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)
The road has been paved (lemmy.world)
Super micro sas826a backplane
Just wondering if anyone knows which SAS connectors on the SAS826A backplane control which ports?...
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?...
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...
Free 6TB from e-waste maybe? (i.imgur.com)
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...
Do SSD failures follow the bathtub curve? Ask Backblaze (www.theregister.com)
[Solved] How to backup an entire blog hosted on medium.com?
Using Archive.org doesn’t work on medium posts and ideally I want to archive every post. The blog I’m trying to archive is itsairborne.com in case the posts go down. Googling how to backup medium posts only gives me articles on how to do it if it were my blog. I found this extension called Monolith of Web that allows you to...
Asking advice for home storage configuration
cross-posted from: l.antiope.link/post/43914...
Case Recommendations
I’m having a hard time figuring out what case I want to get. Part of me thinks hot swap bays would be nice (I’ve had a drive failure and figuring out which one would have been 10x easier with hot swap). Of course in the future I’ll have labels with S/N on the drives so it’s easier to find the drive....
Looking for data about company ownership network
I’m looking for a data archive of corporation ownership networks. For example, Alphabet owns Google, … and some metadata like when they are created/owned by Alphabet if possible. I was made aware of OpenCorporates but it doesn’t seem to have such data as far as I tried....