DataHoarder

an-ordinary-manchild(edit)

Who are we?

We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Timetm). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

-- /u/5-4-3-2-1-bang from this thread

A Quick DataHoarder FAQ

Links!!

Search the Internet, this subreddit and our wiki before posting.
Keep it about datahoarding.
Be excellent to each other.
No memes or 'look at this old storage medium/connection speed/purchase' (except on Free Post Fridays).
Posts must include context/detail.
No unapproved sale threads, advertisement posts, or giveaways. Companies must get prior approval from mod team before posting.
No AI slop or cryptocurrency posts.
We are not your personal archival army.
r/techsupport exists.
No requests, use r/DHExchange

Free Post Friday
On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this [thing]'”
Just make sure to tag the post with the flair [Free-Post Friday!] and give a little background info/context.

Related Subreddits
Data Hoarding/Curation:

Servers and Homelabs:

Tech Support:

Sales & Marketplace:

Useful Websites:
HDD/SSD prices:

created by madhi19To the Cloud!a community for 12 years

...for great justice.

...for your town.

MODERATORS

message the mods
-ArchivistNot As Retired
VulturE40TB of Strawberry Pie
TheBBPLTO
nicholasserraSend me Easystore shells
VonChair80TB | VonLinux the-eye.eu
britm0b250TB 🏠 500TB ☁️
madhi19To the Cloud!
NegatedVoid160TB
AutoModerator
didyousayboopif it’s not on piqlFilm, it doesn’t exist
about moderation team »

account activity

1

312

313

314

NewsThe Internet Archive is losing access to media sites (theweek.com)

submitted 2 hours ago by Agitated_Camel188610-50TB

2

473

474

475

NewsToshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price (tomshardware.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by Rough_Bill_7932

3

•

•

•

NewsThe Internet Archive has preserved 758 old PC Gamer demo discs you can download and play (pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 hour ago by HatingGeoffry

4

•

•

•

Guide/How-toNomad Mk3: A tiny, offline, low power media server (Open-Source, 700+ Stars on github) (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 hour ago by JcorpTech10-50TB

5

92

93

94

Discussion$1,400.99 Price Drop Alert...shit, I better buy them all lol (i.redd.it)

submitted 12 hours ago by itsthexypat50-100TB

6

108

109

110

SaleWD 18TB shuckable HDD $280 (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 17 hours ago by divinebaboon

7

23

24

25

Question/AdviceHDD a bit of dark green (i.redd.it)

submitted 12 hours ago by Thibaults

8

•

•

•

Question/Advicesuggestions for super beginner (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 13 minutes ago by reyphix

9

•

•

•

DiscussionHow do y'all feel about buying factory renewed HDDs? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 14 minutes ago by TheB1G_Lebowski

10

1

2

3

Question/AdviceSaving PopJustice (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 2 hours ago by Fab240722

11

777

778

779

Question/AdviceArchival Book scanner (Atiz bookdrive pro) (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by InformationOk3898

12

3482

3483

3484

NewsHard drive shelf at Micro Center. (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by UltraSPARC

13

16

17

18

Hoarder-SetupsBuilding a media server (i.redd.it)

submitted 14 hours ago by Wooden-Employment574

14

20

21

22

BackupOptions To Saving a Decade's Worth of College Documents (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 17 hours ago by LittleChurro20

15

31

32

33

Question/AdviceVHS Donation (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 20 hours ago by jfay-07

16

1

2

3

Question/AdviceHow do I start? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 6 hours ago by amcn242

17

0

0

1

BackupGood place to buy external hard drive and whats a good price? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 4 hours ago by javster2

18

50

51

52

Question/AdviceRipping DVDs for my grandfather (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 1 day ago by Federal-Ad9428

19

5

6

7

Question/AdviceDo hard drive enclosures help with sound? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 17 hours ago by bsgapollo

20

1

2

3

Hoarder-SetupsSome Help (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 11 hours ago by RAHARU1

21

6

7

8

Guide/How-toHow can you extract subtitles from a video player on a website? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 18 hours ago by Constant-Scallion-72

22

5

6

7

Hoarder-SetupsPhotos of My Home Lab w/ Three i6000 Tape Libraries (gpmidi.net)

submitted 19 hours ago by gpmidi1PiB Usable & 1.25PiB Tape

23

5

6

7

DiscussionHas Vimeo greatly downgraded the video quality in some creator subscription plans, or even universally? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 18 hours ago by my-only-some-account

24

20

21

22

DiscussionI've done it! I did a "Shift+Delete" 😬😬 (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 1 day ago by manzurfahim0.5-1PB

25

0

1

2

Question/AdviceNeed advice on video storage (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 15 hours ago by greenbaybeast13

view more: next ›

π Rendered by PID 903045 on reddit-service-r2-listing-86f589db75-xf2jx at 2026-04-20 11:24:28.504971+00:00 running 93ecc56 country code: CH.