It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/gottago_gottago on 2025-02-16 19:54:20.

This article has previously been successfully saved to archive.ph, but it's been updated since the last snapshot, so I wanted to get a new one.

Sites will occasionally 403 archive.ph's crawler when they're busy, so I've waited a few days between attempts, but as of today it's still no-go.

I haven't encountered this with a site before. Trying to find a solution via search engine is, of course, futile. Do any of you know of a workaround?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rejs7 on 2025-02-15 22:43:11.

Original Title: In response to the US goverment's erasure of LGBTQI+ websites I am building a database of deleted, altered, and threatened pages. This is a link to a form to complete if you would like add to the database. No personal information required.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BrainFreezeMC on 2025-02-16 15:47:35.

While flash drives are technically not as reliable, they are CONSIDERABLY cheaper and when one fails, I would just replace it as I always have two. The same for hard drives. So basically, is it just as safe either way?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Evergreen16 on 2025-02-16 14:42:15.

Hi Data hoarder gang.

Since the cloud became a thing, I stoped doing physical backups (usually in HDDs and CD-Rs) for documents, family photos and videos and things like that.

The problem is that I have the files in multiple providers due to capacity or cost restrictions and, while losing data in the cloud is unlikely, I don't like much the idea of a 3rd party controlling access to my data.

So, if this was the 90's-00's, I'd just pack a bunch of CD-R/DVD-R and have a collection of them in some corner of the house but, what's a good choice nowadays?

I love the idea of having a NAS but I find it a bit overkill for what I need as I just want to cold store the data as a backup not for recurrent access (maybe it's a good idea?)

Are there any type of discs, HDD/SDD, tape (?) that last long and are easy to maintain that you recommend? Or any other like DAS or NAS.

Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ShawnStrike on 2025-02-16 14:40:43.

Hi, I'm running a home media server on Windows 11 and realised that I'm running out of storage on my first 8TB drive. I want to go ahead and purchase another one, but I'm not sure if I can merge the 2 drives together without formatting the first one.

Can it be done? And if so, how would I go about it?

Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/zizo999 on 2025-02-16 14:31:39.

Is there a way to download my liked songs from YouTube Music as offline MP3 files? I want to put them on a microSD card for my car.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PhonicSword on 2025-02-16 14:11:58.

I'm trying to repurpose an old computer as a NAS for storing pictures but I'm not sure about its limitations. I'm probably going to use TrueNAS with Immich.

I haven't powered it on yet so I'm not sure about the CPU, but here are the other specs I know:

RAM: 2x4GB DDR3

PSU: 300W

1 PCIe x16 port

2 PCIe x1 ports

1 M.2 E-key (WiFi card currently installed)

2 HDD ports (1 TB HDD in one port)

2 ODD ports

I've tried researching on my own but got a bit lost, so any tips or advice are appreciated. However, I do have several questions of my own:

RAM upgrade: I think the motherboard supports up to 16GB of RAM. Is it worth it to upgrade if I'm only storing pictures?

Boot drive: Since the system will be connected via Ethernet, should I remove the wifi cards and use a M.2 storage card for the boot drive? Or should I just boot from a USB flash drive?

Storage: Whats the best bang for buck HDD size/brand for longevity? I'd rather buy a large capacity once and then buy the same size later for redundancy than get new drives every couple of years

PCIe slots: I’m unsure if the onboard ethernet supports 100Mbps or 1Gbps. If it's only 100Mbps, should I add an ethernet card? Or should I add more storage? I think the PSU only has 4 SATA power ports, so is it worth it to add SSDs?

Remote desktop: This NAS will be an offsite backup at my parent's house. Does anyone have recommendations for good resources to set it up and remote in securely? Ideally I'd want to be able to wake on lan or something to turn it on in case it shuts down for some reason

Again, I'm a little lost so any help is greatly appreciated. Sorry for all the questions, and thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/throw_1627 on 2025-02-16 12:49:56.

https://www.selfstudys.com/cat/mah-cet-pyqs/online/exam/2024/mah-cet-2024-slot-1-solved-paper/advance-pdf-viewer

not able to download pdfs from this website using jdownloader or any method

anyone knows any tricks please share

thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Crionicstone on 2025-02-16 12:29:07.

Hey guys, I just picked up a "new" pc case. It's an Ultra m998 Mid-tower. I just noticed it has a port on the front for eSATA and it sounds like eSATA hard drives are relatively obsolete these days from what I've been reading. Half the plan for this build is archiving so should I get an eSATA external hard drive just to have? I don't mind if it's slower, I'm mostly thinking it might be more reliable than other external SSDs. I just lost years of games, documents, and programs when a new external SSD ended up being faulty. My own fault for loading it up with my important files but the whole purpose of it was to have a better backup drive.

If I shouldn't bother with an eSATA hard drive, what else can I do with this port? Thanks for any advice!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BladeBlur on 2025-02-16 12:28:46.

I am very new to the world of NAS. Up until recently I have gotten external drives to store video footage, from camera to games. A lot of the stuff I capture now is in 4k so obviously file sizes are going to be massive so I decided instead of buying so many 8tb-12tb external hard drives, I should just buy several big HDDs and put them together in an array.

However, the problem is I am not sure if I should get a DAS or NAS for that. What I care about most is storing the excess data and using it to edit video if necessary. Transfer speeds in that case are important.

I currently have both the Terramaster D5-300 and the Synology DS923+. I'd like to sell one and keep the other and the question is which?

On one hand, I hear a lot of people LOVE Synology and don't think too highly of Terramaster. And in the long run they are the superior choice.

On the other hand, I think NAS for me is overkill since I only use this for myself and not a small business. In addition because I want to plug it to the laptop I use directly I had to get a USB to 2.5gb adapter since Synology don't support direct USB connections. In addition it seems making the Synology work involves in getting a lot of additional components. Besides the adapter I had to get 32gb worth of RAM (which frankly I am not sure exactly what is the benefit). Not to mention I heard using SSDs for write and read cache is also beneficial. All of those expenses are a lot especially since I already had to spend a lot of money on the drives alone.

Making a RAID drive was quicker on the Terramaster and I didn't have to create a network folder like I did with Synology. But I don't want to have a situation I transfer all my stuff and then there is a random error and I must start from scratch. I guess another benefit I keep hearing with Synology is SHR being superior to RAID5 on Terramaster but I am not too familiar with all the raid types.

I'd appreciate any help and thank you for your time!

EDIT: I know the Synology Assistant warns you if one of the drives is about to fail, does Terramaster have something similar in case that happens?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/putridterror on 2025-02-16 09:48:45.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Virtual_Finger_6520 on 2025-02-16 07:47:06.

Anyone know a site where you can save videos on Erome? I can’t find any.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Bugged_Recovery on 2025-02-16 06:27:01.

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_torrent/ seems to be down, what is the total size of the library?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sketchy_Uncle on 2025-02-16 06:00:19.

I have a couple beater Dell laptops and M.2 drives from a few others. The laptops have M.2 slots for the main drive, and then a void for an SSD. I found the SATA cable that would enable that area, but rather than use a SSD for additional storage, I'd love to see if there is an SSD form factor tray or device that could hold 2 full sized M.2 drives and occupy that area.

For reference: laptop is a Dell 3551

Cable

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/luigisbiggreenpipe on 2025-02-16 04:17:20.

I’d personally like to start digitally archiving important educational texts for preservation and personal reference for the future, but I don’t really know where to start and what the important texts would be. I’m talking all aspects of science from elementary to graduate PhD level, including medical reference texts, all subjects of history and literature, the works.

Where can we get information on what these texts are and where can I start to get digital copies of them to archive and, in the future, if necessary, distribute.

For now, I want to just start with step one in figuring out what these texts would be, then figuring out where to get digital copies or how to digitize them myself.

It would be nice to have a collaborative effort on this, but if I could be pointed in the right direction to start on my own, I’d appreciate it.

If anyone is interested in collaborating, we could start a discord on this subject.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hunkamunkawoogywoo on 2025-02-16 04:13:06.

Obviously I'm trying to download every video from a channel. 1.4k videos, so one at a timing it isn't going to cut it

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CliffJump_BlackRocks on 2025-02-16 03:15:56.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AutomaticDriver5882 on 2025-02-16 01:42:10.

Is there any archiving service that stores transcripts of interviews speeches etc. A lot of things are said these days. A lot of people and politicians seem to have amnesia so I’d like to use it as a research platform.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NajdorfGrunfeld on 2025-02-15 07:47:27.

I was trying to download all the pdfs from this collection at once: https://archive.org/details/pub_mathematics-magazine?tab=collection

Couldn't find anything useful on the web other than a chrome extension that seems to have expired. I'd appreciate any help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/That-Interaction-45 on 2025-02-16 01:02:36.

Hey team, I picked up a 20 TB used drive from goharderive, but was surprised when I looked up badblocks to see it's Linux only.

Is just a full format via windows 10 built in tool enough? Would you recommend a different tool?

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/d2racing911 on 2025-02-16 00:22:15.

Hi everyone, I would like to know if that version is still safe to use on Windows 11 24H2 ?

I'm against subscription and I don't plan to pay for version X, since I have 2 PCS.

I'm not in a good financial situation right now but I still want to backup my stuff at least for cheap.

I'm also checking AOMEI Backupper, the free version.

Thanks for you inputs/comments.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/qqwertyy on 2025-02-15 22:04:41.

My music library is a bit of a mess; I have a tonne of music on a (512 GB) SD card in my MP3 player. Some is in the cloud (rclone, mountable, so can be explored by file explorer and other tools), some is there with a slightly different naming syntax, some isn't there at all.

Finding dupes is easy. But I'd like to find a fairly straightforward way to locate folders/files that are on my SD card that aren't in the cloud under any name.

Why not just upload everything and windows explorer/ teracopy etc will check if I want to overwrite existing folders? Because on the SD, a file may be be:

'RHCP/2016 - The Getaway/01 The Getaway.mp3',

and on the cloud:

'RHCP - The Getaway/01 - The Getaway.mp3'.

So I won't be prompted , I'll end up wasting bandwidth on uploading duplicate data (my collection is enormous), and then have to clean it all with Dupeguru anyway...

Anyone have a tool for this usage case? Cheers guys n gals

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KJSS3 on 2025-02-15 21:35:26.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-expansion-20tb-external-usb-3-0-desktop-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services-black/6609643.p?skuId=6609643#tabbed-customerreviews

Only 8.5 hours left. Is that a good deal? Or wait till black Friday or prime days or some other sale?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jonylentz on 2025-02-15 20:22:44.

So I was making an SSD backup using freefilesync and before I started to sync (copy) to the other drive I noticed that my 500gb SSD was showing in the file list as having 1.15TB of files. This is strange as I do not have compression enabled on this drive... I used another program called TeraCopy to copy files over and this one correctly copied ~500gb of files to the backup folder... to check if all files were copied I used Freefilesync again and clicked compare, strangely this time it is showing as ~830GB of files missing in the backup folder.... (I have double checked the paths and they are correct) What is wrong? It does not make sense that a 500gb drive has 1.15TB of data if this data is not compressed, should I trust that TeraCopy did in fact copied all files? Or should I go with the Freefilesync?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HalFWit on 2025-02-15 20:17:17.

I have 30+ years of images that I need to organize and store. Date, subject, etc... Is there a tool to simplify this?