It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KeyJess on 2025-06-21 00:33:33.

There’s a band I like that has an EP from 2011 that shows up on Spotify but it’s greyed out. And it’s no where else online.

Is there a way to somehow hear these songs? Does changing the region help? They’re a British band and I’m in the US if that helps to know. I want to record it the minute I can hear it to save. Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RicardoMyBoiii on 2025-06-20 23:00:11.

Hi guys, I recently bought a Quantum ultrium lto 6-H drive. I installed it in a Dell Powervault for LTO-4 and connected it with a mini sas 8088 cable to a HBA (Lsi 9207-8e) in IT mode. However, every 18 GB / 2 minutes the drive stops briefly and continues writing. Could it be that the enclosure, since it is not designed for lto 6, is causing the shoe shining? And if so, what is the best way to install the drive in my PC to ensure that the connections do not cause a bottleneck? Drivers are all up to date and I have tried Windows ltfs, Linux Ubuntu ltfs and tar etc. but to its always the same. I don't know what to do. Many thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ZivH08ioBbXQ2PGI on 2025-06-20 22:32:26.

It's a low-power temporary FM station in LA promoting a new Slice soda campaign with a retro 80s/90s-sounding countdown of AI music.

Has anyone grabbed the stream?

Sorry if inappropriate.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Narutobi_Sensei on 2025-06-20 22:27:52.

I have a WD Elements 18tb drive and am upgrading to a 24tb. I want to ensure everything transfers with 0 errors, and the windows file explorer copy paste can be extremely dodgy and crash.

Is there a program that out there for this sort of thing? That will create a checksum or something and handle the transfer and ensure everything goes smoothly? Or is there just some better way except Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V 16 TB of data in file explorer between the two drives? There has to be right?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/hpinkjetprinter1 on 2025-06-20 22:23:21.

I'd like to use a spare PC i have that has lots of drive bays to make a little home das for hoarding and was wondering if I can connect it to my main PC with a USB type C to access it that way as I'd imagine it would be faster than over the network assuming I get a nice cable, any help or recommendations on what I should do would be great!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HopefullyASilbador on 2025-06-20 19:38:25.

Should it be booted up at least once per year to prevent memory degradation?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bentancurry on 2025-06-20 17:55:22.

Basically the title is the question. Struggling to do so as none of the Chrome extensions recommend in other reddit posts work, and yt-dlp is proving quite tough to use. Any advice?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Old_Locksmith9254 on 2025-06-20 16:51:27.

I´ve been looking for a download tool to download insta posts for offline viewing. Specifically my saved posts.

But the tools i´ve found don´t really do that. I would like to have the same experiance viewing instagram offline as I do online. Thus I want to download all data from a post like caption, links, music, some comments etc.

I´m not looking for just a jpeg or html file. I looking for the whole thing. I´m sure im not the only one

can anyone lead me in that direction? preferably for non-programmers.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/0biwan-Kenobi on 2025-06-20 16:44:15.

Couldn't find much online for this, so reaching out here.

Looking to use SeaTools to test the hard drives were delivered yesterday. Ultimately just want to make sure there are no bad blocks/sectors and that no damage occurred during shipping before I throw them into the NAS.

Trying to understand the difference of the Long Self Test vs the Long Generic Test, and which might be more applicable for my use case.

Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/poisonrabbit on 2025-06-20 15:04:56.

so i'm currently in a dilemma on which storage solution I wanna use for my increasing media collection. and i'm torn between using a NAS(Synology DS423+) or a JBOD enclosure like this one . I wanna use it for playing and storing medias. not really interested in streaming it outside of my LAN

i'll summarize what I think with pros and cons

starting with the most offered solution NAS (in this case i'm interested in Synology DS423+)

Pros:

-its built exactly for my needs

-has a 'system' designed for storing files

-more versatile/options

-RAID option/support is good (atleast according to diff users)

Cons:

-more technical than I thought and i'm not a tech savie. I need to figure out a wide assortment of network security details just to make sure it doesn't get hack. which is more common occurrence than I thought.

-has a lot of feature that I won't really use. I only need additional storage cause i'm running out on my space. I don't want to use multiple portable HDD cause they'll build up and my pc has limited SSD/HDD expansion option.

-significantly more expensive

JBOD with plug-n-play enclosure

Pros:

-easier to set up. literally just plug it and viola

-cheaper (with the same HDD size + the enclosure, its almost $800 less in comparison to the NAS + HDD from where I live!)

-I also have bunch of HDD that I dont use and can mix/match them on JBOD (I Think?) thus helping me save a bit in cost

-I don't need to worry about network technicality. i'm far too stupid for that

Cons:

-no RAID (there are software option but apparently not recommended for USB plug n play storage)

-have to manually check the 'health' of my disk unlike NAS that apparently has built in feature for this kind of stuff?

-not as versatile as NAS

-apparently its noisier?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Nairathu on 2025-06-20 14:36:17.

Here comes my issue and ideal solution :)

Tho I would ask the esteemed gents and gals help if you have experience.

I want to have an nvm enclosure, that can read UHS 2 cards have PD and atleast 2 usb C ports.

Now, ideally this is portable too.

My questions:

Do you know any that would suffice to this criteria and are actually sold? Found some, but they are not sold atm.

Fanxiang and Doccase seems to be the exact copy to one and other, are they actually? (if so than I don't need to pay the extra price of Doccase)

If I chose to have a separate NVMe enclosure (and hub and card reader) than whihc NVMe enclosures could be the best to pick? (I read a lot that the different chipsets results vary in speed, reliability etc)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/poggiaus1542 on 2025-06-20 09:05:30.

I need to keep a work backup of a google drive shared folder. The backup will be done once a week. The real problem is that the folder is quite huge and it's quite unconfortable to download all the stuff, unpack it, erase the old folder on my NAS and upload all the files.

The incremental backup has not to be done with the NAS itself, it can be done with a windows PC (or a linux one if it's needed).

Can it be done?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EnvoySass on 2025-06-20 14:18:46.

A podcast i follow has disbanded and i wanting to archive it for posterity i have downloaded all of the Patreon content, the problem is that some of the earlier episodes are on Spotify exclusively. Does anyone know the best way to download these episodes?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Fordtough68 on 2025-06-20 13:37:26.

I am contemplating converting my two 8 bay nas that currently have 4 tb drives, to 12tb drives. Right now I think I have about 5 or 6 12tb drives, but they are full of data too. My thought is to transfer everything to the cloud, wipe all of my 12tb drives and put them into my 8 bay nas's and buy s few more to go with them, then cancel the cloud storage. What would be a good way of doing this that wouldn't take forever to accomplish? I only have 40MB upload speed unfortunately. Whats a good service for this?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/shartoberfest on 2025-06-20 10:40:32.

I'm new to this so feel free to delete this post if its not appropriate.

I have about 20 years of digital photographs saved (2004-now) and my method of storing them has been to use an external HDD until it fills up in a few years and buy a larger capacity one. Rinse/repeat. I'm currently using a 16TB WD elements external drive and it will be filled up in about 2 years by my estimate. Would it make sense to continue this method and buy a 20TB drive, or should i get a HDD dock and add new drives to expand my capacity?

I do edit photos on occasion, but for the most part its just storage. I'm not a professional photographer, these are just my personal photos.

I also use a cloud backup as well for redundancy, which is purely for storage/archive.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Open_Importance_3364 on 2025-06-20 09:54:25.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/QLaHPD on 2025-06-20 07:55:02.

Guys, so I'm building a dataset of YouTube comments, I'm trying to be as diverse as possible, taking many types of channels as possible, and, as you can imagine lots and lots of comments are duplicated/spam.

I know this topic isn't only about r/DataHoarder but I guess its worth posting here too, should I keep all comments or remove duplication leaving only the first copy of each?

I thought on these pros and cons:

Pros on keep:

• Spam information, which comes not from the comments content itself, but by meta analysis over a batch of them.

Cons on keep:

• Redundant information, more storage usage ~~even if we have about 10% of the world's storage~~.

• Require more processing later if you want to remove the duplication before usage.

So what you guys think?

Also I will share it once it's finished, so if you have a list of YT channels you would like to see in it, leave it here too.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Better-Way-2421 on 2025-06-20 07:46:31.

After years of using various NAS setups, I finally found my sweet spot with the TerraMaster F8-SSD Plus. As someone who primarily needs reliable backups + lightweight document sharing for the whole family (no heavy workloads), the non-Plus version was tempting—but I’m thrilled I went with the Plus. Zero regrets.

My unconventional SSD choice:

I popped in two 2TB Orico D10 NVMe SSDs—not on TerraMaster’s compatibility list. Why? Past positive experiences with Orico. Worst-case scenario, I’d repurpose them elsewhere. Spoiler: They worked flawlessly!

Thermals & Hardware:

Used Orico’s thermal strips + TerraMaster’s included heatsinks. Even during sustained transfers, SSDs hover at 40-42°C—absolutely solid. The passive cooling design deserves props.

Real-world perks:

Silent operation: Tucked away on a shelf, you’ll forget it’s running

Future-proof: Slowly populating all 8 bays as storage needs grow

Family-friendly: Kids access homework files, wife backs up photos—all seamless

Why this shines for home use:

It’s not a Threadripper-powered beast—nor does it need to be. For 10Gbe document/backup workflows? It’s overkill in the best way. If you want a set-and-forget NAS that just works without noise/complexity, this is gold.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Consistent-Camel-499 on 2025-06-20 07:40:38.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/iamfuturetrunks on 2025-06-20 07:20:52.

So my first question might be pretty easy for some people but I have a Memorex MVD4543. I had to look up the manual cause no idea where that is, if we even still have it.

Can't find anything showing the ability to record from a VHS to a DVD which is what I originally thought I could do. So asking here cause the manual I found was only talking about recording to VHS. Guessing maybe the player doesn't have a way to record to DVD's only play them?

If this one does work, do I need to play the sound loud for the recording or can it be pretty quiet or will it be to quiet for the DVD to record the audio? Not sure how that works.

So if that way doesn't work im contemplating just taking a bunch of the VHS's to the big city (hours of driving) to have a "professional" do it for me. Since all the posts I have come across (some on here) talk about getting this or that and do this or that but watch out for this and don't forget to do that etc.

After reading through a number of others suggestions in other posts like this it seems like everyone feels their way is best and that those "professionals" are just gonna do what most people can do on their own. But if my VHS/DVD player can't do that, and the little USB capture devices people have talked about that are dirt cheap don't really work I don't want to invest hundreds of dollars in getting a VHS/DVD player that could do it which could be a gamble since looks like most are used. Or spend a lot of time doing what seems very difficult in all the different posts on here.

The easiest solution I thought was using my Memorex and just copying over to blank DVD-R's I have then taking those and copying from them to my computer through my DVD player on my computer. Since a relative of mine want's DVD's of said footage anyways.

Only other thing I have come across is an Elgato capture device some people have mentioned before. But that's pretty pricey for something im only gonna end up using a few times for a few VHS tapes and wont really have much use after the fact.

Should I just go with the "professionals" or does anyone have an easy/inexpensive way to do it that I haven't come across yet?

As for the "professionals" my location of choice is probably gonna have to be around Minneapolis area because that's the closest big city that looks like it offers it, otherwise maybe having to go even further to someplace like Chicago which thats an even longer drive away. Any recommendations?

Main reason for this is because many years ago I had a video editing class which the teacher had one of these VHS/DVD combo machines and was offering to let people use it to copy old footage if they wanted. I knew we had a VHS/DVD player thing at home that looked the same so figured I could just do it myself at home. Unfortunately I forgot about doing it for the longest time until recently was reminded that VHS tapes go bad and that I need to do it sooner than later if they aren't to degraded at this point. I got at most like a dozen of them with old family footage. But only recently did I realize not all VHS/DVD players are alike. :S

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/True-Entrepreneur851 on 2025-06-20 06:47:48.

Hi everyone. I have photos, ebooks and personal documents that I backup on my NAS + send to Cloud backup with current routine :

• Data source on my Mac external drive.
• Use freesync to send to NAS.
• Use rclone on my NAS to send to cloud through 3 scripts in task scheduler.

My questions below :

• Would it be possible to backup from Mac OS to NAS and Cloud using Rclone but via batch ? I guess so … but wondering how.
• Does it make sense to use 3 separated scripts and is it best option ? How can you state in a script « process to next line » ?
• how can I encrypt my data going to Cloud ? Thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RushLow9890 on 2025-06-20 05:36:21.

I’ve been seeing a lot of brands now claiming to have AI powered NAS setups, but it’s been hard to tell what’s legit and what’s just marketing.

Things like AI photo tagging, semantic search, OCR... even local LLM built in, like private AI search without going through the cloud. That sounds useful, but how well does it actually work when dealing with my own messy photo libraries, mixed file types, and weird folder naming? Anyone trying out NAS with AI features built in? Curious how it actually holds up with messy, real-life data, not just polished demo examples.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Broad_Sheepherder593 on 2025-06-20 02:51:43.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LowConcept997 on 2025-06-20 00:06:25.

“The Goonie Show” was a popular youtuber with her most video having 12M views, and was many people’s childhoods in 2016-2018. And in September 2023, she decided to delete all of her videos. She had 108 videos, and now only about 80 something are archived on YouTube. This channel was my entire life in 2017, and it breaks my inner child’s heart knowing that some videos are lost. I’m currently praying this works because I’ve drained and wasted the past like 8 months of my life attempting to find her videos. Thank you if you read this ❤️

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Homebucket33 on 2025-06-19 23:24:58.

I am beginning to think I'm a data horder. Music,movies,tv,pictures,video games,programs and even operating systems. I run Windows 11 Pro on a headless server that I maintain from a personal laptop within my network. My question here is about backup. Currently, I use Stablebit Drivepool. I would like to use parity and have considered moving to an Unraid system, but I am comfortable with Windows and its file formats. Is there a way that I can stay on Windows and use parity for my backup? I have read that Storage Spaces can do it, but I have heard bad reviews on it about data loss and corruption. I am hoping to hear some opinions and experience with either staying with Windows or moving to Unraid (or something similar). Thanks in advance. Edit: I have 139TB usable space, but can only actually use half of that because of Stablebit Drivepool. That's why I'm interested in Parity.