Am I normal? I think something is wrong with me.. — How much p*** do you guys hord?2mo ⋅ sel3ction ⋅ r/DataHoarder
My hoarding setup (150 TB+ of pro wrestling, music, isos, etc, etc, etc)2yr ⋅ Sikazhel ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Screwed up while shucking, does anyone know of an easy way to fix. I really don’t want to loose a 14tb drive.2yr ⋅ xd-Drewski13 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Hit the Jackpot at an Estate Sale! Scored this 18TB WD Ultrastar for $50 and 2x 5TB Portable Drives for $20ea. Warranty confirmed still good for another 3 years! Crystaldisk info 13k hrs w/ good health. w00t!6mo ⋅ Valor_X ⋅ r/DataHoarder
WD ended up denying my reverse shucked 10TB hard drive. Put it back together almost perfectly. Showed problem was corrupted hard drive in disk management, but functional. Sucks...3yr ⋅ deepinterwebz ⋅ r/DataHoarder
WD to stop supporting all Cloud Products, Sunset date of 4/23/22. What they offer in return? 20% off next purchase. Wow......2yr ⋅ Unixhackerdotnet ⋅ r/DataHoarder
And so it begins... My first homemade server/NAS. 2x6Tb in RAID1 and an old drive that's there just to see how long he will survive (rn he has 68k+ hours).3yr ⋅ Spartoz ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Found a neat 5x3.5inch drive cage for 3x5.25 drive bays. 14 drives in my Dell T420 now!3yr ⋅ WesBur13 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Used Samsung SSDs, great for fast hoarding. Not the biggest but certainly cheap with a long life.1yr ⋅ SFX200 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
iDrive Photos Unlimited ($9.99/year) is unbelievably slow, despite their bold claims of being the World's fastest photo storage and backup and Backup faster than Google Photos. I think I've uploaded just around 11GB in the past 24 hours. If it's too good to be true, it really is.2yr ⋅ TheSynchronizer ⋅ r/DataHoarder
How was my computer able to rip this music CD even with this hole on the reflective layer?6mo ⋅ otokuma ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I pulled 10k hot DataHoarder posts and these are the Top 15 contributors :)2yr ⋅ i_am_extra_syrup ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Thanks to the post 'who needs pooled drives?'. Didn't realise how inefficient my system was and was unaware of Drivepool and its benefits.2mo ⋅ pennanbeach ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Of course this had to happen while I'm stuck at home in social isolation. Press F to pay respects to this soldier that entered service in November 20094yr ⋅ KKunst ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Visual look at all the files in my 16TB Google Drive (Details in the comments)4yr ⋅ CookingCarbonara ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Yes, you apparently CAN register the 16TB Exos inside Seagate's 16TB external drives for a 3 year warranty. Wow.4yr ⋅ AshleyUncia ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Made the score! 8 on the rack, got 4 and left the rest for the next guy!3yr ⋅ NetGyver ⋅ r/DataHoarder
49k power-on hours over the past 11 years and it's still chugging along5yr ⋅ AussieITE ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Is Email the best repository to archive personal memories for 18 years?4yr ⋅ stopandwatch ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Pulled this from a Synology NAS. Over 8 years old...how much more life could be reasonably expected? Haven’t even powered it on to check overall health yet, just going by the disk & date. Non-critical files, just trying to gauge how much I trust this disk at this age.1yr ⋅ andytagonist ⋅ r/DataHoarder
B&H photo showing 3 more month delay on 14TB Seagate External. I ordered 2 in April for $199.99 each.3yr ⋅ Fish_Fellatio ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Rugrats reboot removed from streaming platforms and everything removed from Nick website2wk ⋅ MJtheMC ⋅ r/DataHoarder
My complete scan of GamesTM Magazine UK Issue 1 - December 2002 - Google Drive Link In Comments2yr ⋅ tominator_44 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Replaced my 8x 8TB Seagate Iron Wolf Z2 pool in TrueNAS which was running pretty much 24/7 since 2017 with 8x 18TB drives. I think they're ready for their second life as cold backup. They've worked long enough and only one of them kicked the bucket.1yr ⋅ Casual_Tea_94 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Thank you, you beautiful people. Thanks to this sub, I discovered shucking, taping pins and best buy sales. Now at 24TB raw!4yr ⋅ arthurloin ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I found a Magnavox VCR at a thrift store to digitize my old VHS tapes dating from 1987-19931yr ⋅ Eskel5 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Czkawka making my CPU earn its living by finding similar images in a folder with thousands of duplicates. Love this tool, it's a must for everyone in this sub. Thank you, /u/krutkrutrar!5mo ⋅ eriksrx ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Backup server. The data is safe, but the mainboard feels lost ...2yr ⋅ StaatsbuergerX ⋅ r/DataHoarder
An extraordinarily generous Redditor made my month via this sub (details in comments)5yr ⋅ workcalassic ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Want to insert a non WD drive into your empty WD Mybook case? You can! Today i removed the U2 chip on the SATA board. After removing, the Seagate inside the Mybook worked. Not sure if anyone knew this but i thought i'd share my finding.4yr ⋅ samstorm10 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I'm looking to pull the trigger on getting a NAS for the first time ever. How's this setup look? I want to use RAID 5 so I'll get 54TB of usable space. Looking to do local media streaming and photo back up with this.1yr ⋅ IllicitHypocrisy ⋅ r/DataHoarder
filesystems' overhead comparison on 500GB [465.76 GiB] disk based on GParted/Linux filesystem tools.2yr ⋅ paprok ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Anyone played around with Sony's archival grade BD-R XL discs (128GB/disc)?4mo ⋅ danielrosehill ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I found an old external hard drive of mine - how can I access the data?2yr ⋅ climateimpact827 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Finally I’m prepared to become a true data hoarder! Just added extra cages to fit 19 x 3.5 HDDs in my Corsair Obsidian 750D2yr ⋅ rafaelrlevy ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Odd Glitch showing what I think is the total usage for the entire tenant of my .edu account1yr ⋅ Fish_Fellatio ⋅ r/DataHoarder
To the guy with his 226TB SSD, I present to you my 200TB and growing, 15€ SSD from Aliexpress4yr ⋅ Spartoz ⋅ r/DataHoarder
My relatively new data center: 2x 8TB disks in RAID 1 + 4TB Time Machine backup4yr ⋅ FlyingPhotog ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Seagate is really knocking it out the park with these new portables.3yr ⋅ Binary_Omlet ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Not sure who needs this, but here's a photo of my disassembled WD Passport 4tb drive.2yr ⋅ watchy2 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I went to my parents to get DVDs, blu rays and CDs today. Going to rip all of it over time.2yr ⋅ Eskel5 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
It ain’t much but it’s my first big boy storage drive. Question: I always run a full error scan on new HDD’s with HD Tune, is this necessary to ensure a full working drive or is it overkill? Should I just check SMART attributes?1yr ⋅ Valor_X ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Did a little upgrade and added some drives. At 220TB now. I Need to figure out where I'm putting more drives next.11mo ⋅ Neathh ⋅ r/DataHoarder
After seeing the Newegg packing fail. I want to share my excellent experience with WD. This is how they shipped 2 drives.2yr ⋅ bitcom ⋅ r/DataHoarder
How do you erase old hard drives ? You know, before recycling them ? (Gif for attention)3yr ⋅ Popal24 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
How does a HDD come packed nowadays? I mean is it like this?1mo ⋅ Level_Pollution6383 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
14 years powered on and still trucking. Anyone actively storing the only copy of their children's photos on something older?2yr ⋅ ryantriangles ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Hoping the problem with this HDD is broken USB connector. Can I replace this whole part or find some other connector for this pin setup?2yr ⋅ noobish_hat ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Transferring DVD's to my Plex server with MakeMKV for the first time. What's with the lines? Is there a way to get rid of them?6mo ⋅ crossfitdood ⋅ r/DataHoarder
I'd say ~25 Terabytes in two NAS machines for $250 is a decent deal 👍5yr ⋅ nickdrones ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Does anyone know where to buy 3.5 hard drive shipping boxes like this?4yr ⋅ pocketpickles ⋅ r/DataHoarder
we still using VirtualDub to try and salvage bad DVD transfers ? how to deal with this hot mess of vertical ghosting from the Avatar DVD. This is from the VOB.1yr ⋅ ImaginaryCheetah ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Any on PHX need/want this awesome piece of history? I'm moving and can't justify packing it again2yr ⋅ MyOtherSide1984 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
First post here of, why I hoard. MS taught me 20 years ago, that corporations deprive netizens of 'stuff'. 20 years ago, that stuff was vital that had real cost to it. Never again.4yr ⋅ a9JDvXLWHumjaC ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Caught another department throwing these 9 month old servers away! Finally, something to build a decent ElasticSearch cluster from!5yr ⋅ iDemonix ⋅ r/DataHoarder
My home server build. Can't wait for Intel Arc support to transcode my library.1yr ⋅ rkdghdfo ⋅ r/DataHoarder
What's the average lifetime of a HDD? Mine has been used for almost 70K hours. Is this normal?2yr ⋅ MrWobot ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Didn’t really know which group to post this. Why is this so cheap. Is there a catch?1yr ⋅ AngelOfGod3 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Thank you Backblaze!! Scored two storage pods from yesterdays free giveaway. I now have the capacity for 159 HDDs. :-]5yr ⋅ 98MarkVIII ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Are Inland Premium SSDs from Micro Center reliable to use on a daily basis?1yr ⋅ ICYDOCK_Chris ⋅ r/DataHoarder
This little guy has been at the bottom of a canal for 5 days, and now a fire. Still works.3yr ⋅ stormcomponents ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Working with these bad boys today, capturing some lossless .avi and waching free space dropping fast AF.4yr ⋅ lordmortimans ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Help! My wife is secretly one of you. I need to learn how to build a NAS for her.5yr ⋅ meractus ⋅ r/DataHoarder
File transfer hangs for a minute or two after all files are done. Tried stopping indexing service, still hangs. Anyone know how to fix this?1yr ⋅ cujo67 ⋅ r/DataHoarder
My own NAS server to hoard media and other things, nicknamed Freeman4yr ⋅ SealedLiesXD ⋅ r/DataHoarder
Starting to bring back online my 10TB JBOD on my new Yottamaster. Thanks to everyone’s assistance here in helping me choose this case!!1yr ⋅ IgnominousComputer ⋅ r/DataHoarder
