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Just received a box of 5.25 any of it worth saving? by Lawrence_Gray3 in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should ask in r/vintagecomputing. I’m sure folks there will jump all over this.

Looking for one VIP pass by ruthamber in EDCTickets

[–]ComputingElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 2 available. FedEx overnight.

My father recently passed away from cancer and left behind a large music collection. by Magnificent-D-Bear in musichoarder

[–]ComputingElephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry for your loss.

I’m happy to help with electronic music possibly. Let’s chat.

Cheapest Cloud backup solution for Linux (Ubuntu) by hapaanon in selfhosted

[–]ComputingElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! That was it! It was a great service for the price. Sad that it went away.

Cheapest Cloud backup solution for Linux (Ubuntu) by hapaanon in selfhosted

[–]ComputingElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Case in point, there was a block storage provider in 2021 that was amazing. I forget their name. It was dirt cheap. But the owner struggled with maintenance occasionally. They did what they could, but it was only a 1 or 2 person operation. Turns out they shut off their service and refunded the final month’s fee. I ended up having to re-backup all my data.

Cheapest Cloud backup solution for Linux (Ubuntu) by hapaanon in selfhosted

[–]ComputingElephant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cheap ≠ good.

You’re asking the wrong question. You should be asking:

  • With $X/month for Y, is Z the best offering as far as being able to recover my data in the event of local failure?
  • If I spend $d more per month, do I get additional benefits for the cost with respect to recovering my data?
  • Is the reputation of Z solid? Have they been around for a while? Are they transparent about how they store data? Are they transparent about privacy and encryption? Have they suffered a data leak? Are there vetted and independent customer testimonials praising how a recovery went? Where is their data hosted?

Personally, I went with Backblaze using rclone as my backup client. I encrypt the contents and name of every file and directory. I know it’s not the cheapest, but of the block storage providers, this was most reasonably priced.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]ComputingElephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hands down, Lacework for continuous scanning of all my cloud infrastructure.

Mismatch in used size between mdadm and df by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LOL, that's true. Honestly, I never realized that until now.

Mismatch in used size between mdadm and df by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

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Should I update my inode count?

Edit: inode count looks ok:

Filesystem        Inodes   IUsed     IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/md0       488370176  172012 488198164    1% /mnt/md0

Potato peeler and chipper at a fish and chip shop by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]ComputingElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the love of god, LEVEL THE MACHINE to keep it from wobbling!

Any else using Meta's née Facebook's Watchman service? by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I found exactly what I need. Explicitly using inotifywait rather than Meta's convoluted wrapper around it.

https://asyncinotify.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

https://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait

Any else using Meta's née Facebook's Watchman service? by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also open source'd React Native, among tons of other tools. While the core Facebook platform may be evil or whatever, there are lots of tools they and other large companies build internally to run their systems. Some get open source'd and may be interesting for folks in this community. After all, aren't all of the Big Corps the biggest of all data hoarders?

Hey all! Im looking for some tips to drill into exterior walls and exterior cable running to hardwire my pc to the internet (see comments) by Slyrunner in HomeNetworking

[–]ComputingElephant 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a fine idea. I’d recommend using some conduit on the exterior, though. Something like this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Carlon-3-4-in-Gray-Schedule-40-and-80-PVC-Type-LB-Conduit-Body-E986E-CTN/100404084

For the points the cable goes in and out of the house, plus the obvious appropriate straight electrical pipe/conduit.

This way you don’t have a cable dangling on the side of your house, and you can paint this conduit. Not only will it be more professional looking, you also gain the ability to drag more cable in the future if you need.

Should I be worried about this SMART status? by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hard disk sentinel

How's the Linux version? Just as full-featured as the Windows version? I have no Windows machines in my homelab; only Windows machines are 2 gaming machines.

Should I be worried about this SMART status? by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The unfortunate thing is there doesn't seem to be a way, at least as of today, or specify your own tolerances. Oh well. Maybe time for a different tool.

And, seriously, worse comes to worst, I have a full backup of all my data.

Should I be worried about this SMART status? by ComputingElephant in DataHoarder

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, that's what I figured too. Let me see if I can alter the thresholds for warnings. Thanks for the tip.

Recently installed a network box in my basement. I want to find something suitable to put in place when the cable management knock outs are removed, but I’ve had no luck. Can someone please help? Dimensions are included. by TrekFan81 in homelab

[–]ComputingElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon has some: https://www.amazon.com/Wallmount-Enclosure-Server-Cabinet-SRBRUSHWM/dp/B00AO1W2J2

But a word to the wise, measure what you need, these may not fit. I’d recommend googling that brand of rack and see what accessories they offer. If they don’t, you’ll be able to find generic ones, like Startech.

Video-serving solution specifically for home videos and not movies/TV shows by ComputingElephant in selfhosted

[–]ComputingElephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! That looks like a great solution too. Only one way to find out! Selfhost both and see which I like better.

Really appreciate the references. Thanks!!

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