It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/systemauto on 2025-04-17 14:32:38.

Every time I put in a request it timed out and sends me to a page that says “An error occurred while processing your request.”

Does anyone know what is going on? I hope it’s nothing but I fear this means they have shut down access to the data.

Does anyone know if this day is archived anywhere else?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LuiGuitton on 2025-04-17 13:37:45.

Hey,

So as the title say, I've decided to give up on never ending subscription based services like Netflix, Amazon and the rest of the crap.

The use is fairly straightforward and easy (I think,lol) - torrents, torrents, torrents, maybe some photo backup from phone but that's really it, 99.99% for torrents.

Here's the build from pcpartpicker:

https://preview.redd.it/63h0mb9tceve1.png?width=1776&format=png&auto=webp&s=41e977cdf71d8a8fa4c4390cdcb6d89c2c6263c9

I know that PSU and 32GB RAM might be an overkill but at the moment I couldn't find anything cheaper for PSU with 80+ Gold Rating and 32GB RAM for below 45£ is no brainer really, more RAM can't hurt in the long run I guess?

Plus I know that i5-12400 might be a bit overkill too but downgrading to 12100 isn't much of a price difference.

My confusion starts at the OS (I know there's plethora of OSs such as unraid, truenas, casa etc etc) that I should be running it on, as I have fairly decent "knowledge" about normal IT stuff such as building PCs, troubleshooting etc, I never played with anything else than Windows, hence why I want to run this on Windows 11 and it goes like this:

1. plex - prowlarr + sonarr + radarr
2. ombi for requests, for people outside home network

a) I've read that reverse proxy is the safest to share my server/torrent box with people who are outside my network (at home for example) but it seems very complicated and confusing as I'm not that tech savvy, is there any in-depth tutorial for Windows or easier way to do it? Would it be possible to do by TailScale somehow? Or perhaps their phone application would be enough to somehow share my server and invite them via email (kinda like with PLEX ?) 3. ProtoVPN + qbittorrent, bind it together in qbittorrent client 4. And that would run 24/7 5. For HDDs it will be Seagate IronWolf 16TB as they are around 200-220£, as many as I can put into R5 (of course slowly building up the number of HDDs) 6. I don't really have many people to share that kind of media server, max it will be 2-3 people outside my home network

What do you guys think, please let me know if you've got any advice, ideas, do you think a noob like me can do it?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/stationdude on 2025-04-17 13:29:15.

Hiya, I have an old home movie originally shot on a Sony Handycam from around 2005/06 that was edited and output in Mpeg-2. 720 x 576 resolution. MediaInfo says it's interlaced BFF 25pfs PAL, but when I use VirtualDub2 to de-interlace and step through frame by frame it doesn't look correct. It does move one frame at a time, but it seems to jump up each alternate frame, and the main camera motion is every two frames. Honestly how to identify it at this point!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/flattop100 on 2025-04-17 12:57:02.

NOAA Datasets need your help!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dekoalade on 2025-04-17 12:50:20.

I'm starting to run out of space on my PC. I currently have an SSD and I'm considering adding more storage. Would it make more sense to stick with another SSD or getting an HDD?

Thank you

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/throwaway-567189 on 2025-04-17 00:33:25.

Throwaway for obvious reasons. I heard a statistic that 20% of men die before making it to retirement and also having had two family members die without any kind of will or plan got me thinking I need to make plans of my own.

Kind of embarrassing, but the one thing that I’m hung up on is what to do with my computer and collection of adult vids. Probably have a few TBs at this point. I don’t even watch most of them a second time, I just have an obsession with saving them. Maybe the data hoarder sub can relate.

I think the way to go is to leave an encrypted/passworded drive with instructions to destroy and leave the password to the rest of my system so family members can access important docs, photos, etc. Anyone make similar plans? I’m wondering if this is the way to go or not.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ralle474 on 2025-04-16 22:22:02.

If you’re someone who spends hours organizing tags, perfecting album art, and building playlists just right—you’ll probably understand the pain of music apps that flatten or ignore that work.

I’m designing a Navidrome client concept focused entirely on respecting metadata and delivering a clean, powerful UI—think iOS 6-style layout with modern features. Smart queueing, filterable views (even by BPM/Key), proper playback memory, and no messing with your tags. I’ve got detailed specs and mockups already done.

This isn’t a business pitch—I’m not a dev and I don’t have a budget—but I’m dedicated, testing-obsessed, and happy to contribute however I can. Just want something that does justice to the work we put into our libraries.

DM if you’re curious or want to see the concept!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/soundingsounds on 2025-04-17 10:59:48.

I was stupid enough to not make a backup because "I just bought the drive, it can't die on me this quickly, I'll do it in a couple of months when I have more data!!". So I moved a bunch of movies and tv shows I had saved over the years into it.

Well, it died within the first THREE HOURS. I'll let this be a lesson and move on with tears in my eyes. I can't even get angry because this is purely on me (and WD tbh, like what do you mean you're giving up on me this soon).

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bottlegrotto on 2025-04-17 09:40:20.

I’ve got a database I’m trying to open, it’s an absolute massive csv file (30 + gb) containing some + 8 million rows of data. Can’t open it in excel or Studio code visual or notepad ++ (duh, right?), so I’m trying to split it up into smaller files. I’ve had some luck before splitting files about the size of 5 gb online, using mightymerge.io. 30 gb seems to be too big though, it freezes and stops working after a few minutes… any ideas datahoarders? Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Popular_Walk7 on 2025-04-17 09:29:10.

Looking for a HDD Bay that can fit 2 - 4 HDD, and it uses 120 / 140 mm PC case fan for cooling. Any recommendations?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/masonicangeldust on 2025-04-17 07:56:03.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Vgcmn5 on 2025-04-17 05:17:11.

In case you missed the original announcement: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/s/Ntuk8iK8vT

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/wkmmkw on 2025-04-17 04:48:33.

I want 64, and I prefer a 128 TB SSD. I've been digging, but I would also appreciate anyone already experienced in building DIY. Many thanks for considering my request.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sleeplessnight234 on 2025-04-17 04:17:21.

• hard drive

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OccamsRzzor on 2025-04-17 03:58:28.

I first discovered this community during the CDC database scare in January. In that spirit, can someone please help me capture the following website, as this program is being shut down by DOGE. I couldn’t get Wayback Machine to save.

https://americorps.gov/

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AppropriatePay9738 on 2025-04-17 02:39:19.

I’m thinking about getting a NAS. But I recently saw some new NAS models are starting to include AI features — stuff like local LLMs, photo recognition, semantic search etc.

Just wondering… is this actually useful, or more of a gimmick right now? For someone not doing heavy dev work or data science, would it be worth waiting for these AI-powered NAS models to become more common?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Temporary_Potato_254 on 2025-04-17 02:49:01.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CorysInTheHouse69 on 2025-04-17 02:15:47.

I have a JBOD that's full of SAS drives. They're not in RAID (it's a JBOD), so I could take one out and have any other device read it. One thing I'd like to be able to do is read drives from my laptop. It'd be nice to have just in case I'm ever in a situation where I need my data and my JBOD is unusable. Because it's a laptop, I'd assume that I would be limited to USB.

I've seen these "SAS readers" on Amazon:

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL9HKBBK/

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YNTPTYS/

These readers have gotten some questionable reviews and seem limited. I'm not a fan about how they force the drive to be vertical. And they are only able to read one drive at a time.

I've recently had an idea about getting a small computer with PCIe support, such as a Raspberry Pi 5 or Rockpro64, and attaching an HBA, such as an LSI 9211 or H310, to it. While a little iffy, I would be able to connect many SAS drives to this, and then connect this device to my laptop. It also does not seem any more expensive than one of the SAS readers.

My questions are as follows:

1. Do the SAS readers actually work? And do they work well?
2. Would my idea of a small computer with an HBA actually work? If so, is it feasible?
3. Is there other way to read SAS drives from a laptop which I've missed?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jacrava on 2025-04-17 01:59:48.

I keep seeing things like seller, ebay, or manufacturer refurbished. As long as a drive is from a reputable seller and has a 3-5yr warranty, does it matter who has done the refurbing?

And is recertified better that refurbished?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jay_JWLH on 2025-04-17 01:12:23.

So as you do, sometimes you have a 1TB+ drive that you want to use to store large files on it like videos.

I was just wondering if there was a higher allocation unit size you can format your drive beyond what Windows shows you. It goes from 4096 bytes to 2048 kilobytes (2MB). Can you go any higher than that if you were to do it using Command Prompt? 4MB? 12MB?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/wickedplayer494 on 2025-04-17 00:01:39.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/laxbikerun on 2025-04-16 23:44:58.

Hi I’m trying to buy a NAS to run Jellyfin but obviously there are a lot of options. I am not super tech literate so I was thinking about going with synology, but now I’ve heard that they may no longer support HW transcoding? Then I thought about going with UGreen and switching OS to trueNAS. Is this reasonable? Does anyone have any better ideas? I’m not against DIYing but is it doable for someone who doesn’t know a lot? Are there any recommended DIY setups/tutorials.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Electrical-Reveal-25 on 2025-04-16 23:15:17.

I feel like I’ve seen something called Rclone suggested, but it looks a little complicated and time consuming to learn and use. Do you guys have any suggestions?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kamikazepyro9 on 2025-04-16 20:41:50.

I have an old Synology DS416 unit for my production business. 16tb total over 4 drives. The drives are approaching 30k run time hours, but S.M.A.R.T tests show healthy status and no errors.

I'm working on building a new server with TrueNas. Should I replace my drives or should it be fine to reuse them?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SirWillem1 on 2025-04-16 19:27:55.

I thinking of buying this https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-External-Services-STKP20000400/dp/B0B2PZWD81

I just don't know if i'm putting all my eggs in one basket with this. I will use all the space eventually but i don't want to lose my data.