It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ixenrepiv on 2025-04-05 14:39:17.

I've had 3 recertified Seagate drives, two were manufactured in 2021 and had around 30k power on hours, but the third has a DOM of Dec 23 but also has ~30k power on hours?

Is there a logical reason for this that I'm missing? 33k hours is circa 4 years, only 9 power on cycles but still - a chance the sticker on the front of the drive isn't legit?

I'm not necessarily worried about them, they seem good from the testing I've done so far, more curious than anything

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lucian-samosata on 2025-04-05 14:13:29.

Hey guys. I was hoping to keep a data backup of a bit less than 4TB off-site in the cloud. Hetzner has 5TB for $13/month + VAT. It looks like a pain to use, but I don't mind a bit of a headache as long as I can get it to work properly.

But is there anything cheaper/better out there?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/redzinga on 2025-04-05 12:35:18.

i misread the sub name but maybe ya'll want to consider it

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Maleficent-Display65 on 2025-04-05 10:31:52.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FormerGameDev on 2025-04-05 04:07:44.

Started my weekend off right. Popped into my room to carry on with my first real runthrough of Fallout 2, and noticed the dual USB caddy attached to the Mac Pro was making some very new and exciting in all the wrong way kinds of noises. Bring up Storage Space, and find "Warning: Consider replacing" on one of the two disks in the caddy. Whoop whoop, a 12TB failure on top of 3 other hardware failures in the last 2 days.

Alright, assuming I can find another Exos X14 12TB disk within a few days, what's the proper procedure to replace/repair the disk? They are in a mirrored configuration (and I was in the middle of moving a ton of data off of a bunch of other disks to it...) so the volume is still available, but I surely will not be using it until I get it healthy again.

(i know, i know, use real RAID .. but I got a nearly free dual slot USB caddy, and it's smart enough to be able to be used with Storage Space without drastically degrading it's performance like a normal software mirror would... so when I found a deal on 12TB disks a year or two ago I jumped on it)

edit: If i get a couple of larger drives, can i swap one in to complete the array, then swap the other in to extend it's space? it seems like this particular drive isn't readily available anymore

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/backwards_watch on 2025-04-05 07:35:24.

Consider these two video files:

| Attribute | Video A | Video B | |

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| | Size | 5.5 GB | 15 GB | | Resolution | 1920x1080 pixels | 1920x1080 pixels | | i or p | Progressive (p) | MBAFF (Interlaced) | | Bitrate Mode | Constant | Variable | | Maximum Bitrate | 9,838 kb/s (fixed) | 40.0 Mb/s | | Codec | AVC (H.264) | AVC (H.264) | | Color Space | YUV | YUV | | Frame Rate | 29.970 FPS | 29.970 FPS |

I am leaning to progressive because interlaced lines don't look so good. However, I wonder if the higher bitrate will be a good compromise.

Without looking at the video to see which looks best, what option would you keep it?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/topiga on 2025-04-05 06:05:11.

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/hmmqzaz on 2025-04-05 05:45:05.

I’m not even gonna list my professional qualifications in datahoarding here because it would be humiliating after this question:

You guys very aware of real specific metadata fields and attributes and embedded metadata switching between file format systems?

For example: Upload whatever you want to your NAS, from wherever. Your synology is a linux flavor. So it just stripped Linux-incompatible metadata fields and attributes. When it comes out of your NAS to your computer, it’s going to further strip the Linux metadata that’s not supported (ie precise fields don’t even exist) in whatever file system you’re downloading to.

There are partial workarounds if you do some non -trivial scripting in both the file system you’re transferring from, then the one you’re transferring to. But seriously.

The question: you take into account how many metadata fields get lost when you use a NAS with a different file system? For people for whom data archiving is a razor-precise thing, or people for whom some metadata fields should really really be retained, seems like a big deal.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Mei-Bing on 2025-04-05 05:36:05.

Using Agent Ransack to scan my 50Tb of stuff - its pretty good imho, but it struggles when I need it to search it all - what's the best out there for you data hoarders?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lipe182 on 2025-04-05 05:20:23.

I'm not a data hoarder, so I'm looking for something around 1tb or 2tb (if prices are close to each other) brand new (so no used ones). My main use will be to backup my files on my main disk.

I currently have a 1tb NVME and don't have any more NVME slots avaliable, only SATA.

I'm in Canada so prices will be different.

I was looking at the Crucial Mx500 for $115, but now it has gone up to $122, and I'm hoping next week will go back to $115 or $110 as it was before I begun my search. I'm also aware of that good chart, but I don't think it reflects current market anymore that well.

Do you have other recomendations for a good SSD?

I'm aware of that good chart, but I don't think it reflects current market anymore that well.

Lastly, I'm a bit concerned about QLC instead of TLC as, from my research, they lost data much more frequent than TLC. I don't care for DRAM, so if it's cheaper, I'll get DRAMLESS. And I don't know where I can find U.2 enterprise drives (if they're cheaper or much more reliable but in the same price range).

I'd like to spend mostly $130, and if something really unique and special, go to $150.

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

But most state health departments are going through massive funding and employment cuts. Virginia is laying off swaths of researchers and data analysts, and those left are being told to shut down all projects, document as much as they can, and make notes in case they get funded again.

If any state health departments have public facing datasets, now would be the time to get them. Virginia, from what I understand, has a month deadline before their data is sequestered to cut server costs.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jkma707 on 2025-04-05 03:29:40.

Hey everyone

I have a WD140EFGX 14TB Hard Drive that seems to have the board fried since its not turning on, it did at once point.

I stored it for a few months without use or being plugged in. Plugged it in, the power light was faint on/off then, nothing. I replaced the external housing of it with another working HDD (exact same one) and no dice, dead. But the working HDD works on either housing.

So I need to know where I can send out my board to get swapped

I found this site, has anyone used it recently?

https://hddgeek.com/products/wd140efgx-68b0gn0-0b40385-st61762

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jflip0x1x0 on 2025-04-05 02:48:07.

What is the timeframe in your opinion when prices will soar for these hdds and m.2, 2.5 hdds rise? Is this anything else like laptops, monitors too? I believe everything is made in China. ??? I looked at some prices from Seagate, Lenovo, Dell,.apple and I haven't seen hikes unless it will be soon?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/thoughtzthrukeyz on 2025-04-05 01:52:08.

Hello! So, as the title alluded to, I am indeed a noob in regards to the homelab space. I currently pay for a seedbox from a provider, but i'm starting to creep too close to my storage cap, and I figured it'd be best to just invest in my own setup, rather than just shelling out more money to them. With that said though, I don't neccessarily know where to begin...

For starters, I don't have a PC/Desktop. I only have my Macbook, so I would need to literally start from ground zero. I'd like the setup to be fairly powerful as well as, as future-proof as possible. The use case(s) will be: Multi-Media Server (Movies, TV Shows, Books, etc.), Plex/Jellyfin streaming, & Torrenting + Seeding, as well as being able to run multiple apps/containers (Sonarr, Plex, Jellyfin, Radarr, etc.).

I came across the basis of a setup, but again I don't know if it's incomplete, overkill, or what. But here's what that setup consisted of:

• Intel Core i5-14500 2.6 GHz 14-Core Processor
• ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA 1700 Motherboard
• Fractal Design Define 7 XL ATX Full Tower Case
• Silicon Power Gaming 32GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory

Again, I really don't know too much of what I'm doing, or all of the parts necessary, but any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TheSoftBread on 2025-04-05 00:33:32.

Not sure if this is the right sub to ask this — sorry in advance if it’s not allowed or goes against the rules.

Imagine a country that has never systematically collected, analyzed, or used its data — whether it’s related to the economy, health, transportation, population, environment, or anything else. If you were tasked with creating this entire system from scratch — from data collection to analysis, strategic use, and visualization — how would you go about it? What tools, methods, teams, or priorities would you start with? What common pitfalls would you try to avoid? I’m really curious to hear how you’d structure it, whether from a technical, strategic, or organizational perspective.

I’m asking this because I’m very interested in data and how it can shape policy and development — and my country, Algeria, is exactly in this situation: very little structured data collection or usage so far, and still heavily reliant on paper-based systems across most institutions.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lazostat on 2025-04-05 00:29:27.

Is it possible to search videos and find duplicated that are similar but not 100% cloned, for example edited videos, resized, cropped etc..

And if yes, how exactly? What filter do i have to enable? There are hundreds of them!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/meeg6 on 2025-04-04 23:35:07.

I have a capacity upgrade on the horizon and it made me wonder why I bother maintaining and growing this hoard. You can find anything out there online or on a torrent. What is the point of keeping a local copy of anything? Have you ever thought of just quitting?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Greedy_Drama_5218 on 2025-04-04 20:55:15.

I know this has been posted before but I tried httracker and cyotek doesn't support java so I can't really find any other option at the moment.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PricePerGig on 2025-04-04 20:14:48.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/stewie3128 on 2025-04-04 19:06:23.

Not at liberty to say more. Please back up

Treesearch https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch

And the Forest Service's Research Data Archive https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/

If we don't already have it. It's original data going back a century or more.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/icysandstone on 2025-04-04 18:55:56.

I just want to hear some perspectives. I’m just a hobbyist and really don’t want to lose my irreplaceable photos.

I’m currently running my backup NAS with 1 disk redundancy, but maybe that’s overkill?

Wondering what the norm is around here. Grateful for any thoughts/perspectives.

EDIT: important context!! I ask this question with the assumption that a “3-2-1” backup situation is already in place — since “3-2-1” doesn’t dictate how many disks of redundancy to use… because… of course… RAID is not a backup. :)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ux_andrew84 on 2025-04-04 18:08:04.

Here's an example:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/seansemo_takeaction-buildyourdream-entrepreneurmindset-activity-7313832731832934401-Eep_/

I tried:

• .m3u8 search (doesn't find it)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42901942/how-do-we-download-a-blob-url-video

• HLS Downloader

• FetchV

• copy/paste link from Console (but it's only an image in those "blob" cases)

• this subreddit thread/post had ideas that didn't work for me

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1ab8812/how_to_download_blob_embedded_video_on_a_website/

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FlashyStatement7887 on 2025-04-04 17:41:41.

Hi,

I have an LTO drive which I’ve been using for about 6 months to backup around 6TB at a time (lots of files around 2-10GB) . It’s always taken longer than I was expecting to complete. 15hours+ each time. I didn’t really look into it much until I checked the data sheet. The. transfer rate mentions that it should have been around 300MB/s transfer rate but was getting much less.

I came across the term shoe shining and did a bit of experimenting with mbuffer which seems to have solved the problem; reducing the time to around 5hours.

The tar command pipes to mbuffer, outputting to the tape drive.

tar -cf - . | sudo mbuffer -m 1G -P 100 -s 256k -o /dev/st0

Does it matter what the buffer size is, as long as it’s above 300MB (transfer speed) and what would happen if I increased the block size to 512k?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AccordionPianist on 2025-04-04 17:40:51.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Neither-Buy6728 on 2025-04-04 17:22:20.

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting on Reddit, so I’m sorry if I’m doing anything wrong or if this isn’t the right place.Please feel free to redirect me! Also, English isn’t my first language, so I apologize if anything sounds confusing.

I’m looking for help with something that’s been driving me crazy. I need to download all the comments (including replies, if possible) from public Facebook posts, especially from political party pages. The goal is to analyze the comments in an Excel file and classify them as supportive, neutral, or negative toward the post or topic. I’ve spent days searching and trying different things: • Looked into scraping tools, but I don’t know how to code or where to put code • Tried exploring the idea of creating an AI app (realized that was way too ambitious!) • Found GitHub projects, but had no idea what to do with the code • Checked paid tools, but I’m doing a 3-month unpaid internship, so I can’t afford something like 40€/month The thing is, I need to do this weekly, and for several political parties, so I’m dealing with a lot of comments. Is there any way to do this without coding experience and without spending a lot? Any tools, tips, or even partial solutions would be super appreciated! Thanks so much in advance!