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Re: Any data hoarders on here? I did buy Rakim's book on Audible because it wasn't on CD. Have a feeling that's not going to play now. 50 Cent's new book, which is really good BTW, anyone could learn something from it, I bought on CD. $26 and that shit comes on 7 disks. They're not ID tagged though unfortunately so I just have a bunch of folders of flac files.Oh yeah I'm a pretty big Hip-Hop head. lol URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561229/#p561229 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Thanks for the info guys.I agree with the streaming subscriptions for what it's worth. I had the whole audiobook vanishing from my library thing, and Amazon were a pain in the arse to deal with.I know I should care more about this stuff, but I just don't have the inclination to get worked up. Good job too, looking at some of them prices!! I spend enough on weird food and guitar strings. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561227/#p561227 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Hi.I'd like those audiobooks and dramas, I understand you're not willing to give a link out to me as you don't know me so is there another way I can get them?if you have ideas I think it might be best to pM me that way the site doesn't get into trouble. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561197/#p561197 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @23 I don't use Synology Drive TBH. I set up an encrypted FTP server to which people can get access, and if they want a file or more from me, I can either give them access to the corresponding folder or copy the file into their home directory.I thus don't know how accessible it is. I also don't want to blow a link out there and see dozens of people download stuff from my NAS when I cannot control it, since that will always use my private internet connection speed, I usually use Dropbox (or Cubbit in my case) for that. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561114/#p561114 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @21 do you have any strategies for using Synology's DSM interface? I have a minature version of your setup with a DS918+ with 4 x 4tb IronWolf drives in SHR 2 (raid 6) for 2-drive redundancy so that leaves me with 8TB of useable capacity.I find it extremely aggrovating just to do basic tasks like sharing a link using the drive app in a web browser because of how inaccessible that is. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561091/#p561091 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @Hijacker, ah ok.@chrisnorman7 to add on to what I've already said, the subscription services aren't my kind of thing, not only does audible books have drm, which you can remove with software, meaning you can't play your book on most every day media players, and I use other sites to get my audio described content in mp3 format which is much better for me than a netflix subscription. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561083/#p561083 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @17, @18: nope, sorry. I'm sharing with people I know only.NevEd wrote:How much of a pain in the ass was that to set up?[...]Also where are you on the blindness spectrum? Did that make setting things up any more difficult?I'm 100% blind.Setting all that stuff up is actually not the problem, most of it is accessible if you get the right hardware. Synology is accessible, at least most of it, I managed to get some Zyxel managed switches which are accessible as well so I could go and create a link between two network ports so I could speed up the connection to my NAS, and thats almost it.The most cumbersome part was the money, as always. The NAS itself is something like $700 without hard drives, the expansion unit another $500 without drives, and each drive is about $250.Kinda alot of money, just don't think about it .chrisnorman7 wrote:So I've always kind of looked down on people who hoard data... I mean nobody can go through so much stuff, and get enjoyment from all of it, so what's the point?You are right in that matter, you cannot watch, read or listen to all of that in a single life. For me its the fun to share with people I know and seeing them having fun with the books they can now get their hands on. I like to have the freedom to watch whatever film I like in whatever resolution, audio track, the extras, with or without audio description, audio commentary, bloopers or whatever whenever I like.chrisnorman7 wrote:I feel like I'm missing some major point, so could someone please explain the purpose in stashing all this data, and not using subscription services like Netflix, Audible, or Spotify?The problem with subscription services and the reason why i'm not using them that much is that you always paying for the right to watch or listen to the stuff you want, you don't own it. I already encountered a situation where I purchased an audio book from Audible and Audible lost the rights to share the audio book, so it just disappeared from my library and was gone forever. Same goes for Netflix, anything could be gone for good right now. Same goes for games within Steam, music on subscription services and so on. I like the security of having all the data at my fingertips, independent from any licensing trouble out there. There also is stuff like old audio books produced 20 years ago that won't show up on Audible soon, you'd have to get the discs, or have it lying around ripped somewhere.Not to mention the dependency Internet.But I guess its always a matter of preference in the end, and a matter of money to a certain degree.Best Regards.Hijacker URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561008/#p561008 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @17, @18: nope, sorry. I'm sharing with people I know only.NevEd wrote:How much of a pain in the ass was that to set up?[...]Also where are you on the blindness spectrum? Did that make setting things up any more difficult?Setting all that stuff up is actually not the problem, most of it is accessible if you get the right hardware. Synology is accessible, at least most of it, I managed to get some Zyxel managed switches which are accessible as well so I could go and create a link between two network ports so I could speed up the connection to my NAS, and thats almost it.The most cumbersome part was the money, as always. The NAS itself is something like $700 without hard drives, the expansion unit another $500 without drives, and each drive is about $250.Kinda alot of money, just don't think about it .chrisnorman7 wrote:So I've always kind of looked down on people who hoard data... I mean nobody can go through so much stuff, and get enjoyment from all of it, so what's the point?You are right in that matter, you cannot watch, read or listen to all of that in a single life. For me its the fun to share with people I know and seeing them having fun with the books they can now get their hands on. I like to have the freedom to watch whatever film I like in whatever resolution, audio track, the extras, with or without audio description, audio commentary, bloopers or whatever whenever I like.chrisnorman7 wrote:I feel like I'm missing some major point, so could someone please explain the purpose in stashing all this data, and not using subscription services like Netflix, Audible, or Spotify?The problem with subscription services and the reason why i'm not using them that much is that you always paying for the right to watch or listen to the stuff you want, you don't own it. I already encountered a situation where I purchased an audio book from Audible and Audible lost the rights to share the audio book, so it just disappeared from my library and was gone forever. Same goes for Netflix, anything could be gone for good right now. Same goes for games within Steam, music on subscription services and so on. I like the security of having all the data at my fingertips, independent from any licensing trouble out there. There also is stuff like old audio books produced 20 years ago that won't show up on Audible soon, you'd have to get the discs, or have it lying around ripped somewhere.Not to mention the dependency Internet.But I guess its always a matter of preference in the end, and a matter of money to a certain degree.Best Regards.Hijacker URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561008/#p561008 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @NevEd, You'll want to ask that guy for an email or something, otherwise you could get in trouble.It's best to pm them if they say we can check out the link, if htey have one.@chrisnorman7, it's basicly fun for me, just to go through the stuff and take this and that and some of that, but not that, it's interesting. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561006/#p561006 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? So I've always kind of looked down on people who hoard data... I mean nobody can go through so much stuff, and get enjoyment from all of it, so what's the point?I feel like I'm missing some major point, so could someone please explain the purpose in stashing all this data, and not using subscription services like Netflix, Audible, or Spotify?Trying to broaden my horizons and stop being such a miserable old bastard over here. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/561000/#p561000 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? I wouldn't mind perusing that server of yours either, with your permission of course. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560957/#p560957 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @Hijacker, that sounds tuns of fun to go through, any chance I can email you can grab some of that stuff off ya?I love going through things, the funny thing is, I hardly use my hard drive even though I've got huge amounts of stuff on it, but It's for a rainy day as they say.@NevEd, the command line is awesome once you figure out how it works. I only know the basics but it's help me a tun.A nice command, if I remember it correctly is, del then the extention of a file. Let's say you have 1000 files in a folder and only want to delete all the dot mp3 files, write del space dot mp3 press enter and boom! They're gone, the GUI does help make things easier in some ways but the command line is very powerful. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560932/#p560932 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @13 Sounds like a hoarder's dream, lol.How much of a pain in the ass was that to set up?I'm relatively new to networking so I gotta learn as I go along. I also am not trying to accidentally break my family's internet, screwing around in the router's settings. I'd feel better doing that in my own place, where its only my problem if I make an oopsy.Also where are you on the blindness spectrum? Did that make setting things up any more difficult?I'm saying this because I'm a commandline virgin and I know I eventually gotta rectify that. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560866/#p560866 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @13 Sounds like a hoarder's dream, lol.How much of a pain in the ass was that to set up?I'm relatively new to networking so I gotta learn as I go along. I also am not trying to accidentally break my family's internet, screwing around in the router's settings. I'd feel better doing that in my own place, where its only my problem if I make an oopsy. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560866/#p560866 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Well, th"ere's about 2 TB of audio books and another TB of audio dramas, alot of music, series in audio only and video, sound effects, vst plugins and instruments, royalty-free music, ebooks and such. But the main part is my collection of uncompressed blu-ray and UHD blu-ray discs, which contains about 460 discs and is about 18 TB in size right now, growing almost daily.Since I want to watch them together with my girlfriend and we also want to watch extras, audio commentary and all that kind of nice stuff, I won't rip them to free up the space, but keep them as unmodified as possible. That eats up alot of space. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560859/#p560859 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @Hijacker, that's Alot of hard drives, what do you need all that space for? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560842/#p560842 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? OK, so i'm currently running a Synology DS918+ with all 4 slots filled with 8 TB drives + a DX517 with another 2 8 TB drives (yet) in a RAID 5, making a total of 6 x 8 TB - 8 TB = 40 TB of space and 1 drive redundancy.As you can probably imagine, backing that up is a rather expensive task. Services like Backplaze are out of the question due to being too expensive. The most important data get mirrored to my parent's NAS regularly and all the less important stuff gets backed up weekly on external drives which aren't physically apart from each other, but are offline when not in use due to USB-controlled power sockets.Then again, i've got several users on my NAS who can grab all the data they want, so most of my stuff probably is already mirrored somewhere among them.As they said 20 years ago, if you want a reliable backup, just create an FTP server and the web will do that for you, for free.Best Regards.Hijacker URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560834/#p560834 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @jj, do you know of any cheeper software? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560801/#p560801 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? i have an 8 tb drive, but then we run in to the same problem of say boohoo if that drive crashes. I would go for another large drive and set that one away after you fill it with what you need and only bring it up for updating the data and replacing the your main exturnal if the main one decides to take a dive. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560784/#p560784 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? 75 pounds a year for 2 TB? I thiink i'll pass. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560720/#p560720 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? I don't really trust cloud providers for storage purposes solely. Only reason I use Mega is that it keeps my computer synced, and if for some reason, both of those computers went back to the essence, everything would still be there.Everything I use it for that is.Yeah, I'm paranoid. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560638/#p560638 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? I use Dropbox and have been using it for quite a while now.you can get 2 tb for aroun £75 per year here in the UK. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560629/#p560629 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Yeah, for all intents and purposes, I'm not using a Raid array for backup, I'm using it for archival purposes. So it shouldn't be an issue. Even if it is attached to hte network, I only need one drive to back it up, say once a month, and it would be an offline drive.Only things I would backup is maybe my windows instalation in case my SSD shits the bed. Everything that's important is either on Mega, or on a separate drive inside my computer. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560583/#p560583 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Here are my thoughts:1. Any hard drive, of any brand, any model, any production line, can and will eventually fail unless you stop using it first. Any drive, again of any brand, model, etc. can fail with absolutely no warning, taking all your data with it. I suspect people telling stories about never buying XYZ brand again are because they've had bad experiences with it, or know someone who has. Personally I've used both Western Digital and Seagate with no problems.\2. Backup, backup, backup! For data you truly care about, I'd recommend having at least three copies, at least one of which is at an off-site location. If you add online backup such as Backblaze to the mix, that's even better. By the same token:3. RAID is not a backup! RAID is not a backup! RAID is not a backup! True, a RAID can help in situations where one drive fails. However, since everything is mirrored, if a nasty virus or trojan hits or you accidentally delete something, RAID won't help at all. Also, if the array is damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, theft, etc. your data's still just as gone as it would have been on a single drive. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560579/#p560579 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Anything cheap tends to be pretty shite in my experience, and people think that it reflects on all the products as a whole.Granted there is also high priced low functioning garbage also. But a $200 laptop is probably a piece of shit potato, with few exceptions.I had a toshiba laptop that I used to do all my old recordings on, and you can actually hear fan noise in the vocals when they're soloed because they would wind up like crazy under load. It ran horrible on Windows 8.1. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560568/#p560568 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? Yeah I've heard that about other people. Same as I will never buy another HP product, because everything I've owned from them ranging from computers and scanners, to cameras has all been trash. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560563/#p560563 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @2 Ouch, that doesn't sound good. lol.Personally though I've used Seagate drives and they never have went bad on me. Maybe just luck? I hear horror stories about WD drives also, just read a review for the WD Red where they refused to replace it after it started failing after 16 months even though it was still under warranty.Its like buying a new drive is a roll of the dice. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560555/#p560555 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? @2 Ouch, that doesn't sound good. lol.Personally though I've used Seagate drives and they never have went bad on me. Maybe just luck? I hear horror stories about WD drives also, just read a review for the WD Red where they refused to replace it after it started failing after 16 months even though it was sold under warranty.Its like buying a new drive is a roll of the dice. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560555/#p560555 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Any data hoarders on here? You need a RAID array so there's parody if one of the drives fail. Also I would highly not recommend Seagate, as they fail often and when they do, it's usually in a catastrophic way. Some data recovery experts refuse to work on them, and I saw a video once where they had a drive on the bench and the head crashed and turned into powder. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560553/#p560553 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Any data hoarders on here? So as of now I store all my data on one Seagate backup plus 4 tb hub, since late 2017. Probably horrible to most of you techies here, and I understand why, if that drive goes belly up, bye bye all my data.I've been thinking about trying to archive YouTube channels and for that I'm going to need a huge amount of space, plus redundancy, because I'll also be storing the data I have currently, which is a little over 2 tb. I still live with my parents so I doubt they'd let me set up a NAS, even though its probably the best option. USB enclosures seem to not be favored for the most part when dealing with stuff like this. Its also going to be very expensive no matter how I slice it, 10 tb drives look to be at least $300.What setups do you guys use? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/560549/#p560549 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
