It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MrMaxxExcaliber on 2024-06-02 16:58:14.

I just bought a Poweredge T320 and plan to add 6 disks for data storage (photos) probably in RAID5. Specs: Dell PowerEdge T320 Xeon E5-1410 2.80GHz 16GB RAM Tower Server No HDD My thought was to use two x 3Tb disks for the OS, in RAID1. The server (allegedly) has the RAID controller included.. Is this doable? Can I have two separate RAID filesystems?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cowrevengeJP on 2024-06-02 16:20:04.

Is there a way to stop the LSI card from sleeping with the rest of the OS? I don't want the drives to keep spinning, but the PC crashes after sleeping. Doesn't happen if I use the onboard raid instead only, as it just waits a few seconds to spin up again.

I have 8 drives, so I can't use board only.

The card is a Dell/HP LSI I bought on Mercari and flashed to unlock RAID.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/IcyCheetah3568 on 2024-06-02 16:17:28.

What type of password protected file/folder backup format, or method, is good to increase recovery chances (not breaking the whole backup) from hardware corruption or from file transfer corruption (from one storage to another or copying/moving backups within an OS). I understand that the condition of the hardware is very important but I want to see what we can do on software level to at least have some better chances at recovery when something happens.

Using RAR archives with recovery records? Does compression settings matter? Store, Fastest, Best, etc.

Whole disk encryption on the backup drive? (Or a partition to also have easy access to other files)

Is there any reason to use a backup program for this purpose? They also put all files into one single file, with or without compression, is it any different than a rar/7zip/zip file? Maybe something about processing metadata and chances of recovery?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Various-Painter7299 on 2024-06-02 14:53:02.

Anyone have any idea about the book sites called aazea.com or xoobooks.com

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NokiaTheReuploader on 2024-06-02 13:48:41.

i needed to send something some archives to my friend and when i downloaded more of them i forgot to change the old files name and when i clicked ''change it the folder'' the old files dissapeared, how can i retrieve them?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/I_m_BATMAN99 on 2024-06-02 13:11:01.

I'm not sure if this is the right sub for it but here it is anyway

Where can i access Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion Chronofile"?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/estifxy220 on 2024-06-02 12:59:51.

So I have thousands upon thousands of images and videos I want to sort out, (mainly chrome bookmarks but also some old files) but idk where to get started. Its quite overwhelming to think about, but im worried some of it may get deleted for whatever reason so I want to start soon. I would apprechiate some tips on where to get started and the most efficient strategy to save and organize all of these images.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/throwaway610004 on 2024-06-02 12:51:58.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ngs428 on 2024-06-02 12:08:29.

In my current situation I have about 4.5TB of media I am backing up on my home PC. The contents of the existing media changes daily as I add, change and delete content.

I have been doing a cold storage backup, but that only seems to happen every 3 months or so at best. Over those 3 months there was a lot of time spent on revising the original media, I would hate to lose that.

I understand that Mirroring is not considered a true backup, but it certainly is a backup in the case of a drive failure, which is what I am most concerned about.

Thoughts or comments on mirroring and frequency of cold storage backups? I feel like employing both is a good strategy.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/greetings__mortal on 2024-06-02 10:54:42.

I have this old Toshiba 1TB hdd that I had salvaged from a laptop a few years back. It travels with me a lot and I often share it with others, which means it has been through quite some unintentional abuse. But recently it stated acting up. it would keep freezing on windows. I managed to recover the important data using Linux where it froze once in a while but worked significantly better and after the recovery i formatted the HDD in hopes of fixing it. But It was of no use since now it just freezes after a few seconds of me trying to transfer a large file to it. I ran HDDscan and it is filled with bad blocks. Is there any way to fix it? or is it dead?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SonoAm3 on 2024-06-02 08:48:08.

Hi, I am new to paid cloud storage (got it a few hours ago), I have a folder too heavy to keep on my laptop and I'd like to upload it on my Idrive cloud without having it saved locally, could anyone tell me how to do that, please?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Administrative-Air73 on 2024-06-02 06:10:00.

Simple problem - I got a 2TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO Gen 4 NVME SDD for my C-Drive filled with programs and Unreal Environments that I need to expand. My options are to buy a 4TB Drive for $320 or buy another 2TB for $169; considering my bank is already breaking along side my PC I was considering using RAID 0 as a solution, temporarily backing my OS to another drive in the meantime. Is this practical?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/manzurfahim on 2024-06-02 05:48:22.

Hello everyone,

Hope you are well.

I am thinking of doing a checksum verification between the source files and the files on backup drives. Quickhash seems like a nice little utility to do that. It has multiple algorithms: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-3, SHA256, SHA512, xxHash64, Blake2B, Blake3 and CRC32.

Did a little googling and it seems like SHA512 and Blake2B / 3 are the best ones, but I'm only going to choose one and wondering if you use any of them or checksum and which should I use. I could use some advise.

Many thanks in advance.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/klnadler on 2024-06-02 05:27:17.

I’m in the process of cleaning up my massive photo library and have been using exiftool to sort everything. I have a small folder of photos that a lot are found within a much larger folder of photos I’m trying to delete out. I used Czkawka to find the duplicates by having both folders as a source and it found a lot of the matches but it’s still missing many and none of the other options (different hashes, file size, name) don’t produce the correct results. Any help on what to do?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Lysander_Au_Lune on 2024-06-02 04:03:38.

I'm looking for a 7-Port powered USB Hub for my media archive which are on a bunch of 4-5TB external HDDs.

I have found 3 decent options with their prices including tax and shipping:

1. StarTech, 65W, $132 CAD (from Amazon Canada)
2. Sabrent, 36W, $75 CAD (from Amazon US)
3. ACASIS, 36W, $69 CAD (from Amazon Canada)

As I understand, each drive is going the consume a maximum of 5W and 36W seems to be enough for all drives working at once (which is gonna happen rarely anyway).

Is the StarTech worth the double price or is it overkill for my use case?

The Sabrent one seems fine but is unavailable in canada and is made of plastic (might overheat).

I have not heard of ACASIS before, but it has aluminum enclosure and has great reviews on amazon (4.6 stars with 800+ reviews).

Appreciate your help hoarders!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AshleyUncia on 2024-06-02 03:38:02.

Original Title: I feel like I've been adding less and less to my server as the 'old media I want to collect runs out, and it becomes only a trickle of new media', but my spreadsheet tells me that it's all in my head...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mro2352 on 2024-06-02 03:24:00.

I have seen that my Plex server has been transcoding my mkv files which have mpeg2 encoding to h.264. What are the pros and cons of h.264 over mpeg2? I want to preserve the subtitles as a general rule and want to keep my collection in a single data format.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/joetaxpayer on 2024-06-02 03:00:53.

I've remarked that drives seem to have crept back up in price. The Toshiba Enterprise 16TB I bought for $220 2 years ago is far higher today.

I just got a camel alert for this drive at $250, which is far better than the $290 I've seen. But. the vendor is "Autocare Depot". I look them up and it says "Autocaredepot, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Newegg.com, is a fast growing online retailer."

Looking for feedback on this company before i make the purchase. Newegg, but they seem to have an odd mix of stuff. Not sure what i'm dealing with here.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/johnqhu on 2024-06-02 01:59:15.

Hi Guys,

A newbie question here.

I have a 1618+ with raid6 array and 6 disks. One of them was broken today. In fact it's quite weird. The broken one is less than 1 month old. It's a WD red pro 18TB. I bought it from Amazon. Amazon agreed to send me a brand new replacement. But I need to return the broken one.

So my question is: do I need to worry about the data safety? I know raid6 can only tolerate 2 disks failure. But some software claim be able to recover some information when even 3 disk failed. So I just wondering whether anyone can get some useful data from just 1 disk? Whether is it 0 risk or still some risk to send a disk of raid6 to others without erasing data? On my side, I cannot erase it because it even cannot be found when i put it into my PC.

Regards,

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sofakng on 2024-06-02 01:32:54.

I'm looking to upgrade my possibly defective 9211-8i (x2) to a 9400-16i but the 9400-16i lists PCIe 3.1.

My motherboard is a SuperMicro X9DR3-F which only supports PCIe 3.0.

Will this be compatible?  For some reason the 9305-16i cards are more expensive (but they only require PCIe 3.0) ...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/blunderbot on 2024-06-02 00:33:25.

Just wondering if there's another way to archive my largish projects on a Mac. I'm about to upgrade the computer that handles this work (probably to a Mac Mini M2) so now is a good time to weigh my options.

Jobs range from 5-20TB, each job is in its own folder that is then archived to a collective Media Set. At the moment, the archives are kept on hard drives that I keep offline.

The best feature for me is that I can search the Media Set for the offline files I want to restore and easily grab just those files. I need to do this for less than 5% of my jobs so it's great when it works, but not worth spending $ on solutions with ongoing costs.

But retrospect occasionally needs to rebuild the catalog which significantly slows down the process. I also have a mild concern that the archive format is not plainly readable.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Gwyn777 on 2024-06-01 15:53:41.

Hello!

I am new to data hoarding.

I am working on a project to archive films. I am looking for the best external burner available.

Do I need to worry about data being lost in the burning process? Is there any way to prevent it? Maybe a software?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReactCereals on 2024-06-01 15:50:45.

Hello, so I have decided to revise my current backup strategy and opt for using off site M-DISK backups.

However, there are still two things I can't figure out (or find recent opinions about at least).

My first issue is choosing an internal burner to buy. Currently I only have an array of old DVD drives to batch rip old DVDs and no experience regarding bluray/M-DISK. I feel like I can only find product recommendations that are quite a few years old and it feels like one year people tend to recommend pioneer over everything else and another year its only LG and the year after pioneer again and so on...

On top I can't figure out what to even watch out for. For example the currently available Pioneer drives BDR-S12XLT, BDR-213EBK, BDR-S13EBK, etc. all offer the same compatibility, same write speeds, same read speeds, and according as to how I read their product page the exact same features. Is there even something in a technical data sheet I can use to judge whether one drive might be more reliable for my use case than the other? What drives do you use/recommend in 2024 and why?

My base line requirement is just burning M-DISKs (single/dual layer) and occasionally ripping a Blu-ray. Linux support would be highly appreciated but I can fall back to a windows system I have to keep running for other legacy scanning software anyways.

For backing up old collections of media which won't change I guess how to do it is pretty straight forward. However, I'd also like to backup folders that like to change and grow like my document folders. These changing folders by far do not even come close to fill up the capacity of any M-DISK as of now. So I'd like to regularly keep burning info about recent changes/new files only on the same disk to not waste e.g. a 25 GB disk every time I backup a 3 GB folder. I originally intended to write a few small scripts that would keep track of changes/new files since last backup and manage versioning for writing/restoring those. However, I feel like reinventing the wheel here but can't really find the software I am looking for. Any simple and open source software recommendations there?

Thanks for your input!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Transposer on 2024-06-01 15:33:24.

I want to back up large amounts of data to a new drive but I feel like I heard that a drive should be stress tested before relying on it—even new drives.

What should I do to make sure, and verify, that a drive is healthy before I rely on it for long term back up?

I am using a Mac if that’s helpful for guidance. Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BlincxYT on 2024-06-01 11:41:47.