blank DVDs from different brands and types on a single spindle. I don't want them to go to waste, so what are some good uses and ways to extend their lifetime?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/-Axle- on 2024-09-09 01:55:46.

Hi, I've been researching for a while now and am looking for clarity as I can't seem to find the all of the answers I'm looking for.

My setup is a conventional home server (old Z68 w i5-3550) but I'm maxed out at 6 SATA devices, idea is to add an HBA to connect > 6 devices. RAID is not in scope. Questions (and please correct if and where wrong):

1. An HBA can add both SATA or SAS HDDs, depending on the cable used.
2. If two cables (arrays/ports) are used, I could load one up with SAS HDDs and the other with SATA HDDs
3. Connecting the boot HDD to the motherboard SATA port reduces conflicts with the HBA (i.e. the HBA is only for additional non-boot required devices (DVDR, SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, etc.) in this case)
4. The SATA HDDs would continue to require power from the PSU
5. The SAS HDDs would not require power from the PSU and would be powered by the HBA?
6. A backplane is not required with the use of an HBA
7. When is an backplane required?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ShapeShifter499 on 2024-09-09 01:22:31.

I have seen a lot of posts here about buying refurbished or renewed enterprise drives. Just seeing the words refurbished or renewed is making me wonder how I can even trust my data for any length of time even if it's just for backup purposes.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Big-Performer2942 on 2024-09-09 01:17:45.

What software do you hoarders use for managing what you have and more importantly don't have?

Currently when I think I want to acquire something Im snapping a photo of physical media or making a note in a note book.

Should I be using something like Plex to manage this for media?

Question applies mostly to traditional media + YouTube but not opposed to people discussing solutions for Tracing progress on website archival, books, magazines, etc.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rabidsoggymoose on 2024-09-09 01:03:52.

I've got about 10TB of data on a NAS and I want to put that on an off-site backup.

So I was thinking about buying an 18TB HDD like a Seagate Ironwolf, storing data onto it, and just leaving it in a sealed box with desiccant offsite.

Are there any best-practices I should periodically follow to keep the data on this disk fresh and to prevent bit rot? Like maybe once every couple of years copy all the data off it and back on it?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Warptrooper on 2024-09-09 00:47:38.

Storage spaces? Motherboard (msi mag z790) raid? Raid card?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SeaSlug88 on 2024-09-09 00:31:30.

Today I took my first true adventure into the world of Data Hoarding when I discovered you can download all of Wikipedia in a .Zim file no larger than a modern Triple-A game… and I downloaded it! It was a grand total of 109 Gigabytes. If you have a decent internet speed it shouldn’t take you longer than 1 hour. Just thought I’d share here because it’s cool having Wikipedia stored away on your personal storage devices, and in the event of the internet going out it might come in handy.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Acceptable_Sweet_250 on 2024-09-09 00:30:31.

I have the samsung portable ssd t9 and Hp envy x360 laptop windows 11. Thanks!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/VivaPitagoras on 2024-09-09 00:03:59.

I am not sure if this is the best place to ask this but here it goes.

I have a bunch of old .avi video files. The problem is that they use MJPG codec and modern players can not play them. In fact I had to download and old VLC portable version in order to play them.

I have use that VLC to convert them to mp4 but the total filesize of the files was reduced from 40GB to 14GB.

Checking the metadata I can see that this is mostly due to a decrease of the video bitrate.

I would like to know how can I convert these files (if possible in batch) but keeping the same quality.

Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/noideawhatimdoing444 on 2024-09-09 00:03:54.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CashOutCody on 2024-09-09 00:02:38.