It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Pasta-hobo on 2025-04-16 02:11:16.

Downloading anywhere near all of YouTube is essentially an impossible task, I'm willing to bet that YouTube doesn't even have every YouTube video downloaded in one physical location.

But I'm not talking modern YouTube. I'm talking 2012 at the absolute latest. And I'm not talking All, I'm talking a representative sample.

If I wanted to recreate the personal experience of true classic YouTube, what channels would you recommend? You know, back when internet videos where obscene, stupid, and uncoordinated, rather than essentially being crowd sourced television. When you could click from two British dudes making brownies wrong, to popular children's video game characters ripping out each other's endtrails, to kittens playing with feathers, without touching the search bar.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RunEffective3479 on 2025-04-16 01:18:17.

I have several large HDDs in one of my machines, and I use backblaze to back the whole thing up for cheap (>100tb). But I rarely access these drives, once or twice a week at most. Is there a way with a windows system to just have them sit spin down until I need them? And be able to restart the pc regularly without having these HDDs spin up? This seems like a good way to keep them healthy, rather than having them spinning all the time and spinning down and then up again every time I reboot. TYIA

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ramir2332 on 2025-04-16 00:22:08.

I have two separate questions.

1. For spinning HDDs with 5400rpm (not 7200). I'm looking to see what machine and cables to get for it. Do I get a USB 3.2 at 10gbps or do I get USB 2.0/ 3.1 Gen 1 which does 5gbps for data transfer speeds? ==============================================================================================================================================================================================================

For spinning 3.5" HDDs I'm sure thunderbolt 3 or 4 won't affect its max data transfer speeds. So I want to make sure I either buy a docking station for HDDs (DAS) that I get the proper equipment. Especially if I'm only using it for HDDs backups.

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Also if I'm buying another machine (docking station) for 2.5" SSDs is it best to get thunderbolt 3 or 4 or will USB 3.2 -10gbps be suffice? I'm sure the data transfer speeds for SSDs are much faster than spinning HDDs. So is 10gbps good for this or will 40gbps good for SSDs?

Thanks for clarification and help!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/neptuno3 on 2025-04-16 00:15:35.

Hi All,

This California newspaper archive has articles not found on Newspapers.com -- it is funded by the state of California and the funding is about to be cut. The person who runs this archive is asking for everyone to please write in and ask that it be saved.

I have found articles here that helped me piece together my family history -- data I could not find elsewhere.

In a reply I will copy the email I received today from the archivist. If everyone can send a letter that would be wonderful. California address required.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ALT703 on 2025-04-15 22:21:32.

https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/

I want to archive this game, so it's playable offline and I can have the files to run it

Is this possible? If so, how?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/b4lt45 on 2025-04-15 20:35:13.

Hi, just looking for some advice from someone who has these. Looking to upgrade to 4 bay. Thinking of getting ds423+ (540€), but i think ds425+ is coming this year with 2.4g lan. Should I wait? I have an option to get 920+ with 16gb tam for 430€, but I think I prefer 423+ due to lower power consumption and possible longer support. Or should I save 100 and get 920+ used?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/C3S4RM3W on 2025-04-15 20:18:46.

Hi there, I'm currently with a DIY NAS/Media server I made with spare parts, currently running a 2TB SATA SSD, and that's all (already at 99% usage).

I've been looking at used enterprise drives, and I found what looks like a good deal on ebay, $130 for WUH721414ALE6L4 WD 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530.

I'm planning on using a max of 4 drives (limited by ITX motherboard), so I was planning on getting just 3 of those, is that a good drive for the price?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fouzo53 on 2025-04-15 20:03:08.

It’s a very small channel (~250 subs), officially deleted about 3 days ago, and right now I’m trying every possible way to recover or view any of the data from it.

That’s why I’m reaching out for help, does anyone know if there’s any way to view the metadata of “my videos” or “my playlists?” I feel like a complete failure asking strangers online for help, but the memories I had on YouTube meant a lot to me. And because of some dumb decisions over the past month with some friends, I’ve lost everything. I honestly don’t know what to say to myself anymore…

I’ve already tried using Google Takeout, it’s great, but unfortunately, video metadata and playlists aren’t included in the available export options. I think those two things might be permanently gone.

Here is my channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCAOm9SjgnYA9fDani3ngm6w or https://youtube.com/@FuoZuo

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/asiagomelt on 2025-04-15 19:08:56.

I've got a handful of books I'd like to download from IA. The page will say things like "Item size: 406 MB," but the downloads (PDF, images etc) all come to half that or less. Does IA apply lossless compression to these downloads? Or, is there a way to get an uncompromised copy of the original upload?

I'm also wondering from my own perspective - am I wasting my time by uploading high quality items to IA, if the full quality isn't actually accessible to the end user?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mil0wCS on 2025-04-15 18:55:18.

So I've been getting back into tetris again, I wanna be able to practice T spins and other techniques offline when my internet goes out. I know that some applications like four-tris exist but they can only do so much.

Some sites like

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/

https://himitsuconfidential.github.io/downstack-practice/tspin-practice.html

https://ddrkirby.com/games/4-wide-trainer/4-wide-trainer.html

all of them seem to work offline, but I'm worried if the page crashes or something I won't be able to access it again until internet comes back on. Does anyone know any way I can use these tools offline?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fragilityv2 on 2025-04-15 17:51:19.

Best Buy (US) currently has the external Seagate 28TB drive on sale for $329 again, while SPD has a Recertified for $379. For a $50 difference is there any point in going with the Recertified?

If not then I’m swinging by the store for the drive on the way home tonight. The media server is needing a storage upgrade.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ramir2332 on 2025-04-15 17:30:54.

Functions: In a RAID machine that has four HDD bays (2.5 or 3.5) is it optional to utilize each HDD individually or am I forced to use just one HDD so the other three drives are backup? I know it combines all four drives into just one. But my question is do RAID machines allow you to utilize it like a DAS (individual use) or does RAID automatically takes all four drives and makes use of it as one? Regardless of the cost of the machine or features (RAID / DAS vice versa).

Speeds: I want to buy a four bay dock that has Thunderbolt 4 and most of these are RAID/ DAS have TB4. Regular DAS docking stations are limited to 5Gbps to 10Gbps (which I use now is USB gen2). I prefer to have TB4.

Overall: I'm currently using a DAS Orico four bay dock for my 3.5" HDDs of movies. And the size, quantity of content is too much to backup and move often. So I'm wanting to upgrade from USB 3.2 (10gbps) to TB4 (I know TB5 is out right now but my current PC is TB4 only and cant upgrade to TB5 just yet.) Going to TB4 will satisfy my needs to move stuff around. Aside from achieving this id have to forcfully move from DAS to a RAID machine to get TB4 capability.

Goal: I mainly want TB4 but also my main use is to transfer and move data around for backup. I usually do this manually with the DAS I own now. I'm not too sure I'm comfortable using all four HDDs as RAID to combine them. Because each hard drive is a copy of one. So I have two copies of movie backups and another two HDD drives for music, photos and documents. I don't like to mix them with the movies since I use them on my media player.

Thanks for any inputs or recommendations.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/maisonslament on 2025-04-15 16:19:37.

I recently acquired 5x 1TB WD Green Caviar HDD for free and then have been barely used. I'm currently saving up to get 4 14tb drives barracuda drives for my media server and archive. I want to use them but I've been told that they are not the best drives. Just want some ideas so they don't just sit in my closet.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TinderSubThrowAway on 2025-04-15 16:06:48.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ok_Muffin_925 on 2025-04-15 14:33:46.

I have one WD 5TB external hard drive. I copied everything on my laptop to this 5TB Hard drive and removed much of it from my old laptop that is lagging in RAM and memory. I have Windows 10 and use Explorer. Buying something else is not going to happen as I have a new laptop I am waiting to unbox.

I bought another WD 5TB hard drive to back up everything from my main 5TB hard drive. How I did it was this: I did a right click on the G Drive in Explorer, clicked copy, then saved it all to the other 5TB hard drive and it took about 18 hours to get it complete. I clicked on 'skip" for a couple things like Admin permission for recycle bin etc... But other wise when asked what files I wanted to keep or skip I selected both sides of the window and kept all files as many are videos with the same file numbers, only suffixes (numbers in paragraphs to differentiate them).

The issue is when complete, it's obvious that not all of it transferred. The difference in properties between the two hard drives which are exactly the same model, is like 3.12 TB used on the main 5TB HDD and only 2.91 on the other. Indeed I noticed one of my many files missing in the back up hard drive so I wnet in and copied that specifically and pasted it to he back up -- no problem.

Since my first attempt I have added many new files to my main 5TB HDD and last night I tried to right click and copy the whole drive again and paste it onto the back up but it said there isnt enough space. Is this not the way to do it efficiently? I thought Windows would automatically figure out what needed to be copied and what didnt?

I have a many, many file folders. Do I have to go in each file folder and copy all files and do it that way?

Tldr; Trying to figure out the button clicking methodology for backing up al my stuff on one WD 5TB hard drive to an exact same model back up drive so I can do it efficiently without missing any items.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/borse2008 on 2025-04-15 14:01:16.

Been looking at ages and waiting for the right time to replace or swap out my 4x 8Tb but have seen WD do some 22tb drives.

Could I I just replace to 1x of these 22tb drives and wait for it to rebuild then add another 22tb ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/manzurfahim on 2025-04-15 12:48:40.

I am running disaster recovery tests and took out a 16TB drive out of the RAID 6 array (LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i controller, 8 x 16TB WD DC HC550 drives in RAID 6), and replaced it with another drive. It had 6.58 TB free out of 87.3 TB.

Rebuild took 21 hours and 13 minutes. Is this a good rebuild time? The controller has a dedicated processor to do parity calculations and stuff, but the controller is old. Can a newer controller rebuild an array quicker or is it ultimately depending on the HDD speed?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Familiar-Clothes-578 on 2025-04-14 21:03:55.

• Should i avoid hardware with proprietary OS ?

• What is the best low consumption 2 bay NAS with consumer Windows or Linux on it ?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/VYDEOS on 2025-04-15 08:47:20.

Thinking about buying either a 8tb Seagate barracuda or a 8tb western digital blue. The Seagate is 5400 rpm and wd is 5640 rpm, so on the lower end. My question is, will it be loud enough to hear on my PC? My case fans are running around 900-1000 rpm and CPU fan is running 600-700 rpm, so it's pretty quiet.

I've looked up videos testing sounds but it seems a lot louder than it would be in real life. The videos are also testing the drive directly, but if my HDD is in my case, it could muffle the sound. Also Would it be noticeably louder if I got a 7200 rpm drive instead? Is the extra speed worth the price despite being hotter and louder?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Endeavour1988 on 2025-04-15 08:44:00.

My understanding is that if a SSD is not powered for a prolonged period of time it could be subject to data loss. I wanted to use SSD's to store family pictures, and files, and the server may spend a few weeks at a time powered off, Obviously I will back up the data, but is there a risk of data loss from power off times, or what sort of length of time would you be looking at for it to lose data.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ChiefMemes125 on 2025-04-15 05:22:39.

I’m looking for some advice on what kind of storage setup I should get. I’ve got around 4TB of data (mostly media, documents, and backups of my projects,ebooks and movies) that I want to keep safely stored at home.

I use a laptop as my main machine and I move around a lot, so I don’t want something permanently attached. I am mostly looking for something that I can plug in and plug out whenever I need to. I dont plan on taking the 4TBs of data with me everywhere only my laptop lol.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Got70TypesOfMalware on 2025-04-15 04:39:19.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/StudentOk6301 on 2025-04-15 03:28:42.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ChronicChoof on 2025-04-15 02:43:15.

So I have like 8 external hard drives with various backups on them. These drives are all quite old and I want to begin backups. One already died. 🥺

I usually buy the 5tb external Seagate drives but the price of the Barracuda and Iron Wolf SATA drives are a lot better.

What would be the downside in buying a SATA drive and sticking it in an enclosure?

I don't have enough money to go all out but I would love to begin building a NAS setup for easy access to my drives of anyone has some tips to start.

Also what exactly is RAID? I have looked it up but do not fully understand?

Does anyone have experience with the brand 'Terramaster' I have been looking at their bays.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DiamondCutter_DDP on 2025-04-15 01:47:16.