It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Unhappy_Purpose_7655 on 2024-07-21 01:01:33.

This is probably a dumb question, so I apologize. I was looking at Seagate Exos refurbished HDDs on serverpartdeals, and I noticed that the X22 20TB drive is nearly $15 cheaper than the X20 20TB drive. My understanding is that the X22 is a newer model than the X20, so I assumed that the X22 would cost more. Neither one appears to have some special sale going on to explain the difference.

Is there an obvious reason for this pricing? I'm not very knowledgeable about Exos drives or the refurbished process. Would they price the X20s more because they fewer hours on them before the refurb or something?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/extratoastedcheezeit on 2024-07-21 00:31:21.

I'm going to be risky and go for the YouTube new meta...Minisforum MS-01 + Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro.

Big question is drives. The drives in the NAS will be all the data, none of the Containers/VMs...so that said, is the risk "the same" of getting a new 16TB Ironwolf Pro or WD Red compared to a used equivalent on serverpartdeals?

The MS-01 will have Raid 1 M.2 NVMe and the Drivestor will have 16TBx4 Raid 5...seems to make the most sense.

After reading the wiki, my biggest question is new or used...bit of a price difference.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/No_NaN_v on 2024-07-20 21:41:40.

It takes saved items form Reddit and divide them into categories, did you know after 1,000 items older ones start to disappear forever. So managing them is crucial if you don't want to lose them.

https://redditmanager.com/app

or

https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request

but redditmanager is faster, easier and has a nice HTML user interface containing all the links to saved reddit posts highly recommend it

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BlueSkyWhiteWings on 2024-07-20 21:30:07.

Planning on buying my 1st HDD after more than a decade. Will it be any quieter compared to when I used HDD's as the OS drive or it doesn't matter? I plan on using an SSD for the Windows installation and only store media files on the HDD.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Waffleophagus on 2024-07-20 18:57:49.

Hey all, I think my molex to sata power connectors have killed their 3rd hard drive... and I'm done. I didn't realize when I bought them how notoriously unreliable they are. I need some kind of solution to be able to plug in the power to my 8 drives, my current PSU, which is a non-modular, but quite stout 850w gold power supply, can drive up to 6 of them. And my case ( https://phanteks.com/product/eclipse-p600s-tg-black/ ) is more than capable of physically holding all the drives I'll ever realistically need. Are there solutions for someone in my spot short of buying a new case that has a backplane or a new power supply that has more ports that won't kill drives (or worse, start fires as I've now been told a molex -> sata is capable of doing?)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kiro-Heart on 2024-07-20 14:41:34.

I had windows fail on me and took my pc to get repaired. Guy said it was bad sectors on the boot drive and charged me $140 to “fix it” by resetting everything claiming they were going to “back it up and reinstall the data” then reinstalled windows in the failing drive. This again caused windows to fail and I had to figure out on my own how to fix it which caused me to lose all of my data for a second time in 2 months. Needless to say I want a backup that can hold all my data in a relatively small space.

Edit; Long term less expensive ideas. New iPhone don’t does more harm than good when trying to change what I’m saying.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ValouMazMaz on 2024-07-20 17:23:27.

I am trying to navigate the offers for used HDDs in Europe and I found some HGST Ultrastar at an attractive price (for Europe) but they come with already ~5 years of use and a 1-year warranty. Any advice ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nbtm_sh on 2024-07-20 16:04:45.

I'm in the process of using rclone to copy all the data from my ancient 4TB array + an 8TB drive onto a new 36TB array, and retiring both previous arrays/drives. The following command is the one I used to kick off the transfer:

rclone sync --auto-confirm --transfers 4 --ignore-existing --verbose /mnt/array/ /mnt/bat-array/

Whats the best way I can check that all data has copied successfully? MD5Sum? How long would that take for about 7 million files?

I want to re-purpose at least some of the drives for a backup server, so I won't just have old data lying around to reference if I find some corrupt data in the future.

Any advice on verifying all of this?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/zruj on 2024-07-20 15:11:18.

I need a little help to buy NVME M.2 SSDs which will be used externally via a enclosure for backup/archival.

How do the advertised SSD speeds translate into the performance via USB 3.2 10Gbps? Basically, I don't want to end up purchasing the fasted SSD out there but never being able to utilize it to it's fullest potential.

Also, apart from things like TBW what are some other parameters one should check in this case?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ContextMaterial7036 on 2024-07-20 14:58:40.

I regularly (each 4-6 months) do a backup of pictures from mine and wife's phones.

In the same process I also backup from my main computer documents or pdfs, bookmarks, certain video files from my Plex collection, etc. All sorted into the folders with date ranges on them to easily find later. First on a physical external HDD and then manually upload the same folders to Onedrive following the same folder structure.

I am looking for a cloud backup that will automatically sync everything on an external HDD on demand. So when I have all my files and folders moved over to HDD, it will match what's already uploaded and only sync the new stuff.

An important condition is that the external drive will only be plugged in during the backups, I know some services require it to be mounted or they delete the cloud data after some time.

Any suggestions on what's best to use? I'm working with 1-2 TBs of data total.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/techyderm on 2024-07-20 14:19:23.

I remember seeing a “deal” (or more like “lifehack”) to get a bunch of free space from Microsoft. I think it was something like signing up for a (free) dev account or something and get like 2 TB free or something like that.

But now I can’t find that info. Anyone familiar?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RidleyCard on 2024-07-20 13:02:19.

My 1TB SSD is running out of disk (~100GB left) and I purchased a newer 2TB SSD to upgrade.

My motherboard should have two M.2 slots though I haven't inserted the new SSD yet.

My questions are:

1.) Will I be able to clone the disk in real-time during a Windows boot with macrium or do I need to use some other tool like parted?

2.) I assume I can just insert the newer 2TB disk into the other M.2 socket. My current 1TB disk is in the first M.2 socket.

3.) Can I expand the C: partition from 1TB to something like 1.2TB? I then want to create a 2nd D: partition with the remaining space to put other files like virtual machine disk files and Steam game downloads.

4.) What would operation order be like? Use parted to partition new SSD, then clone old SSD 1TB to new SSD 1TB partition and then expand the new SSD C: partition to 1.2TB+? What if it is not located at end of volume? Finally create D: partition of any remaining space?

Parts:

SSDs are both WD_BLACK SN850x NVMe SSDs (M.2 2280 slot)

Motherboard is ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4

Other trivia:

1.) I could install gparted on a USB drive or USB SATA dongle with a spare drive

2.) I think Macrium Reflect is capable of booting into a Recovery OS of some sort to do restore operations -- not sure if this is helpful for cloning disk

3.) I already have full-image backups of 1TB partition to a NAS on my local network (Synology DS220+)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Infinite_Leg730 on 2024-07-20 12:40:06.

Imagine a solution that offers "offline back-end backup" to protect most essential data—data without which company cannot function. Despite being offline, it ensures automated periodic backup operations. The system is never connected online, even during the backup process, reducing the risk of attacks.

Such a solution would complement existing front-end backup systems with robust back-end security measures, setting new standards in ransomware protection. Data would be periodically retrieved from the repository based on scripts, ensuring secure and efficient raw data backup.

What are your experiences with similar solutions, and how do you evaluate this approach? What weaknesses do you see in restoring only raw data? Would such a solution still be useful as a "golden copy"? Looking forward to your feedback and discussion on this topic.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Tyoryn on 2024-07-20 11:39:21.

I haven't really played with anything IT in years so now that I'm trying to setup a big personal storage server all the changes since I last did anything like this are a bit daunting. I have an opportunity to get some big server storage devices cheap (various server rack storage arrays, 8-24 drives) but have no clue how to connect them to my server. I already had a whoopsie and got a small 4 drive enclosure but only later found out it only uses Thunderbolt and my comp doesn't have one. These big ones I'm thinking of buying have SAS connections I think, don't think my little mini server can connect with these since it already doesn't have something as common as a thunderbolt of usb-c.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/profezor on 2024-07-20 10:33:43.

We have about 100 photo albums chock full of photos. What’s the best way currently to scan them? Individually? As a page? What type of scanner? Etc.? Etc?

Cost is an issue, but efficiency should be in the mix as well, if possible.

Any tips, tricks, and suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReferenceCrafty2765 on 2024-07-20 10:30:53.

The purpose is for travel, I don't have a "safe" place to keep an extra copy. I don't care about the speed of the drive. It is important to me that the data is not damaged.

Storage volume - 1TB will

be enough.

It is important that it

be small - an SSD does not fit because of the physical size (even SanDisk's

don't fit).

The questions:

1. Is it true that every

memory card is waterproof? And would a memory card inside an adapter be better

than a USB flash drive? 2. I read that a flash

drive can be damaged if not used for a period of time. Is there any truth to

this? 3. A cloud seems the

safest for physical damage. My basic premise is to trust well-known companies

like Microsoft more, if only for the reason that they have an interest in

keeping customers. But the cloud is not under my control. What will happen if a

credit card is not valid, what if something happens to me? Is it safe to upload

large rar files? (By the way, rar with a password is a method that, in my

opinion, overcomes cloud encryption problems) 4. Phones today seem to

have no risk of sudden general destruction. Maybe this is the safest way? (It's

true that it's a big product, but you take a phone anyway) The phone also

allows automatic backup to the cloud... 5. What do you recommend?

What kind of storage?

In the type of storage -

which product is the most recommended

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fladu_123 on 2024-07-20 10:07:48.

So long story short: I‘ve got a lot of missmatched harddrives and an old PC which I would like to turn in to a Nas.

There are like 7 different drives with all different capacities and manufacturers and speeds. They range from 320gb 2.5 hdds to 4tb baracudas but there aren‘t any doubles With all drives there would be about 12tb of storage.

The PC has an i5 3570k and 8gb ram.

I would like to know if it is worth it to try out building my own NAS with that hardware bc financially i’m not able to build a proper nas right now. my main PC already got 10tb of bulck storage and I think a nas would be more convenient.

The Data isn’t very sensitive so I don’t really need any high redundancy but some would still be great.

What is your advice on my situation?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mareginator on 2024-07-20 09:17:17.

Hey I was recently given a nice ThinkPad workstation Laptop which is heaps faster then my Desktop setup. Now I'm thinking of switching to using it with a USB C dock, but I'm hoarding photos on internal Hard drives, and would like to continue using them. Is there a way to mount the Hard drives in a Box or something to a USB C dock to use them and savely eject before taking the ThinkPad of the dock ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/trumee on 2024-07-20 09:09:21.

I am looking into buying 20TB drives to replace my ZFS (raid-Z2) pool comprising of 4TB drives. I have a pair of 20TB Red Pro (WD201KFGX) picked up in sale and want to augment with 3 additional drives to makeup the Z2 pool.

It seems serverpartdeals is the new rage here and the following drives show up on their website:

Recertified IronWolf Pro 20TB SATA HDD ST20000NE000 - $219.99

Recertified Exos X22 20TB SATA HDD ST20000NM004E - $224.99

Recertified Exos X20 20TB SATA HDD ST20000NM007D - $238.99

Recertified Ironwolf Pro 20TB SATA HDD ST20000NT001 - $244.99

Which drive amongst these should i go with?

Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RobotBoy202 on 2024-07-20 05:21:35.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/craftywizard1983 on 2024-07-20 05:09:40.

I like to backup my movies to a main movie blu-ray folder and notoce that the blu-ray structure contains a folder named META. Some META folders are empty and some have a couple of thumbnails along with an XML file. Would it be OK to delete the contents of a META folder? If contents are deleted will playback be affected?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sebastianrasor on 2024-07-20 08:33:37.

I'm curious what recommendations y'all might have for low capacity long term storage. By low capacity, I mean in the realm of single to double digit megabytes.

My use-case is that I'd like to back up my GPG keys in a way that I could come back to the storage media decades later and be able to access it without issue.

Quick edit because I feel like I should point out the obvious before someone else does: No, I am not planning to have a single storage device for backup. I just want to ensure that each storage device I do use has as minimal risk of failure as possible.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sausages0 on 2024-07-20 06:26:04.

Hi, I'm no expert but will always try to find the answer elsewhere before reluctantly posting for help

I am looking to upgrade the ssd in my dell latitude 5400.the manual says suitability is a gen 3x4 up to 32gbps, 2280.

I have checked compatibility on the crucial website and there's a crucial t500 2tb PCIe Gen 4 NVMe @7400 mbps.

I also found a crucial p3 gen 3 up to 3500mbps which is also suitable and 30% cheaper.

I'm just wondering whether I'd get any possible benefit putting a gen 4 into a gen 3 slot, compared to a gen 3 ssd or whether I'm just wasting money. The laptop is only used for moving/ downloading and backing up data, it isn't used for any particular heavy, constant task

I'm probably over thinking it but I'm just looking for a direct answer. I could just buy another external hard drive but I already have 2 back ups, so I want a third that isn't external

Thanks and hope you can help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Mr_Blushing_Shredder on 2024-07-20 06:01:39.

I've got a collection of files that do me no good. Some of them? Been in a drewer for years. I've always wanted to make this collection of stuff accessible to the public

I'm talking whole gigabytes of stuff. Where can I just dump that? Uploading each file, one-by-one, isn't feasible at all..

Guidance would be appreciated DEEPLY.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WFZ234 on 2024-07-20 04:38:37.

I want to ask which one is better (in durability aspect). WD Blue 1TB or 2TB? 3.5 inch for main pc.

Because long time ago I read some statement that said, "bigger capacity for hdd means lower durability"

Is that true?

Note:

Dont need ssd, already have it Already have backup in 2 different external and 1 cloud