It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Creative_Emu3851 on 2024-05-21 11:29:16.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/hydrogenxy on 2024-05-21 08:43:09.

I would like to buy a NAS for my collection. I have about 4 TB of mainly video files and photos. So im looking at either 6TB or 8TB. Possible future expansion is a plus. It has to work well with MacOS.

Any recommendations?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Fxxxk2023 on 2024-05-21 07:49:44.

Hello, I want to backup all media I saved on my Reddit account. Sadly it seems as a lot of options died with Reddits crackdown on API use. What is the best way to automatically download media from all saved posts on my account?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/This-Ad9977 on 2024-05-21 06:59:59.

I have no idea how to do it. I was using jdownloader and wfdownloader but it didn't work some how. Is it possible that I just share the profile link and all media start to download. Tell me if there an easy way to do it. And if the tetle of the media is same as the caption of video than that would be great

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mlgSD on 2024-05-21 04:51:27.

I'm posting this here as you all seem to know about these Ultrastar datacenter drives. Did I make a mistake getting the WUH721816ALE6L1 not the ALE04 or is the drive from ServerPartDeals bad? The L1 is a "self-encrypting drive". It's supposed to be "refurbished" by WDC and has a new WDC label that says "Recertified 12 NOV 2023" and P/N 0F24861 FW:870.

I previously bought two 14TB WUH721414ALE604 drives from Amazon before I learned of ServerPartDeals.com here (thanks guys!). I ran Spinrite 6.1 Level 5 on both. Each took about almost a week to do. Level 5 checks every sector, recovers (if possible) unreadable data, inverts it, writes it, reads it, verifies it, then rewrites and re-verifies each sector. One of them was fine and the other had some bad sectors at the very end so I returned it.

I was thinking I should have bought a 16TB one, so after returning the 14TB to Amazon, I bought the WUH721816ALE6L1 from ServerPartDeals on Friday and got it today, Monday. Free 2nd Day Air. Very cool! I especially liked that they say it's "Manufacturer Recertified".

Spinrite can see the drive and reads it's configuration from the drive electronics. It knows it's 16TB and how many bytes and sectors it has. It tests every drive it can recognize to be sure it can read and write sectors on each drive. However when it tests the 16TB drive to verify it can read and write the drive's sectors, that fails.

I've tried this on two different systems with the same result. I did a quick test in Linux trying to 'dd' another drive to it, but it complained it can't access the drive saying that maybe it is DRM'd. The same 'dd' command works just fine with the 14TB drive.

Is there something I need to do to the drive to make it work or is it just bad and needs to be returned?

My apologies if I should post this elsewhere.

WDC Recertified HC550 16TB

WUH721816A:EL1 fails Spinrite 6.1 data transfer verification

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/chinzw on 2024-05-21 04:24:10.

Does this exist? I've been searching everywhere, can't find anything that fits the bill.

I need to add more storage to my server, my rack is 15" deep, with plug i get about 14" usable.

Im looking to spend no more than 1000$ all in (no drives).

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/typcalthowawayacount on 2024-05-21 04:08:09.

I wanted to give a DIY Nas a try and it seems it's recommended to have a NAS specific hard drives like WD or Seagate RED, but that's if you're using it 24/7 which isn't my case. I'll be using to rarely to store videos and images on the fly, and my MOBO does support power on by PME which allows me to turn the PC on by PCI/PCIE LAn or modem card.

So with that, a the 2TB Seagate Barracude should be fine then?

The other hardware on my PC:

MOBO: F1A55-M LX3 R2.0

CPU: A4-3400

RAM: 12 GB of DDR3

Storage: 500GB HDD (OS)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ImaginaryCheetah on 2024-05-21 01:40:23.

Original Title: i've got a J4025 w/8GB memory i want to use for a backup NAS. is TrueNAS CORE viable, or do i need lighter weight freeBSD/openZFS combo ? no other services planned, but wanting compression & encryption

title says it all :)

any of you folks running TrueNAS on a J4025, or does the little guy not have enough juice ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Doh_facepalm_admin on 2024-05-21 01:37:42.

I've hit a bit of a snag in my data hoarding journey and need some advice. I started off with a Synology DS920+ in 2020, equipped it with 4x6 TB drives, and soon found myself upgrading to 4x10 TB drives as my media and container needs grew. I've been heavily using PLEX, SONARR, RADARR, among other containers, and it's been fantastic so far.

However, I'm now planning to dive into 4K transcoding, enhance my setup with more RAM for network labs, and maybe even host a gaming server. The demand on my current system is skyrocketing, and once again, I'm running out of space.

I'm contemplating building a custom PC since the price seems comparable to getting an 8-bay Synology unit, but I'm really hung up on finding the right case. I'd prefer something that isn't a tower due to space constraints and aesthetics, but most importantly, I need it to support hot swapping. As my data hoarding isn't slowing down any time soon, I want to easily add more drives and replace any that fail without shutting down the system.

Has anyone here tackled a similar upgrade or built their own high-capacity, hot-swappable storage system? I'd love to hear about your experiences, particularly about your choice of cases and any setup tips you might have for someone looking to transition from a NAS to a custom build.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or insights!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dmc1155 on 2024-05-21 01:34:39.

First of all i don't know if this is the correct subreddit to ask my question, but i've been desperately searching for my old motorola razer for more than a year now and i've finally found it. This razer phone of mine has a picture of my dog that i am very desperate to recover ever since she passed. The little information i remember about the picture is that it was set as a wallpaper and i wanted to know if it is possible to extract it from the phone someway. The phone turns on and i get greeted with an unskippable "insert sim" pop up. Is there any program where i can download the phone's contents or maybe something like the phone's nand where i can then find the wallpaper and save it?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PradleyBitts on 2024-05-20 23:40:31.

I don't really want sync, i.e I don't want something that gets deleted on one drive to get deleted on another. Just want all the content added to one hard drive backed up to another in a different house automatically.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ShiitakeTheMushroom on 2024-05-20 23:34:41.

I'm looking for a 16TB or larger SSD, but haven't been able to find anything larger than 8TB. Any good options out there that folks have been using?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PiratedPanda700 on 2024-05-20 22:50:02.

I recently took apart my old laptop and removed the HDD from . But when I connect the 2.5 inch SSD to pc with given power and sata cable, it does not show up in the pc and shows error that

The last USB device connected to this computer malfunctioned.

It is a WD 2.5 HDD from 2011.

Please can someone provide solution/

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SlyCrane on 2024-05-20 19:50:05.

Looking to make some videos and possibly audio recordings to archive for later - for myself or for whoever is interested at a much, much later date. I'd like to do it cheaply if at all possible, with as little data loss as I can escape with, but I'm not sure how/where to begin.

I was looking at tapes, but that's so jaw-droppingly expensive to have the drives to read/write I don't think that will be for me.

Kind of a brokie 🫣 which probably means the ol' pen and paper route for storage, but I'd really like some kind of digital, hardy medium if possible.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/airkuroko on 2024-05-20 19:36:43.

Link: https://watchreplay.net/suns-vs-clippers-west-1st-round-game-1-april-16-2023/19471/

I'm trying to download this video of an NBA game. On this site is an embedded video with 3 sources to choose from on the top right. Source 1 and source 3 work.

But I can't find the URL to the video for either source 1 or 3. I've played the video while having enabled multiple extensions on Chrome and Firefox, and none of these extensions can detect the link to the video.

Does anyone know how to get the URL to this video?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AntarcticNightingale on 2024-05-20 19:06:57.

I'm looking to buy a large (or several smaller) internal HDD for backups, before I invest a ton of time and money for a NAS solution, it will be a quick solution for now. (Yes I know the general advice that the best brand is having another copy regardless of brand. But with that said ...)

I have no idea what all the colors of WD internal drives mean. Sometimes I see a color being trashed on this subreddit, but I don't remember.

1. Is it true for externally powered HDD, that Western Digital is more reliable in general than other brands? If not, what is the most reliable brand and which internal drive should I get from it?
2. Is it true that WD internal drives don't have encryption? Which is good for me because encryption is a headache if we ever need data recovery and I don't have any sensitive stuff that needs encryption.
3. Is a faster RPM (7200) more reliable than a slower RPM (5400 or 5640)? Does cache size matter?
4. Is it true that CMR is more reliable than SMR? I don't care about speed or cost and size is a minor concern (because I can always buy multiples of a good small drive). I just want to have the highest chance of my data not go poof.
5. What are the best Western Digital internal drive colors in terms of long-term reliability? Do storage capacity and cache size (64, 128, or 256MB) affects reliability too? I have made the following list based on Amazon's best selling WD drives:

• WD Blue PC 3.5" HDD

  • 54,500 ratings, 4.6 average, 80% 5 star, 4% 1 star
  • 8 TB with 5640 RMP and 256 MB cache WD80EAAZ
  • 3-6 TB with 5400 RMP and 256 MB cache WD30EZAX, WD40EZAX, WD60EZAX, respectively
  • 2 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache WD20EZBX

• WD Blue PC 3.5" HDD I don't know why there is a second different link for WD Blue

  • 23,600 ratings, 4.6 average, 81% 5 star, 4% 1 star
  • 1, 3, 4 or 6 TB with 5400 RMP and 64 MB cache WD10EZRZ, WD30EZRZ, WD40EZRZ, WD60EZRZ
  • 2 TB with 5400 RMP and 256 MB cache WD20EZAZ

• WD Black Performance Gaming 3.5" HDD

  • 14,700 ratings, 4.6 average, 80% 5 star, 6% 1 star
  • 4, 6, or 10 TB with 7200 RPM and 256 MB cache WD4005FZBX, WD6003FZBX, WD101FZBX
  • 6 or 8 TB with 7200 RPM and 128 MB cache WD6004FZWX, WD8002FZWX
  • 1, or 2 TB with 7200 RPM and 64 MB cache WD1003FZEX, WD2003FZEX

• WD Purple Surveillance 3.5" HDD

  • 13,500 ratings, 4.6 average, 80% 5 star, 5% 1 star
  • 14 TB with 7200 RMP and 512 MB cache
  • 10 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache
  • 8 TB with 5400 RMP and 256 MB cache
  • 6 TB with 5400 RMP and 256 MB cache or 5640 RMP and 128 MB cache
  • 1-4 TB with 5400 RMP and 64 or 256 MB cache

• WD Red Plus 3.5" HDD

  • 9,100 ratings, 4.6 average, 80% 5 star, 5% 1 star
  • 12 TB with 7200 RMP and 512 MB cache WD120EFBX
  • 10 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache
  • 8 TB with 5640 RMP and 256 MB cache
  • 6 TB with 5400 RMP and 256 MB cache or 5640 RMP and 128 MB cache
  • 4 TB with 5640 RMP and 128 or 256 MB cache
  • 2 or 3 TB with 5400 RMP and 128 MB cache
  • 1 or 2 TB with 5400 RMP and 64 MB cache

• WD Red Pro 3.5" HDD CMR

  • 1,700 ratings, 4.5 average, 78% 5 star, 8% 1 star
  • 14, 20, 22, or 24 TB with 7200 RMP and 512 MB cache WD240KFGX
  • 4-16, or 18 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache
  • 2 TB with 7200 RMP and 64 MB cache

• WD Purple Pro Surveillance 3.5" HDD

  • 630 ratings, 4.6 average, 81% 5 star, 7% 1 star
  • 14 - 22 TB with 7200 RMP and 512 MB cache WD221PURP
  • 8 - 12 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache

• WD Gold Enterprise 3.5" HDD

  • NO ratings!
  • 8 TB with 7200 RMP and 256 MB cache WD8005FRYZ

• let me know if I missed any other reliable drives to compare, especially if it's better than any listed here, regardless of brand.

I have no idea the purpose of so many colors is. I have no idea why some are marketed only for surveillance or gaming, or enterprise. As you can see, the ratings are very similar.

Please let me know which one(s) is/are the most reliable!

Thank you so much!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/riftwave77 on 2024-05-20 18:56:03.

I have two old drives that failed years ago that i've been keeping around on the off chance that HDD recovery ever gets cheap enough for me to consider it.

am I just wasting my time?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/-empty-head on 2024-05-20 18:44:17.

https://preview.redd.it/i1wla3ypmm1d1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa2885f3845b969acb37c3ef96d82f1a5bdcc2f7

A couple months ago a friend of mine gave me his TERRAMASTER D4-300 drive enclosure, I was thinking about getting a SBC / mini pc, or something similar and turning it into a jankie DIY NAS.

The hardware I currently have for the project is, 4TB HDD × 4 and the drive enclosure

My use case is pretty simple I just want mass networked bulk storage, with basic resilience In case of loss of a single drive.

But I have a couple of questions about this Idea I've been having, befor I do this.

1. I want to do this on a bit of a tight budget, so I would like some hardware suggestions.
2. Is it actually going to work and be reasonably reliable?
3. And any other thoughts or ideas would be very much appreciated?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Germasiansensation on 2024-05-20 18:32:18.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Mukun00 on 2024-05-20 18:18:58.

Hello guys,

I have recently found a p2p file transfer website https://send-anywhere.com/ .

In Webrtc we can't able to transfer the files through p2p while connected with CGNAT connection, but this site allows p2p even with CGNAT connection, I wonder what protocol they been used to work with CGNAT connections.

Do you guys any Idea which protocol or method they used to work on CGNAT connections.

Thank in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HightopNinja on 2024-05-20 15:53:21.

Hi all,

Last week, my beast of an old machine decided to give up the ghost. This machine served as both a media server (DVD/Blu-ray rips and music) and as a HTPC in my living room (used for watching media on the server and watching streaming services).

I managed to pull the data off the drives and am currently running some tests on them to make sure there are no issues. (They are older drives, and quite small by today's standards).

Thankfully, no data lost!

I'm trying to figure out the best solution for myself going forward. Should I go NAS for storage and grab a mini-pc (N100 Beelink or similar) for the living room? Should I build a new HTPC/Server? (it would need to be somewhat cost effective)

The main uses I need are:

Sharing of media over our home network (in house only)

I'd like to run a Jellyfin or Plex server to serve that media

Data Storage (pictures, family movies, work projects)

I'm not looking to share files remotely and there would be a max of 2 users accessing the data on our home network.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to salvage anything but the mechanical drives from the system. (MB was fried and video card was ancient).

Supplies I already have but am not married to:

Radeon 6800 XT (given from a friend's old system)

1TB NVME Drive - Western Digital Blue

3x 1TB Mechanical Drives - Western Digital Black -- Want to ditch these for something more robust

3TB Mechanical Drive - Western Digital Black -- Same as above

Any thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated, as all my data is currently living on my current system and it's backed up on various external drives (not ideal).

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AntarcticNightingale on 2024-05-20 15:42:00.

[SOLVED!! Better buy an internal drive. Also here is my new question about which internal drive to pick.]

Buying a large externally powered Desktop HDD will be for making a backup, before I invest a ton of time, money, and energy into a longtime NAS solution, it will be a quick solution for now. (Yes I know the general advice that the best brand is having another copy regardless of brand. But with that said ...)

1. Is it true for externally powered HDD, that Western Digital is more reliable in general than Seagate or any other brands?
2. Is it true that it's better to get a WD Elements Desktop than a WD My Book because My Book had encryption which is kinda of a headache if we need to ever do data recovery? (Since I don't need my data to be encrypted.)
3. So there are the following choices for the WD Elements Desktop: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 TB. Given price is not a concern, which size would be the best for quality and longevity? Because I have read that if the data is too dense, it's more likely to break or something? I can buy multiple of the smaller size if smaller sizes are more reliable.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tzfld on 2024-05-20 14:16:38.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tddammo1 on 2024-05-20 14:14:16.

Hi all,

My current method is I have a pi 4 hooked up via USB 3.0 to an external 2TB seagate HDD. Eventually I know I want to expand, and my question is should I get a big (low power) PC and go that route? (E.g. something with 4-6 bays) or would something like a dedicated external NAS bay be better value for my $$$.

Which do people generally recommend and why?

Note: I do have a dedicated ML rig that does all my processing etc when converting and compressing videos, this system is STRICTLY hosting jellyfin

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AerieSpare7118 on 2024-05-20 13:22:09.

My lab is looking to get an enclosure to house our data. Inside this enclosure, we plan to store our data in 2.5" SSDs. We do not want to use RAID as we intend for each SSD's data to be separate from one another, and we still want them to all show up separately when the enclosure is plugged into the computer. Does anyone have a viable storage solution for this? Thanks!