It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Personal-Version6184 on 2025-01-14 20:07:02.

Hii!

I need to transfer a massive amount of data from about 200+ DVDs to a bare metal server placed in a datacenter somewhere that’s running on high-speed NVMe disks. The server is running on Ubuntu LTS. I plan to mount the DVDs and use rsync to copy the data to the server disks.

What kind of hardware should I order to make this easier? I dont have much hardware knowledge and the last time I played with DVDs was playin GTA on a laptop that had DVD drive built-in.

I’m thinking about a solution that doesn’t involve me spending the next month loading DVDs one by one if this exists. Otherwise , any other reliable external hardware that would solve the purpose.

Also, any tips or things I should keep in mind to ensure the data transfer goes smoothly and without any loss of data.

Thanks!