The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/zandadoum on 2025-07-02 06:48:34.
Story time
It started as a simple backup NAS. A simple 2 bay Synology. This was in 2019 or so.
Soon a 5 bay extension unit was added, so I could rip my dvd and make a media server.
The NAS cpu wasn’t good enough as my library grew. So a minipc was added.
By this time I also started to datahoard stuff. Some of it didn’t need much space, like backing up all of gamefaqs or that one subtitle site that closed. Other did occupy a lot, like photo archives, old Linux ISOs, etc.
The minipc wasn’t enough anymore either if I wanted to host a few more docker stuff. So 2 more were added for a proxmox cluster.
And now I notice how every year I consume 7-10TB, requiring to spend 400€ on yet another HDD. Which I can barely afford, I live in Spain and I am not swimming in money right now.
Talking about Spain: it get effing hot here. Dusty too. Right now it’s 30ºC outdoor. 28º inside with a/c off. 32º in my office. A freaking oven.
The cpus are at 60º, the HDD at around 45-48º, the electric bill is through the roof (because other appliances as well to be fair) and don’t even get me started of running a/c almost 24/7 in the summer
Now I need to upgrade HDD again. If only serverpartsdeals had a warehouse in the EU. shipping and import tax almost doubles costs. I find a decent Toshiba somewhere like 60€ cheaper than an EXO but then I read bad opinions about Toshiba.
It is at this time that I feel “too old (and poor) for this shit” and my wife comes in and sees me pulling my hair out while comparing prices and reading reviews while sweating like a pig at 27°C (a/c was on)
“What’s wrong?”
And after I explain
“Why don’t you just delete some stuff?”
Yeah. Why don’t I?