It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/xkcx123 on 2024-08-21 02:38:37.

I’m looking to build a new NAS have everything planned out but then thought about LTO.

Is it possible to say buy a LTO drive and add it to a computer that will be used as a NAS.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/crackerwcheese on 2024-08-21 02:12:24.

2012 BCS title game - Alabama vs. LSU

The same page from prior to the deletion

As someone who's been working on the Complete History of CFB wiki cataloguing information on games in the 2000s, this is a pretty massive blow. Thank goodness for the Internet Archive. I can't fathom why ESPN did this, as the text likely took up very little space on their servers in the grand scheme of things. Pages going all the way back to the early 2000s now return dead links.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Top_Scientist7977 on 2024-08-21 01:51:15.

I started ripping my DVDs to store them in the cloud and watch them more easily. I was watching James Bond The Man with the Golden Gun and the last 30ish minutes was static and broken video where I couldn't makeout what was happening. I thought perhaps my DVD was scratched or something and that affected the rip, so I grabbed another copy off eBay and it has the same issue.

Any idea what could cause this off two DVDs? Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mekilat on 2024-08-21 01:36:37.

What the title says! I recall WD used to have discounts if you buy 2 for example.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Valuable-Speaker-312 on 2024-08-21 01:20:11.

I am going to be putting together an Unraid server soon. I have been looking at Jonsboro N5 but realized I didn't want to be limited to 12 drives. I have seen a lot of the Fractal Design cases with tons of hard drives in them but I am wondering about how the airflow is on those drives.

This server will just be a large drive storage pool. I will deal with the SATA controller for all of the drives later on. I just want to find the best "inexpensive" case that can hold the most drives with decent drive cooling.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/once_upon_a_meme_ on 2024-08-21 00:59:23.

I want to download and save all of my text conversations with my now deceased parent, but I am not sure what the best storage solution might be. What sort of hard drive/ external storage would you recommend for saving text messages for the next several decades? Are there any good long term methods of storage that need little to no maintenance? Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/No_Independence8747 on 2024-08-21 00:47:04.

Just got a 12tb drive from eBay. As I’m transferring data to it I notice I hear stuff. Is this normal or did the drive arrive on deaths doorstep? I have ssds everywhere else and don’t know what to expect from hdds.

Also, how can I put the hard drive through its paces? I’m sure there are diagnostic things I can do to test it on Mac.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Halfblood200 on 2024-08-21 00:33:47.

The video player is blacked out and yt-dlp gives 404 not found so I don't have much hope. But if there's a way I'd appreciate it.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210603121128/https://koe-koe.com/detail.php?n=274742

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/agent_moler on 2024-08-21 00:07:28.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/The_Real_IsoBuster on 2024-08-20 23:13:59.

If you, in a long lost past, digitized your CD / DVD collection and chose Roxio / Cequadrat software to make *.gcd image files, and you still have some of those files archived somewhere, do contact me please. I'm looking for *.gcd image files to properly support them in my software. I still miss image files with audio tracks, with cd-text, compressed (or not) etc.

I also posted this in r/Cd_collectors but if you feel there's an even more appropriate reddit, do let me know.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mikedidathing on 2024-08-20 23:03:02.

Hey folks. I feel like this belongs here, but please let me know if you think it belongs elsewhere. A couple years ago, I purchased 6 of these guys at Micro Center for $20 each:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/659868/inland-professional-512gb-ssd-3d-tlc-nand-sata-30-6-gbps-25-inch-7mm-internal-solid-state-drive

I didn't know what I was going to do with them; I just knew that I needed them. Now, two years later, I'm trying to figure out exactly that. Here's what I'm thinking at the moment:

1. NAS Backup/Media server - I want to back up my physical media (BR, DVD, CD, etc.) in high quality/lossless formats, and I've recently set up a Jellyfin server running on an old laptop with Ubuntu Desktop. I have old computer parts from previous builds and would like to install something like TrueNAS to upload these to.
2. Removable storage - I have multiple SATA to USB peripherals, so this doable.
3. Sell them and purchase bigger/better storage - 5 of these are in-box and sealed, while the other one has been used minimally (I set up a VMware ESXi and played around with it for a couple days; didn't get too far, though).

My ultimate goal is #1, but I'm not fooling myself; 2.5-3TB (assuming I go with RAID 0/jbod) is gonna fill up fast, especially when the BR backups of Battlestar Galactica, LOTR, and Star Wars come into play. I do have other storage solutions, but those are older, mainly mechanical drives or USB drives and I wouldn't necessarily trust them as part of a long-term backup solution.

That being said, what would you recommend I do with these drives? I'm open to ideas other than what I posted.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReallySkroober on 2024-08-20 20:41:39.

Also posted on /r/zfs.

I currently have mergerfs and snapraid, was thinking of migrating to ZFS. I've read 6 and 10 wide RAIDZ2 are more optimal then 8 wide, but not sure how current that is with using a 1M record size.

I would most likely do either of these, and just keep the pools separate. I have a total of 10 14TB disks and 8 12TB disks, the 2 extra I will just use for other things.

• 8x 14 TB
• 8x 12 TB

or

• 10x 14 TB
• 6x 12 TB

Would I be better of doing a 6 and 10 wide RAIDZ2? Or just keep it with 2x 8 wide? Will the 10 wide be that much more efficient then 8 wide? If it's not much different I would probably stick with 2x 8 wide.

8 wide is a nice number since that is what would fit on an 8i SAS card. But that's not really important, since I would be using a 16i card anyway. I guess maybe for future portability. Plus 8 wide would be easier to upgrade.

Would mostly just be storing large media files.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PsyOmega on 2024-08-20 19:58:57.

My current setup is hacked together.

A WD NAS 2-bay with 2x 8TB RED in RAID1. spinning since 2018 or so.

I back up the critical bits to a USB drive and keep it off-site most of the time. Those critical bits aren't even 1TB.

New setup:(?)

I'd like to spin up a more reliable, solid state NAS, probably just a tiny pc with 2x nvme 2TB in JBOD, dedicated to critical data and 'actively used' 4K HDR Linux ISOs only, and a few VM's

and upgrade the NAS spinners or switch it to JBOD to double the space. NAS would only be used for 4K HDR Linux ISO's for the most part.

I'd also like NAS software that can backup the critical bits only to something like glacier or some low cost cloud. Some kind of 3-2-1 backup integration that's low effort/low cost

Looking for ideas/tips/software recs.

Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Horiks on 2024-08-20 19:54:14.

Like a PC with 2 hard drives, a main one and a backup inside the same case.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Charcookiecumbs on 2024-08-20 18:51:59.

Is it possible ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nightrave on 2024-08-20 17:39:37.

Hey all! I've a bit of a noobish question.

Thanks to this subreddit I found a path to home setup that seems to check all my checkboxes. Right now I've Tuenas Scale with ZFS that I created during the initial Truenas setup. My plan is to go down the route of installing Proxmox and skipping the Truenas entirely and then just installing smth easy, like CasaOS to handle all my docker stuff.

Right now I've 5 drives with ZFS and Truenas installed on a SDD. WHat do I need to do so I won't mess up any permissions when throwing out Truenas and installing proxmox instead? I don't want to end up with ZFS that I can't access.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Unnombrepls on 2024-08-20 17:01:33.

So I had an issue when decompressing a file in which it took 10 hours to do it while the same file in a different HDD took 20 minutes.

I am checking the first disk using Victoria and so far it seems there is a region with read/write rates 10-20x slower than the rest (10% of the disk is so far at 200-800 ms).

I assume that is the cause of my issue. Nevertheless, those sectors are still in the "green" category for Victoria. How can I mark them as bad? Also, what would happen to files that are currently allocated there? will they be moved elsewhere?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Morty_6660 on 2024-08-20 16:30:28.

https://www.costco.ca/wd---disque-dur-externe-my-book-14-to-wdbbgb0140hbk-necs.product.4000218944.html?langId=-24

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ElecEst on 2024-08-20 16:24:21.

I need a backup for my information and I'm trying to find the benefits of one over the other. I can't figure out why people buy an external drive instead of a USB.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hungry-Editor6066 on 2024-08-20 13:57:26.

Hi All!

I've just purchased a TL2000, with an LTO4 drive in (full height). This hasn't been used much at all, and was a 'stand in' backup for another device with its previous owner. As such, it's not been touched in terms of updating the firmware since purchase... Whilst I've only got an LTO4 drive in there at the moment, I'm hoping to upgrade at some point, so want to make sure the library can support the new drive (and using the most recent firmware available is good practice anyway).

I've been trying to work out the upgrade path for the firmware (both for the library and the drive), but don't want to inadvertently end up bricking it (which is a definite possibility with iDRAC on the PowerEdge range!).

On the Dell support site, I've found a link the the currently installed firmware (v9.30 / 3.00e for the library; version A232 for the LTO4 FH drive): https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-uk/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=ch1fv

Unfortunately, and unlike a lot of the other Dell support pages, this doesn't provide an "other versions" section which lists out the other firmware available - so I can then install incrementally to avoid bricking. I have seen other versions using creative googling such as "A15, A30" etc, but no clue where these fit in terms of what order I should be installing in, etc.

Does anyone have any experience with these units, and could help me with what firmware I should be installing next? And, on a side note, I presume this is exactly the same for the TL4000 too?

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/zmaint on 2024-08-20 13:24:05.

I have an approx 3.5tb content (music/video) collection. I'm looking for suggestions on a good power efficient but yet reliable drive that I can use that would be suitable for occasional streaming. It would sit unplugged most of the time and would be a backup to my online storage. That way when the internet is down, I'd still like to have access to my library.

I was thinking a 5400rpm standard drive in a USB enclosure, but I'm not sure what brands are good these days. I've always had decent luck with WD, but I'd like to know what you guys think is the best.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sooooopertrack on 2024-08-20 10:49:39.

I have a synology NAS and something like 3 tb of data I want to backup offsite. I thought about taking a HD to my work and lock it there somewhere. There's a team of 10-30 people who have access to our facilities and to our room so obviously I don't want to let my HD leave there unencrypted.

I thought about creating a veracrypt container on that disk and manually copy from the NAS to the veracrypt container. Unfortunately this would take ages via network if it's something like 2-4 tb wouldn't it?

As far as I know there's no option to backup from the nas to veracrypt using the nas itself?

Cloud storage is not an option.

Is that a viable solution or do you have better suggestions?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic on 2024-08-20 09:37:10.

https://preview.redd.it/w7qvtqyeesjd1.png?width=381&format=png&auto=webp&s=48efff740a5c98e1f8bc422b8cbe79b2208ae530

https://preview.redd.it/x1a6jknfesjd1.png?width=665&format=png&auto=webp&s=78d3518cab69a056776eba610900bf22ca893769

I recently got 3 new drives for my new nas but one of them is already giving me errors after less than 600h of usage. Why is this happening?

The drive is a HGST HUH721212ALE601 and I have the tape fix applied because it's an enterprise drive if that matters at all.

Also if I have to RMA the drive, can I run the RAID-Z1 pool with 2 drives until the replacement arrives?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KeinNiemand on 2024-08-20 07:24:43.

So far I have been using Acronis True Image doing incremental backups to backup everything incrementally on my server, I currently use a separate btrfs subvolume for these backups which I don't snapshots since the backups are already incremental and I don't want to keep around old backup version chains after I end up making new ones.

I've been wondering if there's a better solution for backing up windows utilizing btrfs snapshots, so instead of multiple incremental backups I'd make one singular backup version which my PC syncs I'd then make btrfs snapshots of that one backup to keep multiple version. While this would could be easily done for just files by simply using robcopy or something like that to copy everything to my server periodically (and a script on the server to make snapshots) it's not so easy for backing up Windows System stuff.

I'm looking for some sort of snapshot/copy on write friendly (So far I have been using Acronis True Image doing incremental backups to backup everything incrementally on my server, I currently use a separate btrfs subvolume for these backups which I don't snapshots since the backups are already incremental and I don't want to keep around old backup version chains after I end up making new ones.

I've been wondering if there's a better solution for backing up windows utilizing btrfs snapshots, so instead of multiple incremental backups I'd make one singular backup version which my PC syncs I'd then make btrfs snapshots of that one backup to keep multiple version. While this would could be easily done for just files by simply using robcopy or something like that to copy everything to my server periodically (and a script on the server to make snapshots) it's not so easy for backing up Windows System stuff.

I'm looking for some sort of snapshot/copy on write friendly (By "snapshot/copy on write friendly," I mean a backup method that works efficiently with Btrfs snapshots by minimizing storage usage, even for Windows system backups. The goal is to avoid duplicating large amounts of data when only a small part of the backup changes, ensuring that snapshots only consume additional storage for the actual changes, rather than re-storing entire backup images. This approach leverages Btrfs's Copy-on-Write capability to create space-efficient versions of the backup)

while also allowing both fully restoring by system drive and restoring individual files.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aaronryder773 on 2024-08-20 07:05:52.

Hi,

I am from South Asia and I am planning on visiting my sister in the US for 2 weeks. I was thinking of ordering 2 x 16TB refurbished HDD from server part deals and carrying them back with me.

I can directly order it to my country from their website but I will have to pay double because the custom will cost me just as much as the drives itself.

I am worried that the drive might fail early since they are refurbished and I won't be able to send the drives for replacement even if they are under warranty.

Would this be a good idea? Any recommendation or suggestions would be appreciated.