The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/quasineutrality on 2025-03-12 19:56:19.

I've been using Replay Media Catcher and ctbrec, but as of today, both have stopped working. What are you using, and has it stopped recording as well?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/rudeer_poke on 2025-03-12 19:55:05.

https://preview.redd.it/myyll4lmcboe1.png?width=1418&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc3f92d6a5add05d8f3278cff83cf26d040136b2

Yo, is this amount of reported SMART errors considered normal, or should i be worried? The "short" serial numbers are HGST HUH721212AL5204 drives, the "long" numbers are Samsung SSDs.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Tiki_Gamer on 2025-03-12 19:41:20.

Hi,

summary:

I'm looking for advice on solutions for organizing my media and with regard to my use case below.

situation:

I am looking for solutions specifically to help me organise my video files (movies/tv) and away from locked ecosystems.

I have a single computer (Mac) and playback is also on this same machine or sometimes air play to another screen or tv.

Single user only.

File collection is still quite small, but growing.

requirements / nice to haves:

Be  able to add/view meta data for the files - ie film/tv details

search files for film or tv show

group films by series or even films and tv shows together

See a record of what I have watched (I currently use Trakt)

deal with multiple languages - Show the film title in English or native language, options for subtitles or audio in different languages

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hopeful-Driver-3945 on 2025-03-12 16:36:48.

I'm going to buy my first drives for my Terramaster D4-320. I will be buying manufacturer recertified from serverpartsdeals as they seem to have an excellent reputation.

Later this year I plan to install 3 Reolink camera's with an 8 Mbps bitrate. I've calculated that I need about 15TB of storage for video storage and my media needs (arr server setup with Jellyfin). I will have 20TB in ZFS Z2. A bit more than I need but properly sized enterprise drives are out of stock, or not a good spec on the website.

I chose the HC510 for helium-filled and reliability. They will be in a dry basement that's cool all year round and noise is irrelevant.

Now I don't plan on buying all 4 of them immediately as I don't have the camera's yet and losing my media is acceptable at this point in time. Will I be able to buy 3 more HC510's later on and if not will there be compatibility issues with other 10TB drives in ZFS?

I'm still new to the whole data storage and home server landscape and just going off what seems to be generally accepted as good hardware.

I've looked into new WD Red Pro's too but they're more expensive new for less. They're also out of stock recertified and I have no idea how often they're restocked seeing as how they're not enterprise drives.

EDIT: seems like HC510 is helium too, so might pick those. I replaced the HC520 in my post.

https://serverpartdeals.com/products/hgst-ultrastar-he10-0f27452-huh721010ale600-10tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-256mb-cache-3-5-ise-power-disable-pin-manufacturer-recertified-hdd

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Bosh672 on 2025-03-12 16:35:55.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Istanbul-Ili on 2025-03-12 16:22:39.

I apologize if this is wrong sub for this. Does anyone here have archive of Intel RealSense games, or know where to find it?

I am searching for Madagascar: Move It, a game I played in 2016 when bought a HP Pavilion Gaming 15 Laptop equipped with RealSense F200. Since I lost my recovery partition and the RealSense has been officialy discontinued, I could not find it even on the IA

Thank you in advance!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OnceUponCheeseDanish on 2025-03-12 16:21:52.

It's one of the WD Easystore externals and I have it sitting in the open, my house just heats up fast during the day and I'm struggling to find a way to get that 53c knocked down to 45-50c. This drive runs 24/7 and I didn't realize it was running this hot passively.

Any advice?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Over-Half-8801 on 2025-03-12 15:43:29.

Starting off by using this 120GB Drive to backup my photos and all old documents I have from old laptops and whatnot. Hopefully in a few years I'll get to a few TB levels but right now this is the only free drive I have so starting off slow on a very long journey!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GeekIsTheNewSexy on 2025-03-12 14:51:27.

Hey everyone! 🎉 Big update for the Reddit Saved Posts Fetcher project. It’s now a full Python package with several key improvements! Find my announcement post here!

🔥 What’s New?

✅ Python Package Support – Install with pip install -e . & import in scripts.

✅ Interactive CLI – Improved prompts, error handling, and automation-friendly execution.

✅ Cleaner JSON & HTML Output – More structured formatting for archives & integration with Linkwarden & Hoarder.

✅ Delta Fetching & Force Fetching – Retrieve only new posts or fetch everything.

✅ Better Headless Execution – generate_tokens.py makes it easier to authenticate on GUI systems & move tokens to headless servers.

✅ More Robust Authentication Handling – Clearer error messages & auto-refresh for expired tokens.

📌 GitHub: Reddit-Fetch

🚀 What’s Next?

🔹 Dockerized version for easier deployment.

🔹 Direct API integration with Linkwarden.

🔹 RSS Feed Generation for Hoarder.

🔹 More automation & retry enhancements.

Would love to hear your thoughts & feedback! Contributions welcome. 😃🔥

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/YeahChaz on 2025-03-12 14:05:45.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/daxliniere on 2025-03-12 13:33:19.

Hi everyone,

I need a couple HDDs and the Toshiba MG 14Tb suits me perfectly. Amazon lists this in the 'Toshiba store', but it's supplied by a company called "Top IT", not Toshiba. Top IT's feedback is pretty bad - has anyone dealt with them?

Thanks in advance,

Dax.

https://preview.redd.it/vwph2aupg9oe1.png?width=1396&format=png&auto=webp&s=154d0260bd1ec26f784017326ace22c4da88c5f4

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DHY61JP

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/bonnyfused on 2025-03-12 13:30:45.

Hi all.

I got myself a used Kodak Alaris i2420 and I'm wondering if anybody is using such a scanner with macOS (eventually with SANE backend)?

Or maybe with Windows 10/11?

TIA

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AhfackPoE on 2025-03-12 13:10:28.

Original Title: Finally done backing up and purging 500+ discs from the last 20yr+ It might not be as exciting, but sometimes clean up and maintenance is as important as expansion. Writeup/thoughts below from longtime lurker/first time poster

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BruhJr on 2025-03-12 12:36:32.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/delvisity on 2025-03-12 11:37:33.

Are there any NVME das on the market that support RAID? I do photography on the side and like the idea of having a DAS to store photos and videos on to occasionally look back on. My internet isn’t entirely to myself and with privacy in mind I don’t want to do a NAS currently unless I am able to use a NAS without it connected to a router. I want speed and quietness of nvme considering this would be connected to my computer in my bedroom and I want raid as a way to have a bit more peace of mind about longevity of data.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/sydjager on 2025-03-12 11:31:41.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking at replacing the data drive in a small desktop server used to host database software. It's a small medical practice with 3 client machines that operate mostly 9-5. The server stays online 24/7 to do backups and for the business owners to remote in after hours for administration duties. In total, the accumulated data is about 800GB, and that's after 15 years of the business operating.

Ideally I'm after a drive that's super reliable and has the ability to report possible health issues. Noise isn't a problem.

I've seen online that the Seagate Exos and WD IronWolf are good contenders. I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on these drives OR if there is something else they recommend. If I've missed anything that will help better the recommendation please let me know.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Normal_Hawk_3341 on 2025-03-12 08:23:32.

I got a TP Link Archer BE400 which has quite a quad-core processor, and USB port. I intend to build a cloud storage with it without using a NAS, about 10 TB. It supports USB Hub so I will put 3 HDD for duplication.

Which type of HDD should I buy, in case I want to use it as home/small business data backup/storage for long term?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Owls08 on 2025-03-12 06:56:42.

If there are two devices with exactly the same hardware parameters, but the difference is that one is a tower and the other is a rack. How would you choose?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/K7API on 2025-03-12 06:21:49.

I'm using BDXL discs as a long term archival strategy for personal media. The objective is for the archive to be readable after a few decades of being completely unattended.

However while I'm attending to the archive I'd like to periodically scan the discs for early signs of failure.

Optical media uses error correction codes to handle minor disc degradation. Correctable errors are completely masked from the user when reading files. I've found qpxtool utility that can query select drives for error correction stats. However only 3 LiteOn drives support this feature for Blu-Ray discs (https://github.com/speed47/qpxtool/blob/master/plugins/liteon/qscan//_plugin.h#L58-L60) and none of these drives can handle BDXL.

Are there any other options for checking error correction stats when reading BDXL discs or am I completely out of luck there?

I know that I should keep multiple copies and I do. I'd like to have a quantitative means of assessing the health of the archive over time. I was able to use qpxtool to scan organic substrate CD-R from 2001 (the oldest one that I have) and although it reads fine, there are some correctable errors. It would be interesting to track how their number changes over time.

EDIT: Found this https://github.com/artkar0/qpxtool fork which should work with WH16NS58 which should be able to handle BDXLs... Anyone had any luck with it?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Soliloquy789 on 2025-03-12 04:18:49.

I'm wondering about averages of data hoarders. Not the fastest you ever downloaded 1TB, but with your regular use patterns including deletions, if any, how long does it take you to have another TB locked into storage long-term, so to speak?

I feel I am doing about 1TB per month with no end in sight... Idk if it's sustainable.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MrKazador on 2025-03-12 01:02:06.

Windows 10

Supermicro AOC-S2308L-L8i connected to a Supermicro SAS2-846EL1 backplane.

I've had this setup for 2-3 years now with no issues but it got me wondering, am I getting the correct speeds from the HBA and expander? I have 17 drives connected so what software can I use to measure the max speed of the HBA/expander?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Thetanir on 2025-03-11 21:20:38.

Original source: https://www.cod3r.com/2024/08/backblocks/

Relevant part:

What about caches? The source for badblocks makes an effort to bypass the Linux disk cache but modern hard drives have a cache on the controller board. The typical options for a modern hard drive would result in the program writing 512kB, reading the freshly written data, moving to the next 512kB of the disk, and repeat until reaching the end of the drive. So, what will a modern hard drive do when it is told to write 512kB and immediately read that same 512kB when it has an on-board cache (256MB) of over 500 times that size? Wouldn’t it just read the data from the cache instead of the physical disk? Why has no one in all of the discussions of badblocks seemed to have noticed the read/write cycle involves far less data than can be stored in the disk’s on-board cache? Does this do anything real at all when it comes to testing the physical layer of the disk?

Is this true? and if so, is testing with badblocks on modern drives (even ones that are smaller than badblocks so called limit) essentially useless?

If not, why not?

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/NameEfficient4047 on 2025-03-11 20:38:48.

Maintenance engineer at my work wants to digitize his old technical manuals into OCR'd PDFs. He says he's looked for these manuals online but they don't exist, so that option is out. I have a ScanSnap document scanner that does great with this, but it can't take his technical manuals because some are oversized and some are bound. I can't do much about the oversized aspect but I told him if he wants to cut the binding off, I can run the pages through the ScanSnap for him.

He didn't like this idea so I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion for hardware to handle this. I've worked with nice book scanners like Zeutschels in the past, which can take all sizes and of course facilitate fast page-turning, etc. -- but don't have access to one here (nor the budget). Anyone have a recommendation for something maybe $500 or less that could handle this type of scanning? Thanks for any help

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/honeydew-gecko on 2025-03-11 20:01:41.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ArtinP on 2025-03-11 18:46:31.

Hello everyone. I am digitalizing and archiving many photos, videos and documents on external HDDs. I currently have one Seagate 14TB and a WD 16TB drive and I am saving everything on both in case one fails one day. 

The 14TB will soon be full and I was looking into a 20+TB drive. Now I learned that they all use Helium nowadays (most likely also the ones I already use) and I fear that one day they simply will be empty and won't work anymore. I used to buy new hard drives on a regular basis because I ran out of space but with the available sizes becoming bigger and bigger, I use drives longer and longer. 

So I hope you can help me with the following questions: 

How long do Helium drives live? 

Is the live time dependent on the drive running or is it also running out when I simply use it as storage? 

Which HHD is the best for long time storage or should use a different technology? 

Thank you in advance.