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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/CasualHearthstone on 2024-01-14 23:35:51+00:00.

I'm going to be traveling with my Seagate Expansion Desktop for about 30 minutes total in -15 degrees celsius, 10 minutes outside and 20 in a bus. Do I need to wrap it in a towel or something so its less cold?

I heard someone mention condensation, but idk if this is a concern. BIt

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/1000yroldenglishking on 2024-01-14 21:50:38+00:00.

Bought a 12TB Seagate enterprise drive off of GoHardDrive from Newegg. I think it has a 90-day warranty. Will be using this as a NVR drive. Should I be worried about the SMART result below? All the values seem to be the worst and past threshold unless I'm reading results wrong.

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST12000NM0127
Serial Number:    ZJV5FPW6
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0b6a9c198
Firmware Version: G006
User Capacity:    12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database 7.3/5319
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jan 14 13:41:29 2024 PST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity
                                        was completed without error.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever 
                                        been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:                (  567) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new
                                        command.
                                        Offline surface scan supported.
                                        Self-test supported.
                                        Conveyance Self-test supported.
                                        Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
                                        power-saving mode.
                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
                                        General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:        (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (1071) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:              (0x50bd) SCT Status supported.
                                        SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
                                        SCT Feature Control supported.
                                        SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   100   100   044    Pre-fail  Always       -       10564
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   099   099   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       1
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   068   060   045    Pre-fail  Always       -       6702072
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       20
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       1
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   066   059   040    Old_age   Always       -       34 (Min/Max 18/41)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   034   041   000    Old_age   Always       -       34 (0 14 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       10564
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0023   100   100   001    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       20 (83 78 0)
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       10564

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%        17         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/phobrain on 2024-01-14 20:22:27+00:00.

I don't like the extra space used by the exFat that came installed on a USB drive, e.g. 213K photo files are 178G on ext4 and 228G on exFat. I'm archiving ~1M jpgs sized 200K on average.

It looks like size, i/o and recoverability may be better with ext4. Assuming 2 copies and no interest in OSX/Windows compatibility (except for possible recovery tools), what filesystems would you use for the two copies? Including ntfs.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Theyarechickens_ on 2024-01-14 19:49:19+00:00.

Is this a great deal for cheap storage or too good to be true?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Huge_World_3125 on 2024-01-14 19:26:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/ProPainPapi on 2024-01-14 19:10:25+00:00.

So MUBI isn't as common as Netflix or HBO Max obviously, so it i hard for me to find something that can download content from the website. I looked at programs like StreamFab (sooooo expensive) but they didn't list MUBI as one of the supported streaming companies.

Normally I am against monthly subscriptions- but since there are only a handful of shows and a few movies I want from them, I can just buy a month subscription and download them all before the 30 days is up, if that is all that is available I am fine with that.

And if said software allows for subtitles that would be great too since most content would be in Spanish or German or Danish.

Thank you for your suggestions.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/LemonBasilGelato on 2024-01-14 18:38:43+00:00.

Looking to organize and consolidate about 9 TB of photos and video, and I guess it is time to get serious about a NAS. Have a patchwork of drives and several Macs holding it all. What would you recommend for someone who doesn't even know enough to be in this sub and won't be building my own system?

Needs to work for Mac and needs to be suitable for a NAS dummy. Thank you.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/bluegambit875 on 2024-01-14 17:38:58+00:00.

It seems a big shame to throw them away. But one of the benefits of scanning them was to reduce the amount of space these old albums take up.

Wondering what other people's experience has been with this type of situation.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Major303 on 2024-01-14 17:33:05+00:00.

I need HDD for backup, files will be copied on average every 3-5 days. Nothing professional, should I just go for WD Blue? Internal drives are cheaper, and apparently external drives might be problematic if you need to perform data recovery, so might as well go with internal since I have docking station.

Seagate is apparently horribly bad and dies very often, and Toshiba drives are loud (which I can confirm myself).

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Eternal2401 on 2024-01-14 16:55:29+00:00.

I have 2 USB hard drives with 2tb each. The WD one came with a copy of Acronis "For Western Digital". When I plug in the other one from Toshiba, it's not detected by this version of Acronis. I formatted the Toshiba drive to exFat, and have a backup of my Android on it so I don't want to clone or reformat or anything that would overwrite it.

What's going on here? Does Acronis for WD not support other hard drives, or is the format the problem? What can I do to get an image of my (windows) laptop on an exFat hard drive without wiping it? If it's impossible to integrate the Toshiba drive into my Acronis use in any way what are some free alternatives you'd recommend that support exfat?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/cdnrtrt on 2024-01-14 16:20:09+00:00.

I need help with scraping an old Flash 5 site about 9/11 and then having it converted so that it can be viewable, most likely in video form. I'm on a Mac, and not a coder/programmer.

Here's the link:

Author Douglas Coupland talks about the cultural implications of September 11th with author David Beers and architect Arthur Erickson. A Flash 5 presentation.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/sss861 on 2024-01-14 16:18:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/ruffpl on 2024-01-14 14:42:18+00:00.

I got my old usb hdd enclosure of Seagate 1000GB Free AgentDesk. I would like to use it as a place to archive files that take space on my home server. Is there some LBA limit (in hardware, etc) if I put f.ex 12TB hdd inside as GPT partition? I just want to be sure that files will not be lost if one day I will connect it and it will show me only 2TB or RAW partition instead of all my files. Mainboard inside is signed as "Cedar 3,5 usb rev1.4" and I can not get info about the limit.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/askinghawking on 2024-01-14 13:51:22+00:00.

Hey, I‘m about to move and I started to think about my backup system again. As the title says, it is amateur. All I read in here seems kind of overkill for my needs. Also, a big home based NAS type wouldn‘t be that convinient for me as I move a lot and travel 300+ days a year. Also- this is all private stuff. I care about my live photos and documents. I have one private MacBook, one private iPhone and a business phone that is only relevant for the private pictures I take with it.

How I do it:

Everything from the 2 phones go to the Mac as the original data. Then I have a SSD at home using Time Machine. Another SSD is in my dad‘s house, updating twice a year.

Cloud: For documents-OneDrive. For my photos I use the free Amazon photos app (free for prime users).

What do you guys think ?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Key_Sundae61 on 2024-01-14 09:03:26+00:00.

Should I buy dvd and rip them using VLC or torrent them instead? Torrenting is a virus gamble and ripping take up time. Also I’ve never ripped a dvd and want to know if picture quality is decreases when watching the digital copy?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/zztop5269 on 2024-01-13 23:24:10+00:00.

I am running badblocks on 2 18TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives on Windows through WSL2. For both drives, I started running badblocks on them at the same time, and there was virtually no difference between them in terms of percentage completed.

I am now halfway through the 2nd pass the the percentage difference is close to 20 (one is at 70% finished, the other is 50%). The percentage difference seems to be increasing over time.

So far, no errors have been found on either drive by badblocks, but is there reason to be concerned?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/zizo999 on 2024-01-14 12:35:49+00:00.

Is the WD Elements Desktop a reliable external hard drive to use as my main storage device?

I'm aware that it won't be as fast as an SSD, but I need a large amount of storage space for my work and an SSD would be too expensive.

I don't want to compromise too much on speed, so I'm wondering if the WD Elements Desktop would be a good option for me.

And what is the speed of it? Is it close to 5 GB?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/chowdahpacman on 2024-01-14 11:23:35+00:00.

So…ordered 2x 16tb drives imported from serverpartdeals to the UK. In my stupidity I have ordered SAS drives without realising.

I run Unraid and have a SAS HBA card with the 1-4 SATA cables. Reading up on SAS drives, even with a little plastic adaptor, they wont show up on a SATA controller but these would be running through an SAS HBA.

Can I have it work with PCIE port -> SAS HBA -> 1-4 SAS to SATA cable -> Amazon SATA to SAS adaptor -> SAS drive? Obviously while some other slots of the cable connect to SATA drives.

Feel like an idiot for ordering in haste but hoping I haven’t wasted a bunch of money.

Thanks in advance.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/c4pt1n54n0 on 2024-01-14 10:45:23+00:00.

What do you do when you want to make absolutely sure thousands of video files will play to completion without the immediate time available to watch them all?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/not-the-real-chopin on 2024-01-14 09:16:56+00:00.

My server is running out of storage and I need an external disk were to store files that I read maybe once a week.

I'd like to keep it off when I'm not using it but also being able to access to it without needs to go in the garage and turn the disk on again.

Should I look into some smart plug? or do you have another solution?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/nanjero on 2024-01-14 09:12:45+00:00.

I Personally only have 1x 4TB portable HDD that holds pretty much all my data (Files, Pics, PC/Phone backups) etc.

I am aware of the general 3-2-1 backup strategy. But I dont realistically have a 3rd off-site backup place where I can store my HDD. We dont have another family member in the country we are living in so we dont really have another reliable place to just leave a HDD in.

My financial situation is unfortunately not at a place where I could spend monthly on cloud subscription solutions indefinitely and admittedly I am ignorant of cloud solutions but im not very trustful of security on cloud storages. Any tips on this regard would be greatly appreciated. Is there a consensus on the best cloud service for security and reliability?

My 4TB portable HDD is nearing full. Would it be best for me to just get another 4TB HDD since I very rarely have to go back and retireve data from the drive so it doesnt need to always be online like a NAS/DAS from my understanding these are typically for people that have home media servers and they need to constantly be accessing their data?

Transfer speeds are not really much of a concern since when I do large backups I just leave the PC on overnight anyways

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/pantagathus on 2024-01-14 08:45:14+00:00.

I'm having trouble downloading (for example - there are other similar files that are quite big) from Web Archive. I've asked around and advice is to try using a download manager but that hasn't worked - it times out regardless. Is there a trick to getting big files from Web Archive? I know that downloads from archive.org/details/ can be resumed but it seems like stuff at web.archive.org/web/ can't be resumed?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/afganistan_9 on 2024-01-14 04:49:02+00:00.

I ordered my Diamond Multimedia VC500, it just came in the mail, and once I tried to use it I realized the software I need is not compatible with Mac, I also can't run Windows on my Mac I don't have an Intel processor. Is there a way I can still use this or should I just return it and start from scratch?

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/EntireNet8884 on 2024-01-14 03:07:47+00:00.

Apologies for such a general question, but a very old system I never backed up just died and I am finally building a modern one. The system included a hardware RAID0 array of 2 SATA disks. The system ran on an nVidia nForce board from eons ago. If I expect any success with just reconnecting the drives and enabling RAID in any way on a modern MSi mobo (Z490) I’m smoking dope right? I already assumed I’d need RAID Reconstructor ($100) but I wanted to be sure I had no other options.

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/ScaryfatkidGT on 2024-01-14 07:23:24+00:00.