It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/local-host on 2025-05-03 19:52:52.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sa-_-m on 2025-05-03 19:42:11.

Hi everyone. I've got a decent collection of manga books from the 70's/80's and I was looking for a non-destructive way to scan and digitalize them. Flatbed scanners are, of course, not what I'm looking for, and mobile scanning apps are a bit tricky to deal with (besides, my camera is pretty bad). I'm actually looking to sell some of my pieces for other people to enjoy, which is why it is important that they remain unharmed. Thanks in advance for all the advice.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kippykipsquare on 2025-05-03 18:22:16.

Hi. I would like help/ advice to setup a NAS (about 10TB) so my family (4 people) can connect their computers to store files (homework, documents, excel, photos, family video, etc). That's it for now. And I would like to set up another NAS (?) or maybe just an external drive (?) to back up the files in the family NAS automatically, like nightly. Lastly, setting up another NAS at my parents' house to backup regularly what's in the family NAS automatically, weekly (?).

We don't plan to stream video like Plex or Jellyfin. We don't plan to upload trip photos while vacation. I don't know if an old PC build (OMV, TrueNas, UnRaid but I have never used any of them before) or a prebuilt system like Terra Master, Qnap, UGreen is better. Synology with the propriety hard drive is a turn off. I don't mind spending sometime to learn and build my own, but if there is a reasonably priced prebuilt option, I am also open to it.

I have an old HP PC with like 2 open SATA. I see mini-PCs are not too expensive but there is not much internal drive storage. Any help would be great.

Thanks for any help with a setup like this.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JuanLuisBst on 2025-05-03 17:59:06.

I’m on the hunt for a +18 TB desktop HDD to stash all my video projects and do a bit of editing now and then. A couple of things:

Use case: Mainly cold storage, occasional editing.

Power: Won’t be running 24/7—only plugged in when I need it.

Warranties: Don’t care—can’t really use them where I live. :(

No NAS: Just a plug-and-play USB drive on my desk. (I am not ready financially for it)

Budget: Mid-range, aiming for solid bang-for-buck and decent speeds.

Any recommendations? Seagate, WD, Toshiba… any specific series? Seagate Expansion VS WD Elements?

So basically something that will be up for years, as I can't use the warranty.

Thanks a ton! 🙏

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/zapfinger1 on 2025-05-03 17:57:49.

I have a colleague who mentioned that he wants to acquire some sort of long term storage solution he can rely on; one that „Simply works and lasts“. Since I know a little bit (would not call myself an expert but not a newbie either) I offered to give him some advice if he wants to hear it.

He will mainly use said storage solution for media (his gf is a semi-professional photographer, for example) and general purpose stuff like documents. Possibly also some larger files in the future.

I asked him how important reliability and the safety of the data is to him and he said „Well, very. I just want something i won‘t have to worry about every time I use it, performance is relatively irrelevant, it just needs to be tough and reliable.“

His budget is around 200€ so I told him that, if I were him, I would just grab an 8TB WD Red Plus for around 180-200 and a nice enclosure for around 20-30 and he‘ll be fine. I told him he could also grab a Red Pro or an Ironwolf Pro but that I highly doubt it would be of any use to him and that capacity should matter slightly more in his case.

Is this a fine recommendation or am I telling him some bs?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LustingForErotica on 2025-05-03 15:53:37.

Title says everything. i looked at a few things from github but dont understand how they work and i dont wanna download videos one at a time

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/protobellum on 2025-05-03 15:40:49.

I am using Acronis True Image 2019 and the .tib files from older backups change their size a little bit. Why would it go back to older files and change the size? I am using full backups every 5 days and incremental every other day.

Problem is I want to backup these .tib files to a second offsite location. The backups are taking forever because so many of the older tib files have changed size slightly, causing robocopy to want to re-backup massive files.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SummerWhiteyFisk on 2025-05-03 15:18:45.

Ok so I have two computers laying around basically unused. I have an m4 Mac Mini that I have hooked up to my large external drives and use that + VidHub or infuse to stream my library to my apple tv's. Works terrifically, and is also extremely easy to add media from my personal (Mac) over the network to the main storage drives.

I also recently purchased a $170 "mini PC" from amazon so I can use some windows specific programs, and for a pretty similar price made more sense to me to invest in rather than using something like parallels. I've found that I really dont use this PC as much as I thought I would, and would like to make the mini PC my personal media server and repurpose the more powerful/expensive mac to either use more or just sell.

The other day I downloaded Emby to my PC and tried to run it as I do VidHub. I was not impressed with the performance on Apple TV, would only play an episode or two and then just stop working. Meanwhile, VidHub will run in perpetuity so long as its connected to internet. Anyone have any good alternatives to Emby that are reliable? Just makes more sense to make the PC the server now but really need a dependable streaming service.

Also have one final noob question - Will it still be easy to seamlessly transfer files between the Mac and PC on the same network? I've only ever attempted it from one Mac to another, Never PC to Mac. Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DIYDLH on 2025-05-03 14:35:26.

Hi! I do video editing and I’m looking to upgrade my storage for past projects. I currently have around 70TB backed across various smaller 4-8tb WD externals (they’re getting old!). I’d like to consolidate these into some bigger drives and have enough space left for a few years (10TB/year).

Are the 28TB Seagate Expansions any good?

I rarely ever pull from my current drives, it’s more of a safety net. If I do pull from them, it’s copying files to my SSD for editing.

I also have a couple OWC Dual Elite Pros - would it better to throw some bigger drives in these?

Everything is also backed up to the cloud.

Thanks for any advice

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/hattapliktir on 2025-05-03 14:35:12.

I want to be able to archive and use the Feynman lectures website, and I tried using HTTrack for that but it didn't seem to work since it uses Javascript to navigate throughout the website. The website itself is rather simple and I doubt there's any machinery that will make it too difficult to download the entirety of the website.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SuperCiao on 2025-05-03 13:51:59.

Hi everyone,

I'm using Robocopy to back up my Dragon Ball Blu-ray ISO rips (full 1:1 copies) onto a Western Digital HDD (Gold Enterprise).My priority is data integrity and reliability over speed.

These are the Robocopy parameters I'm currently using:

robocopy /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:T /ZB /J /R:3 /W:5

/COPY:DAT (copies data, attributes, timestamps)

/DCOPY:T (preserves directory timestamps)

/ZB (restartable mode with backup privileges if needed)

/J (copies using unbuffered I/O for large files)

/R:3 /W:5 (retries 3 times, waits 5 seconds between retries)

Do these parameters look suitable and reliable enough for ensuring integrity during transfer, especially for large ISO files?

Any suggestions or additional flags recommended for preserving long-term data integrity on cold storage disks?

Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GreenHeartDemon on 2025-05-03 13:23:25.

Anyone know any info regarding these two blurays? Sorry for the Norwegian information, don't know enough to find English site that sells identical one.

https://www.multicom.no/verbatim-datalifeplus-bd-r-dl-x/cat-p/c/p3755132 218.40$

https://www.multicom.no/mediarange-bd-r-x-25-50/cat-p/c/p8584898 67.82$

I bought the bottom one a while back but had it in my room at summer where it ended up being 40c at times which might have killed them? But packaging was also slightly cracked when I got them, so I tried like 4 of them and 3 just failed to burn randomly or failed to verify after burning. Burnt at 4x speed rather than 6x as I read that's better? Also tried 2x just to make sure but it still failed. I used ImgBurn to burn them.

The errors I got were like this:

Failed to Read Sector 12170367 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error

Sector 12170367 maps to file \Camera 2\20230822_091019.jpg

Also got as reason "Timeout on Logical Unit" and "Invalid Address For Write"

I guess I should have stored them properly, but either way, is the significantly more expensive one all that more reliable? Can it handle more heat? And does it in general last much longer?

Wouldn't make sense for me to buy it if it lasts maybe 10% longer only, but if they're a reasonable improvement, or significantly lower chance of bad burn, I'll definitely get them as it doesn't cost all that much, just want to avoid wasting money. I'll definitely try to avoid having any future discs in such high heat moving forward though.

Thanks.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Itsme809 on 2025-05-03 12:48:50.

Hi all

Any thought on the most economical way to build a 200 TB storage

Looking for an appliance that can also handle some m.2 or ssd storage for cache to speed things up

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/leopard-monch on 2025-05-03 11:44:12.

Does anybody have experience with keeping an off-site-mirror or backup with friends or family?

Not sure how welcoming my friends and family would be, if I ask them, if I could plug a raspberry pi with an external harddrive into their router. But I think it would be a nice idea and also not a bad deal for them. They would get, let's say 2 TB of managed (by me) NAS storage, with off-site-mirror (at my place), and in exchange, I can mirror my stuff to that pi.

I guess simply paying for cloud-storage is less cumbersome, but I kind of like the idea.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/itsthewolfe on 2025-05-03 09:48:21.

I'm upgrading my Plex server and debating between the WD Red Pro or Segate Ironwolf series 24TB. I will be seeing up 4 drives in RAID.

I've been using 4x 18TB Segate Ironwolf Pros for 3yrs with no issues, but they can be noisy at times. I've heard mixed anecdotes about the WD Reds being noisy or quiet.

I'm leaning towards the WD drives due to the lower power consumption at idle.

What has been everyone's experience with either? (The 18TB-24TB models are built differently than the lower capacity drives so a 1 to 1 isn't as relevant of lower ones)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jeff_Florida on 2025-05-03 09:09:27.

I installed a 1GB WD My Passport disk as backup disk for Time Machine on my Mac Mini.

The first days all good, but after about a week it seems to have died completely. Did I do something wrong by using this disk as a backup disk?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BringerOfNuance on 2025-05-03 07:24:55.

I'm looking at SSDs with crazy high TBW, something like 70 years to reach TBW under normal circumstances, and can't help but wonder when will it fail? Because nothing lasts forever and everything eventually fails. The controller is far more likely to fail before reaching TBW, is this correct?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/throwawayforthepron on 2025-05-03 07:06:17.

I have a phanteks entho 719 for my home desktop. Its my gaming pc, but it also has a decent amount of storage, and I use it for a as-needed Plex server. Its not always on, just as needed. I don't really remote stream from it.

I my oldest two HDDS are 10TB HGSTs, and I have been thinking about upgrading those two to two ST28000NM000Cs.

I have the space in the Entho, the drive cages will be stacked on two others I have, and its mounting system is fairly quiet, but I assume the drives are going to be louder than most standard hard drives? Is it only on access?

What about the PWDIS function? Will I need to use a molex connector if I dont want to tape a pin?

And what is the best solution to stop the heads from parking/cycling on the regular? I know that was a thing with older exos drives, is it still a thing with these?

Anything else I should be aware of before dropping $680 on two of these? thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mkArtak on 2025-05-03 03:54:57.

Hi everyone. As someone who have a not so small media library myself, I needed a solution for keeping all my family media organized. After some search many years ago I have decided to write a small utility for myself, which I have polished over the years and it was solving a real problem I had for many years.

Recently, I came across a thread in this community from someone looking for a similar solution, and have decided to share that tool with everyone. So I have open sources my app and also published it to Microsoft Store for free.

I hope it will help many of you if you are still looking for something like this or ended up coming up with your own custom solution.

Media Organizer GitHub repo

Give it a try, I hope you will like it. I still use it for sorting my media on a weekly basis.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/spaglemon_bolegnese on 2025-05-02 12:17:10.

Original Title: Should I jump on this? I haven't got much of a hoard at the moment but I have been interested in gathering things like dataleaks as well as technical information for electronics repair and servicing. Would total to about $560 aud or $360 USD, the drives have a one year warranty.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SnooBunnies9252 on 2025-05-01 22:40:56.

I want to make another home server. I had a Beelink Mini S12 Pro Intel N100, on which I tinkered with Proxmox and Unraid. I ended up choosing Unraid starter because it was the easiest to transfer files over smb, and I could use the whole SSD as storage. Now I want to expand, I got two 12 TB WD Elements and I'm planning to build a real NAS this time, so I came here to ask for advice to be sure I won't end up with a paper weight again.

I have an old PC case with 7 bays 3.5" HDD slots and a 2TB nvme SSD which contains all my current data.

I want to buy the following:

• Topton N18 Intel N150 6*SATA and 10G LAN

• CX Series™ CX550 – 550 Watt 80 PLUS Bronze ATX Power Supply

• idk what RAM, I don't think I'll need more than 16Gb

I was happy with the Beelink N100, that's why I chose something similar. In Proxmox it ran every VM I threw at it, not very fast but it was stable. Never tried it on Unraid.

My question, is that a good motherboard? Are there better alternatives in the same price? Is the 550 Watt power supply enough for it and 6 drives? Also keeping in mind that I want it to be silent. The old PC has a 420w supply but I don't know if I should trust it being built 12 years ago.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HANEZ on 2025-05-03 03:42:05.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EdwinON on 2025-05-03 03:05:37.

As the title says I want to download all the videos, gifs and pictures I saved on bookmarks at once. I save them to dowload them later and use them as Wallpaper, Screensavers and Widgets but I am tired of going post by post and copy link, use Twitter video downloader app, download repeat cycle. I want a solution that downloads all of them in just some clicks. If someone knows a easy solution like a chrome add-on/extensions I would be glad to hear it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/No_Violinist_6736 on 2025-05-03 02:20:13.

I recently (okay, yesterday) loaded Ubuntu onto my late 2012 Mac Mini to repurpose as a home server, including file server (NAS), some lightweight media serving, and hopefully media backups as well. My biggest question is how to best use the Thunderbolt (mini DisplayPort) port on the system (Mac says it’s TB1, but Ubuntu seems to think it is TB2??)

What kind of options are still available for this outdated interface? Best option for reasonable Blu-ray drive?

An NVMe SSD would be sweet, but I haven’t seen anything with other than USB-C interfaces, with one very expensive option. Honestly, 6-10 TB of storage would work for a while, though I suspect I’ll eventually outgrow it.

Just beginning to research what’s out there, but have lurked in this sub long enough to know I’ll get better suggestions here than I will find on my own.

TIA

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BytePix_ on 2025-05-03 00:49:34.

I know how to download the files using

ia download 'Collection Identifier Here'

but I don't know how to save it to a separate drive.

I found that you can use --glob to save to a different folder in a directory, but I don't know how to use it and if it works for drives, let alone where it saves without --glob.

I haven't found a solution yet (yes, I've tried to find the solution myself). If there's already someone who posted a solution, please send the link or tell me the solution.

If it helps, I'm using python on Windows and followed the installation guide in Internet Archive's documentations. I've installed pipx. I don't want to download the files to my main drive (C:/). The collection is ~250GB (they're videos along with their thumbnails).

I've only installed it ~2 hours ago. Yes I'm new