It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PinkSpanker on 2025-04-01 13:04:41.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/atotal1 on 2025-04-01 07:40:06.

I did a search and didn't find any info on TRIM support. I just found out that my Orico harddrive/ssd docking station doesn't support TRIM, only UASP. Not based in the US so its difficult to get some brands/models which I know support TRIM.

Does anyone know if other Orico docking station models support TRIM like the aluminium model ones?

The description says that TRIM is supported but I'd like to know if people have used it before and can confirm that TRIM works.

https://oricotechs.com/products/orico-alluminum-typp-c-sata-hdd-ssd-docking-staion

Ugreen has an upright docking station which doesn't say it support TRIM in the description, so has anyone used it and is TRIM supported? Thanks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Wide_Dragonfruit1058 on 2025-04-01 03:37:13.

Hi everyone! I’m coming from this r/fednews thread, discussing ways to digitally preserve as much of the Smithsonian’s collection as we can before it gets wrecked by the current administration.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/KBzQOYOZCM

I’m trying to learn how to scrape the 5,166,433 images available on their Open Access site, please. And, ideally, to scrape each page’s info about each image, so we don’t lose the context and detail. I’m tech savvy but have never attempted downloading and storing at this scale before, so any helpful advice is welcome.

At 5.2 million images, I’m roughly, optimistically guessing 1MB per image, so we’re looking at 5-6TB of storage space just to start. I’m willing to buy the external storage space, and please correct my math and point me towards reliable storage options, if you’re willing.

What else should I think of or watch out for, please? Getting banned from my internet service? Anything unintentionally illegal about this idea? Other problems on the technical side?

I appreciate your help, thanks for your time!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/oldmatebob123 on 2025-04-01 09:10:37.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReddSaiyan on 2025-04-01 07:34:19.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RsdAnon on 2025-04-01 06:38:08.

I bought from Amazon DE in 2023 for 335€ = 362$, Can't find anywhere close to that price again.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ta954657700 on 2025-04-01 06:13:27.

Hello guys! Im using a dell tl1000 tape library right now, and i need to replace a couple faulty drive. Am i thinking it right, that i can use any manufacturer's cartridge as long as it the same lto cartridge?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/New_Whereas5252 on 2025-04-01 04:32:19.

Hi!

I own a PRO B760M-P DDR4 motherboard and I'm looking to acquire an HBA LSI card that will be compatible with it.

It will be used with Unraid and mostly Seagate Drives.

Anyone knows a confirmed compatible card?

Thank you for the help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DavidJH316 on 2025-04-01 03:37:10.

I’m setting up my first nas, mostly to use as a plex and home assistant server. I’m using ssds in the nas instead of hdds (2.5 inch drives) i’m wondering if it’s worth it to have a cache drive. my nas only has 1 m.2 slot so it would have to be a read only cache drive. would it be worth it? or should i just use that slot for more storage

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Realistic-Motorcycle on 2025-04-01 03:13:39.

No I want to par take in data hoarding. Where should I start.?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/vk3r on 2025-03-31 15:52:37.

Any NVMe SSDs recommended for a homelab?

I'm looking for an NVMe SSD to replace the ones I currently have. I'd also like to know if it's recommended to buy used

I look forward to your comments...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sperko818 on 2025-04-01 02:32:41.

I want to create at least three different backup routines. One is my Windows backup (not disc image, just the partitions required to backup and restore Windows), another is for documents, and lastly one for video and pictures. All with the monthly full, weekly differential, and daily incremental. For ease of scheduling, I want each of these to have the same start time by waking the computer, to run one after another and then shut down. I did read that if a backup has two type of backups scheduled (i,e., full and differential) at the same time, only one will run but that is for the same backup plan. What happens if I do this with three plans? I can see scheduling the monthly fulls differently, but I also have daily incremental (honestly I probably don't need it so often but a flat schedule just seems easier). And I want the computer to shut down after they are all complete. If they will run consecutively, then I think I can only have the run that runs last with the shut down option, or it'll shut down after the first backup run, yes? I don't want my backup running while I am actively using my computer, very late night is best. And I normally ever use sleep on my PC, and power saving-wise and just overall how I am, after the backups are done I want the computer completely shut down (when I'm done with my PC, I'll use sleep for the backups to work later that evening.)

Edit: Maybe just forgo the Windows backup and just do folders? I hate thinking.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LightDarkCloud on 2025-04-01 00:09:14.

509.99

Thanks Hoarders

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Artistic-Arrival-873 on 2025-03-31 23:59:04.

What's a good alternative to Arq backup for backups to s3 deep glacier archive? I'm looking at switching since the developer keeps making dumb decisions like removing the option to select the retrieval tier and using standard rather than allowing me to select bulk like I could in older version.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AnEvilFetus on 2025-03-31 23:43:42.

I recently acquired a large amount of hard drives from my mom. Multiples upon multiples of copied folders. I CANT go through them all. I have the settings set to strict.

My question is, once it's done, I pres auto select. If I press delete, does it leave one of the photos somewhere, or is it removing ALL of the photos? I havent begun to straighten up the mess of this hard drive, but I'm starting here.

She got it so that she could backup all of her computers and devices to it. It's 14tb of STUFF.

She says there are some old pics on there from when we were younger, I've looked and everything is a mess. Subfolders on top of subfolders. Buried photos inside of receipt scans. I can't go through it all. I just don't want to press delete and lose EVERYTHING. I'm willing to sacrifice a few due to some errors, but wanted to check here to see if it "should" only be deleting duplicates if I press that button 🤦🏼‍♀️

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/highspeednodrag on 2025-03-31 23:36:16.

Just received new enclosure. My SATA drives went easily into a Sabrent single drive enclosure. But they resist going into the five. I hate to push too hard. Ideas?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dvdrevr on 2025-03-31 21:52:46.

Hi everyone! I’m trying to understand which is the best way to copy, store and make something that will last for years without the worry to lost everything, HDD or SSD (both external devices)?

I was oriented on the SSD because nothing physically move inside so it is more “secure” but then I’ve started reading of people that had their SSD suddenly stop working after just some months. I’ve also read that if you don’t power the SSD for a long time you’ll lose files because cells discharge overtime.

So I thought, maybe HDD is a better option, in the end I don’t need the speed of an SSD because I don’t have to run games or softwares, when I need to backup something I’ll just wait it to finish if it’s slow, and I’ll just store the HDD at home being careful to not drop it and if for some reason I don’t use it for a long period of time in theory files should be still there.

… I don’t know. Need your help

Anyway right now I’ve a backup of all my photos/videos on the NVMe SSD inside my laptop, and only the photos/video that I really care/important to me are also inside my iPhone and on the iCloud, so I’ve like 3 copies of the photos/videos I really want to don’t loose but I’d like to find something (external HDD/SSD) that can replace the backup that I’ve on my laptop and is more reliable/secure.

Thank you everyone in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/UsernameTakenIThink on 2025-03-31 21:52:32.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FarAssociation6949 on 2025-03-31 21:40:41.

I'm looking for a source where TV recordings of shows like Big Bang Theory are with original commericals so I can rip them onto a dvd and watch like old cable. I tried briefly looking on internet archive but can't find anything of the sort, any help appreciated. Thanks :)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bobodanu on 2025-03-31 21:15:39.

I haven't shucked them yet, but according DriveDX, both use the same drive model: ST16000DM001-3Y4103 Firmware: EN03. According to seagate, it's this one. https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/products/hard-drives/barracuda-hard-drive/?sku=ST16000DM001

Bought from amazon.de. Well, at least it's a CMR drive :(

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/UnkownPersonel on 2025-03-31 20:28:53.

I bought 2x OWC Thunderbay 8 a while ago but OWC's SoftRAID XT is now subscription based which is awful.

Currently using ChronoSync to make backups for 4x HDD manually which is quite effective but I want RAID 5 or 6 DAS. I do NOT use NAS and never needed it. I just need DAS to connect directly to my computer.

But so far, I only can see Synology NAS products with RAID 5,6 but I wonder if you know any DAS with RAID 5 or 6?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DavidJH316 on 2025-03-31 19:35:57.

Hi everyone. I’m setting up a UGREEN DXP2800 in a few days (first NAS) and i have a question. I want to put in a couple of drives into the nas, but instead of buying a whole new hdd, I just happen to have a m.2 ssds lying around for a past PC build. I know that the DXP2800 has 2 m.2 slots, but hypothetically if i were to have those already filled by m.2s for chaching, would it be possible to get one of those m.2 to sata adapters and use the ssds as a storage device?

Basically i’m asking if i can use one of those m.2 to sata adapters instead of a 2.5 or 3.5 inch drive

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/humandifficulties on 2025-03-31 19:18:18.

Not sure if this is okay to ask here, but I’m looking for some guidance. I am not at all tech savvy, or versed in tech.

In November of last year I very unexpectedly lost my dog, and best friend, Captain. A few months before that the folks at the us-cellular store accidentally wiped my phone. I had so many photos and videos rendered unrecoverable - just lost to the ether. I would love help finding a way to get all the photos I have of him off the social media account I used to use, I don’t have many photos of him and would like to be able to have more regardless of what happens with instagram in the future.

I have seen both instaloader and jdownloader recommended for that. The problem is I can figure out how to download instaloader or how to access jdownloder (I meant it - not tech savvy). If there is a how-to guide any of you could share, or even a YouTube video you’d recommend on this that would be greatly appreciated. I seem to just keep getting mixed or out of date info.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/anus-georg on 2025-03-31 18:53:20.

My partner and I have a ton of stuff to go through. We realize that a bunch of the stuff will probably wind up getting deleted and that we probably have a bunch of duplicates, but we don't have the time or patience to go through it right now as we're trying to condense our physical belongings. We'd also like to maintain something with enough storage capacity for the foreseeable future.

Right now, I have:

• 10TB HDD - full (mostly sorted from prior condensing)

• 2TB SSD (x2) - both full)

• 500GB HDD (full)

• 8TB HDD (mostly full)

• 4TB HDD (mostly full but had been working on emptying)

• 4TB external SSD (full)

• 4TB external SSD (mostly full but used largely for travel, so it's often emptied and sorted into one of the bigger drives)

My partner has:

• 2TB SSD (full)

• 4TB external SSD (full from dumping files from other old computers onto)

• ...2 old laptops with maybe 1TB combined that still needs to be dumped

We'd prefer an external solution that can just be plugged in to either of our computers (PC or Mac) and accessed readily when we want, however, we'll eventually want to turn this into our own little cloud storage server.

It doesn't have to be lightning fast, but reasonable, reasonably-priced, and hardware that can feasibly last a good, long while. Hopefully under $300?

Any recommendations?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ContributionKey946 on 2025-03-31 15:56:08.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1809439-REG/seagate_st24000nt002_ironwolf_pro_22tb_3_5.html

If anyone looking for a good deal to buy more HDDs.

is ironwolf good for NAS? So far my all my disk are seagate exos