Seagate Expansion external HDD power supply making a very faint alarm sound
I’ve got a fairly new 14tb Seagate Expansion. It works fine, and I’ve been using it for a month and a bit....
Whatever happened to DNA-based storage research?
It seems like 6 or 7 years ago there was research into new forms of storage, using crystals or DNA that promised ultra high density storage. I know the read/write speed was not very fast, but I thought by now there would be more progress in the area. Apparently in 2021 there was a team that got a 16GB file stored in DNA. In the...
Help me acquire discontinued sound effect libraries please
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Rayman for PS1, Toys VS Nightmares for PC flash, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, and Crisis Beat all utilize some sound effect files from The Cartoon Trax 1. And right now, I’m trying to locate the source of Crisis Beat’s “anime-style” sound effects (the kind we heard in Alvin...
How to datahoard Lemmy
Sorry for not doing much research beforehand and asking a newbee question. I am looking for some entrypoint info to the question:...
What's an elegant way of automatically backing up the contents of a large drive to multiple smaller drives that add up to the capacity of the large drive? (on Linux)
So I have a nearly full 4 TB hard drive in my server that I want to make an offline backup of. However, the only spare hard drives I have are a few 500 GB and 1 TB ones, so the entire contents will not fit all at once, but I do have enough total space for it. I also only have one USB hard drive dock so I can only plug in one...
How do I archive a podcast I've already downloaded in Playapod (iOS) that has since gone offline?
Hello c/datahoarder! I need your help. Not sure whether this has been asked before—I’ve tried searching the web, but the only advice I can find is how to download episodes for podcasts whose feeds are still active....
What to do with extra HDDs
Hey guys, I’m setting up my NAS (openmediavault) and very much enjoying it! It now runs my Nextcloud and a couple of services. I got a mirror ZFS setup of two 8TB drives....
Forget spaceships, I just want my music (www.youtube.com)
What guides, wikis, or megathreads are available for those new to archiving and storing data?
I’ve recently aquired the hardware to build a home server/NAS. I’d love to know some community-guided advice on tools I should consider, and what best practices are?...
The road has been paved (lemmy.world)
A dozen or two TB of storage for media on the cheap?
Well I’m just about fed up with streaming bullshit. I currently have a home server that’s just a raspberry pi4 with a bunch of docker containers and it served my light usage well....
Mechanical or SSD for offsite storage that’s updated at least yearly?
I have about 100gb and growing that is critical for my business. File size growth is slow, so it will be years and years before it even gets to 200gb....
Bought a couple of Exos 7E10 8TB drives, warranty status says "initially sold as part of a larger system, contact seller". It means I can't take advantage of their five years warranty, doesn't it?
I admit they were way too cheap for what they are (like 15% cheaper than same-size Ironwolf), so I gambled it haha there were no indications that these drives were OEM or similar....
Remember Seagate’s Dual Actuator HDDs? They’re Back, in SATA Form (www.youtube.com)
What do you think of dual actuator hard drives? I never knew these even existed…...
Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/4478496...
Large external HDD noise levels (kbin.social)
Apologies if this isn't the right community to ask in, I figured folks who use them would know, but if there is a better place to ask, please let me know!...
Any downloader that lets you download subscribe only Twitch VODS without subscribing?
it would be great if the downloader isnt command line based and can list all the VODs of the channel at once after typing in the channel username/ link (but not too necessary). TYSM
That many people need old Ubuntu installations? (lemmy.ml)
I’ve been seeding many Foss things for years but for some reason, people keep downloading Ubuntu versions that are more than 3 years old....
15.36TB SSD SAMSUNG PM1633A SAS How do I connect it?
I bought a 15.36TB SSD SAMSUNG PM1633A SAS MZ-ILS15TA DELL EMC MZ1LS15THMLS-000D4...
Need some advice to increase my storage capacity
I have an old computer that I use for storing and streaming my media. It has an attached external drive. I would like to increase my storage and build something that could be extensible to at least 100TB. I am not worried about backup....
Any way to bulk download full images from a website and not their thumbnails? (kbin.social)
I'm trying to archive all the images from a website, this one specifically: https://stevegallacci.com/archive/edf...
NAS build, what's wrong with it?
I want to setup a NAS (mainly for storing games and videos), that I’d also like to use to watch said videos on a WiFi TV and to install games on a separate PC connected via ethernet. This is the part list I came up with (plus whatever GPU I can get for as cheap as possible, I can probably get a GT 730 GTX750 for free). I also...
What are my legal rights if my data is stored against my will?
I figured this is the right community to ask, since I assume you must know the legal stuff surrounding your passion. I am a EU citizen, if that matters....
CERN's storage swells beyond the exabyte barrier for LHC (www.theregister.com)
Mixed device household - Needing help with storing photos and backups
Good afternoon all, I have half-assed my backups for 15 years, and it is not sustainable, and I need your help! I have the following setup: 1x Raspberry Pi 4 with a WD USB3 MyBook 4TB as a NAS target using OpenMediaVault. This works well enough, but is not in my mind a long term viable solution. 1x Apple Airport TimeCapsule...