It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Far_Marsupial6303 on 2024-08-12 16:03:53.

Seems like a good deal, especially for those looking for the supposed extra speed of Mach.2.

https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-2x18-st18000nm0092-18tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-dual-actuator-3-5-recertified-hard-drive

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Blackirean on 2024-08-12 15:08:31.

I have a large media collection in the 14TB barracuda pro drive inside my PC. I used to keep in a external WD 18TB drive until I bought the barracuda. Now I keep the files at hand and I use the 18TB external as a cold backup.

My problem is that whenever I want to backup new stuff to the external drive, it takes quite long for windows to register all the files that already exist in the backup drive and start copying the new ones.

Ideally I want to automate, or at least find a quick way to periodically (let's say once every 2 weeks or once a month) backup the drive to the external one. The main folder I want to manage is about 11TB

Does anyone have any recommendations or solutions?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Gingermatic456 on 2024-08-12 14:49:52.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/marci-boni on 2024-08-12 13:11:58.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DaMonkaS on 2024-08-12 12:31:40.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MilkSheikh007 on 2024-08-12 11:14:41.

Hi, I am using MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon ac motherboard.

Right now, I am using M2_1 slot (the top m.2 SSD slot).

I want to buy another m.2 SSD and use that in the M2_2 slot (the bottom m.2 slot).

So, is it ok if I use both the 2 m.2 SLOTs simultaneously?

They will both be detected immediately in BIOS and in windows, right?

Can I enter windows later on after physical installation and then proceed to partition the whole 2nd SSD into multiple drives using window's own partition software?

I read the motherboard website about which slots will be disabled if I use the 2 m.2 slots together. Other than that, will there be a problem?

Please let me know if I need to provide more details, thanks. Please help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PeppermintTea5 on 2024-08-12 11:14:32.

I’ve tried some of the tips from previous posts but I couldn’t get it to work. This is a 3 hour long video from a training I recently went on that I’d love to be able to download as reference.

I found the link to the video from inspect source https://player.vimeo.com/video/166639142 , please can anyone help and explain it like I’m 5 🥲

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BikemeAway on 2024-08-12 10:37:38.

I need to backup my 2TB drive to have a secondary backup of my video files. I was thinking coupling same size disks for a virtual RAID system, how do I use them so that

1. Space is not wasted for larger projects that can't fit in the disk capacity

2. Know what's inside the disks (I'd have 20-30 projects on each HDD pair)

3. easy accessible, I find that storing and retrieving those external HDD (2.5) weird, they're fragile and I'm worried I'm gonna bump into them and lose all data

Can this be done without any ad hoc storage accessory?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cinemonloops on 2024-08-12 10:23:32.

So I have many folders which has the same name with different versioning, like Family Day 1 v1.0 and Family Day 2 v1.1

Is there any program which scans all the folder names so that I can easily delete the older folder versions?

I just downloaded dupeGuru and scan duplicate files and I don't know if that will work.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mobdk on 2024-08-12 09:53:04.

My new Magstor LTO9 HH drive has already requested to be cleaned twice. This is after only writing 168 TB of data - 14x 12TB (LTO8) tapes.

As I understand it, every cleaning wears the drive head a bit down, so at this speed I am wondering how long my new - and very very expensive - drive will last?

I thought these drives had at least 60.000 hours of read/write time to be had before replacing the drive head...?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/shadowfax1007 on 2024-08-12 09:41:44.

Hi all,

I'm trying to download this playlist from youtube, and combine it all into a single file in the order the playlist presents itself. I want the best possible video and audio quality for each file.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9e1D4zk7TX79j1I7_jE4HB4T1BZcT18

I've tried different approaches, including --concat-playlist, downloading the videos individually as mp4 and merging with toolnix etc. But I keep getting busted outputs or errors due to different codecs.

Does anyone have a solid and proven command that would achieve what I want here? Any help would be much appreciated.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AstroCaptain on 2024-08-12 08:27:09.

It’s on a my data’s on a 20tb nas and I foresee it growing about 1.5 tb per year I’ve got unlimited gigqbit internet. How do I request backblaze send me a hard drive with my data?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Harambe-RIP on 2024-08-12 08:07:20.

Hi,

I want to move on from having most of my data on just one external HDD to a safer setup. I do not need anything fancy, no network. I do have offsite storage already, but I can't access it often, so all I need is a convenient backup solution for my home.

https://preview.redd.it/aydfki2kx6id1.png?width=604&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd23b3944bd5ebb48e943ffa94d94a1f347ccdf3

There is this RAID enclosure from Aliexpress that can also be used in a normal non-RAID mode, which I would use. I would put 2 4TB drives in there and use one drive as my main backup, the other one as a monthly backup to limit read/writes. I like how this enclosure will have everything in one neat package.

What do you think of this? Would you rather get two external drives so that the backup-backup can be unplugged from power to increase lifetime even more? Or am I overthinking this?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/thedudesteven on 2024-08-12 07:08:27.

Hey everyone,

I have a Samsung galaxy s6 lite and I’m using a 1tb micro sd card. But i need more gig space since I downloaded a lot of comics and books.

Is there some sort of micro sd holder that lets me insert 2 micro sd cards that can hold my 1 tb and an additional micro sd card?

Any links would be appreciated!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ifnbutsarecandynnuts on 2024-08-12 06:17:15.

Hey all, I'm doing a bit of research on history of some websites and finding the load time while browsing pages adding up.

Is there a way I can download the entire offline wayback machine data not the entire thing but let's say a few hundred urls? So the load times and browsing should be much quicker if saved on my drive? Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Adventurous-Coat-333 on 2024-08-12 02:31:02.

I remember like 15 years ago when OneDrive came out with 1TB cloud plans and I remembered thinking at the time that it was insanely huge for this new "cloud thing", as I only had like a 250gb HDD at the time.

Gradually, as both disk and data sizes crept upward over the 15 years, we got to the point where you can now buy a 12TB disk for under $100, yet the 1TB OneDrive plans have had little change in price. The free tier is actually SMALLER today than it was back then, as they reduced it for new users at some point from 15GB to 5GB. It's not just OneDrive, this applies to basically all cloud providers.

Even my internet connection speed has increased 10 to 20 fold since then. If they were operating profitably back then, I would expect to see 10TB for $120 a year OneDrive plans by this point in time.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BlurOMadden on 2024-08-12 01:36:12.

Hey, sorry I have a dumb question. I'm in the process of moving my data over to a synology NAS. I tested teracopy with around 3.6TBs of data and ran it through a verification after everything was done.

There are 414,819 files in total in the moved data. Teracopy states at the stop "Verified: 414,820". I'm assuming this means everything has been verified? I can't seem to select any kind of files if I try to select the "Failed" option. I guess my question is would the program give me a notification if there were any files that failed to be verified? Or am I supposed to just check that the total verified files equals the total files in the transfer.

Thanks, sorry for the dumb question I just want to make sure all of my data is properly moved before I delete the original data to free up a hard drive for the NAS I'm moving the files from a HDD to an external drive so that I can use the HDD in the NAS)/

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HaiMMeee on 2024-08-12 00:47:02.

Hi, I wanted to download my liked videos on youtube but the liked videos playlist seems to be permanently privated now unlike before where you could make it public, i need to make it public so i can download them with yt_dlp. I also don't see any option to migrate the videos to a usual playlist created by the user like before, there's just no options anymore. Does someone know the most practical way of doing this now? ty.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/phicreative1997 on 2024-08-11 14:36:41.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Air-Flo on 2024-08-12 00:19:36.

This is for my offsite backup strategy. I'm just gonna keep a single 3.5" hard drive in a Peli case and put it in the shed (And rotate with my other backup drive when I bring it indoors every couple weeks). Want to be able to fit the hard drive snug and hopefully have enough spare room for an AirTag and a silica gel packet.

It's a Seagate IronWolf and the data sheet states: 26.11mm/1.028in, 101.85mm/4.01in, 146.99mm/5.787in

And I think this Peli case is the right size?

https://www.peli.com/gb/en/product/cases/micro/m50/?sku=M500-0250-110E

Interior (L×W×D) 18.5 x 10.9 x 6.1 cm - (Thick: 2.6cm to 6.1cm; Width: 10.1cm to 10.9cm; Length: 14.6cm to 18.5cm)

The Peli case is watertight and has a pressure release valve. Would be curious of any alternative suggestions that I can easily get in the UK.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CharacterSurprise838 on 2024-08-12 00:08:32.

I've been doing a LOT of research on the best m.2 SSD's to buy but I've been confused everywhere I look, I'm well aware that every brand is going to have their hiccups but the past of the driver and software issues bricking 100's of SSD's is very scary. I know all about the 3-2-1 backup routine but I would still want to buy an SSD that I can be confident in. I've been juggling between the WD_black 770 and the Samsung 980 and I honestly cannot decide on one of the two.

Can someone please help me figure this out i've been banging my head against the wall for a few days.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jasonhelene on 2024-08-11 19:48:09.

Hello all,

I got to the point of my life where i want to have a NAS.

So my first idea is transform an old PC i have into a NAS with True NAS, according to my calculations i would need around 12TB of space, then lets suppose i'm going to mirror that and add some more, so 24TB of space sounds reasonable.

Network at home is about 2.5GBPS, so my idea is to build a setup with roughly 300mb/s of transfer speed, read and write, more than that makes no sense because it will be bottle necked my network anyway.

Do you have any tips on budget hard disks that i can search for on this matter? The cost of the hard disks seems to be a lot higher than the whole project so i'm wondering if someone have any tips to save some cash on this or models to look for?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tornmandate on 2024-08-11 19:21:37.

I haven't ever been backing up my data, with luckily no problems so far, but I figured I'd want to get started at least making a few backups a year to an external HDD.

Googling for this just yields a bunch of software that's either commercial or oriented towards cloud synchronization, and sites generally don't agree on what to recommend.

Basically, looking to just backup data, not software. I can always redownload software / reinstall my OS.

I'd rather keep multiple versions of the data than just one, allowing me to grab a version from a few backups ago.

I'd really like something with as little friction to use as possible. I'd nearly be up for just Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V the folders onto the external HDD, but that ruins the creation and modification times, and probably doesn't account for other such details.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TheDarkClaw on 2024-08-11 19:07:38.

So I was wondering should i keep a diy nas made for watching shows and movies in the laundry room? which is like two floors down from my bedroom. ? Cause if its going to be own all the time, i don't want to too much heat coming in to my room. Im not sure what can I i do sent videos i ripped down there. Would I need to run an ethernet cable or are there other options? Also would it be wrong of using a paid nas os? I have used freenas before and it was kind of time consuming when I jsut want something simple to store videos and maybe important files.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/peac_h on 2024-08-11 19:02:11.

Hi everyone,

I recently decided to switch from paying $10 a month for 2TB of iCloud storage to buying a 2TB external hard drive. My plan is to move all my photos (13k+ with videos) to the external drive and then wipe my phone/iCloud storage to start fresh. My idea is to transfer any new iCloud photos to the external drive regularly for backup.

Here's what I've done so far: I dragged my entire Photos library to the external hard drive. I just want to confirm that this is the right approach. After I delete the photos from iCloud, will I be able to simply plug in the external drive and access all my photos as needed?

I've attached a screenshot for reference.

https://preview.redd.it/mxnfaxdq13id1.png?width=574&format=png&auto=webp&s=726378ab26efb484befcdcb797a2c21c9ed821fa