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>dont watch anime except a couple shows that are long dead
>dont watch movies
>dont watch tv except a few shows
>dont like most video games
what the fuck do i hoard?

things you will never watch, listen to, play, or look at. hoard just to hoard.

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>Western Digital Reds
>Western Digital Enterprise Yellows

A question for hoarders - how do you manage off-site backups (or do you?)? I have ~4 TB of data on my home server; uploading that would take forever with my 10 Mbps up speed.

Should I copy it to an external drive and then keep that drive somewhere else? If so, how should I handle keeping that backup up to date/doing iterative backups in the future?

Or...?

Get a external drive or a dock station and connect your drive to the other computer.

These WERE the best deal for new HDDs for about the last six months. Finally went Sold Out about two weeks ago. I got 6 of them in three separate purchases. Hoping they get more in stock; would like to have another 4 or so.
- newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD5VX9593

By BackBlaze numbers, these specific HDDs have a fail rate of between 0.4% and 0.6% ... nothing beats them, and I've not seen anything that quite matches.

As far as refurbs, Newegg had 2 TB versions of these for $35 a few weeks back. Can't find a link to the Megascale 2 TB right now, they might be sold out, too. Closest is the Ultrastar 2 TBs, and they start at $40 and go up to $45:
- newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146134

I prefer the Megascale drives; they're 5900 rpm instead of 7200, but you really can't tell the difference in practical use. My Megascale HDDs (the new 4 TB ones) run about 28-30 degrees C, while my Ultrastars (2 TB refurbs) run closer to 35 in the identical environment. Those are perfectly acceptable temperatures, but the higher platter spin + temp + being refurbs makes me more cozy with the new 4 TB Megascale for important data. I've been using the Ultrastar refurbs for duplicate data and in-use to stream music & video on my daily driver.

Things related to stuff you like?

I got two of these for $30 each recently:
- newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182316

You can put any 3.5" SATA HDD in them, they have a cooling fan, and they have both USB 3 and eSATA III connections. I usually use the eSATA cable for speed & reliability, but the USB 3 is pretty much just as fast and is a good quick-connect to hop around different computers that don't have eSATA ports. Comes with both eSATA cable & USB 3, plus a bracket to install in your computer that converts one of your mobo SATA ports into eSATA.

The reason I picked two of these up when they went on sale is that I bought one when they were first introduced as a new product ($20) about 4 years ago, and it has been reliable, cold & silent forever. I've probably swapped 20 different HDDs in it over the years, and (with some creative ghetto engineering) also put 2.5" HDDs and SSDs in it for temporary transfers & recoveries & such.

You can get cheaper enclosures, under $20 Rosewill are common and reliable. But, you don't get that cooling fan and they usually don't have eSATA.

These after market external enclosures are about the same difficulty level as installing an HDD in your computer. So, very simple. Of course ... you don't want to shock them if at all possible. When handling them, pretend they are a bare drive because that's very nearly what they are.

These are also excellent:
- newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182247

USB 3 + eSATA + fan, also comes with mobo SATA to eSATA bracket. They used to be cheaper, like about $28, but the price has crept up over the years. Watch for them on sale. I've got three of those around the place, too, and years of great service out of them.

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Probably the reason why the op is so sparse, because this general's made by a shitskin.