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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rtsynk on 2025-07-27 19:25:41+00:00.

What I want:

• flexibly add/remove disks of any size
• present contents as one large drive
• store at least 2 copies of a file
• STORE FILES IN A NORMAL FILESYSTEM - I want to be able to pull a drive from the array, pop it in another computer and easily copy off all the files stored on it. No stripes, no tiles, no proprietary volumes, etc

Optional:

• some sort of checksum/parity

What's not important:

• performance (within reason)
• spinning down disks
• booting from the volume

The way I want it to work is that if you write /temp1/temp2/test/file.ext, it will actually put that file in that path on 2 of the drives. It will choose the drives based on the size of the file and the available free space of the different drives.

It will maintain an index (as a file on all the drives) of all the files in the merged volume and on which disks each file is

The main goals are:

• redundancy
• flexibility (to add/remove drives as needed)
• ease of use (just one volume so no juggling which drive to put files on)
• easy recovery from whatever jankiness the raid software displays (way too many horror stories of how the controller/software messes up and the entire volume is lost, no thank you)

EDIT

to everyone saying I want a backup, not a raid, i want both

when people talk about raid having parity so it can rebuild a missing drive, no one bats an eye

when unraid and others advertise that they store files in a regular filesystem to make recovery easier, everyone agrees it's a swell idea

but if I ask for having 2 actual copies (not including any parity) then suddenly it's a bunch of eye-twitching and reminders that "raid isn't a backup" and "that's what a backup solution is for"

RAID-1 has been around forever, I just want a more evolved version of that

yes i need a separate backup off-system and off-site, and that's great, but I still want a way to merge drives with duplication

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/theoldgaming on 2025-07-27 19:11:39+00:00.

This version in Particular, question to those who have used/use it.

Inside its a Seagate Barracuda apparently.

https://preview.redd.it/s6ybbz77ugff1.png?width=849&format=png&auto=webp&s=866105d2a7d6120f258f1a0f9b365266c7bb028c

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/just_a_guy321 on 2025-07-27 19:05:56+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/manzurfahim on 2025-07-27 18:33:15+00:00.

I want to download all video of some tiktok accounts, and looking for a suitable way to do this. Preferably an app with GUI, not good with github codes and commands. I'd appreciate some advise please. Tiktok is not banned in my country, but I'd like to archive the accounts I need before something happens.

Many thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cointon on 2025-07-27 17:35:29+00:00.

Sandisk, Corsair and a few others have had USB4 SSD’s out for awhile, but not Samsung.

Really like Samsung’s T-series SSD’s.

Is a Samsung USB4 T-series on the verge of being released?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/an_angry_Moose on 2025-07-27 13:25:38+00:00.

Been eyeballing NAS systems for half a decade (maybe longer) and as my data piles up on regular old 8tb CMR Seagate drives and Apple iCloud, I think this year is when I’m finally going to do it. It seems like ugreen does post Black Friday sales, and I’m not in a mega rush, so I think I will wait for that.

I’m looking at a DXP 6800 Pro or potentially a 4800 Plus. I would like the option to expand to 6 drives eventually, even if my initial setup will likely only include 3-4 (something like 8-16gb NAS drives). I’ve ruled synology out as their hardware is old even in brand new products, but I also don’t like the direction they’ve gone in terms of drive options.

My uses:

1. Primarily, I want a way to download my entire apple photos library from multiple phones (multiple users) and store them in a NAS based “cloud” so that I’m not paying for ever-increasing apple icloud storage. It seems like UGREEN’s photo solution is actually pretty decent and improving. Is there an automated process for migrating your iCloud library to it? Lots of family video also.

2. Secondary, I rip blurays in UHD quality, and it would be nice to do the entire plex library including hardware transcoding on-NAS. We use plex to stream to multiple devices including iPads with odd resolutions. I’d like to be able to stream 4K HDR content to these without a hitch. If this isn’t possible on-NAS, I can maintain my PC’s plex server and just point the library to NAS storage as well.

3. Finally, I’d like to move assorted-semi-important file storage for typical NAS type redundancy.

I don’t think any of the above is truly critical to back up more than double redundancy (likelihood of 2 quality NAS drives failing at once?), but I currently only have the most important ones in apple’s iCloud.

Does this all make sense or is there a better option I should be considering? I’ve put the most research into Synology and UGREEN. It seems like Terramaster makes a 6 bay F6-424 Max that also ticks the boxes comparably (good hardware, maybe good photo software?), but QNAP and ASUSTOR offerings appear to be going towards Synology in terms of pricing, which seems to be less bang for the buck.

Thanks very much for your input!

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