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Transcend ssd220s 4TB reliabaility

I’ve found a 4TB Transcend ssd220s for a decent price and I’ve been wondering how reliable is it (or Transcend’s ssds in general), but I can’t find much about it....

ZFS migrate data TrueNAS

I just ordered 6 16TB drives to upgrade my 8 4TB drives....

I finally got the dreaded over storage warning from google today. What is everyone moving to these days? People were moving to dropbox advance but i heard its not really unlimited anymore. I have 30TB of data that can’t be reproduced (family videos and photos). Any recommendations? I prefer not to spend $100+ a month on...

Thoughts on ArchiveBox for archiving webpages? (github.com)

Has anyone used ArchiveBox for self hosted web archiving? If so, what are your thoughts on it compared to Internet Archive or other publicly available services?

DRM removal tool was taken down from github. If you can, please download it from gitlab before its taken down too

cross-posted from: merv.news/post/20621...

18TB new for $190 seems too good to be true (sh.itjust.works)

www.ebay.com/itm/115833201638?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mk…...

Western Digital is having a 2 day sale (www.westerndigital.com)

I just picked up some 16TB WD Red Pros for $219, and they’re normally $289. Had to share with my fellow hoarders.

Can datahoarders save contemporary cult films? (lemux.minnix.dev)

Help me with a rotating firesafe data backup

I have between 20-30 TB of data I want to keep a copy of in a firesafe. I do not want to use an online storage solution, I want to maintain my personal data at my home....

Help with SnapRaid/Mergerfs setup (lemmy.ml)

I’m doing something right, and I’m doing something wrong....

Data hoarding with the fediverse

Does anyone know if Lemmy has support for a “replicated instance”?...

How do you store your metadata?

By metadata, I’m talking about things like text descriptions of a photo/video and where they come from, or an explanation of what a certain binary blob contains, its format, how to use it, etc....

What is your offsite backup solution?

Right now, I have around 20TB of data in redundant ZFS mirrors, so I am somewhat protected against any single drive failing. Critical data is backed up at various cloud providers, but that’s only a few gigs of all my data....

Deep Elm Records - Free BandCamp Catalog Download Event - July 6 & 7 - 280+ Releases (lemmy.ml)

I shared major music releases and dumps on the Datahoarder subreddit in the past. Just got a notification that Deep Elm Records will have 280+ albums available for free for 48 hours on Bandcamp on July 6 and 7th. Total value will be around $1500 of music. FLAC, WAV, AIFF and your usual lossy formats like mp3 will be available....

Podcast: Anybody archiving these? Are there any good ways to?

Given how iHeartMedia, Spotify, and Apple are all more and more invested in the podcast ecosystem it seems they are purchasing content and putting it behind a paywall. I’d like to make sure the podcasts I care about are backed up....

Alternatives to tar for archiving Linux system?

Whenever I wipe my PC, I use tar to make an archive of the whole system. This works, but having to decompress the whole archive to pull files out is very annoying. Is there another archive format that:...

How do external drives behave in relation to internal NAS storage/management? (www.synology.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/679532...

Buying used drives from Amazon Warehouse

There’s a great deal on a drive from Amazon Warehouse, but I’m a bit concerned about the quality of the drive and the fact I can’t return it....

External Internal drive enclosure options?

Hi guys,...

For back up storage I only plan to plug in occasionally is a SSD or HDD portable drive better for long term unpowered storage without data loss?

SSD drives have been getting cheaper, so been looking into it.

Is there a way (or desire for that matter) to port the datahoarder subreddit history/comments/etc to lemmy?

It would be a shame to lose the wealth of knowledge with easy-ish search that subreddits like datahoarder provide if the subreddit is taken down or stays locked forever. Sure it is currently accessible, but will it stay that way?...

Was gifted some Primergy RX2530 M1 M2 and M4 - suitable for homelab in termy energy consumption

Lately I received a primergy rx2530 m1, m2 and m4 (all maxed out with ram and cpus) and wonder if and which of them can be driven as energy efficient as any random diy built. I saw plenty of energy saving options on the Bios (cpu and ram related) but do not know how comparable this is with a consumer setup and which ones are...