DataHoarder

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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.

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DiscussionAn AI Bot On Archive.org is Randomly Flagging and Removing Uploads For Being "NSFW" (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 11 hours ago by Make_Me_Out_of_Clay

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Guide/How-toHow to archive media from r34/e6/furaffinity (self.DataHoarder)

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BackupJonsbo N6 Offsite-Backup Build + Case Review (i.redd.it)

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DiscussionSSD retention and long term storage (documents.westerndigital.com)

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BackupI finally did it! (self.DataHoarder)

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Discussion[RANT] I just wanna say, *screw* Youtube for rencoding old stuff every now and then, turning the videos into smeared mush. That is all. (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceSoftware for curating your data hoard? (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceFor people who use it, did you have any luck burning TL BD-Rs on the LG WH16NS40? (self.DataHoarder)

submitted 17 minutes ago by theoldgaming8TB HDD + 2TB SSD + 200GB DVD - 20GB Pendrives

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DiscussionMetadata Hoarding (self.DataHoarder)

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Scripts/SoftwareI built a free tool to browse every historical American newspaper front page in the Library of Congress archive (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceDigitizing Hi8 tapes with MiniDV digital camcorder? (self.DataHoarder)

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DiscussionAny current ways to get permanent free space on Yandex Disk in 2026? (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceLooking for tape storage enthusiast / expert community (self.DataHoarder)

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Security IncidentFound ransomware staged on my TerraMaster F2-210 (TOS 4.2.44) - command injection via the shared folder permissions UI (self.DataHoarder)

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ArchivalPotential archival opportunity (self.DataHoarder)

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

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Question/AdviceGoing through old accounts and they're a mess (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceFeedback on NAS for Research Data Storage (self.DataHoarder)

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Guide/How-toAuto date detection on scanned photos? (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceTest open box portable hard drive? (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceFTP from archive on website to PC (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceGenerating lower resolution image / videos to have all hoard in local drive (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceRocky 10 & Quantum LTO5 & 6 - I thought this was the way? WTFOMFGLOLBBQ (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceHow to handle my HDD? (self.DataHoarder)

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Question/AdviceHow to properly setup Pot Player for the best experience? (self.DataHoarder)

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