Asking mostly because I have fuckloads of video courses, plus a number of movies, that I have yet to even check if the content is as good as their titles imply and I really feel like I’m mostly hoarding this stuff because I have no fucking clue.
How do you avoid “hoarding”?
Looks at my 28TB storage array that’s 3/4 full…
Time to buy new HDDs.
You’re doing great man, please keep it up i’m not even joking. Maybe someday you’ll be the one guy that still has that old gem everybody lost.
I actually keep a list of works that I’ve shared online that would’ve likely been lost without my intervention. Physical-only Bandcamp releases that I’ve ripped and shared. Sample packs that have been taken down from webstores, etc. The Internet isn’t forever people. Better archive what you can
Yes yes yes ! Keepers of knowledge!
Drive space can be had for less than 10USD a TB, so I’d hardly call hoarding a problem. Unless youre hoarding hundreds of copies of Call of Duty
Where do you get such cheap storage? I’ve seen it closer to $20/TB usually
I buy refirb server drives . With a raid array and warranty, the risk of a failing drive is within an acceptable range for me.
This listing was a bit cheaper last I looked, so just over $10/TB is more accurate to say now haha.
I got a couple 3TBs in my array that just look funny. I don’t like them and I want them gone.
Avoid hoarding? Let’s just say I bring a real “gotta catch em all” energy to the trackers.
My goal is to store everything, that way I have no dependence on remote media
Home datacentre 😋
Well yes, but also actual DC space lol
All the time. It’s my primary source of entertainment media. And why would I want to avoid hoarding? Hoarding is the goal.
How do you avoid “hoarding”?
I dont. Hard drives are increasingly cheap/large. I have to really dislike something to delete it. I have a fair amount of content that I don’t really plan on watching again, but someone I know might like it so i just leave it typically.
These are my thoughts exactly; piracy is preservation.
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There’s no reason to avoid hoarding!
who avoids hoarding? we are saving it for the future.
Exactly! I assume that my little 4tb external drive full of movies will one day be the only usable relic discovered of our civilization, so I must plan accordingly lol
Avoid hoarding? I don’t understand. My 30 TB file server can be expanded further still.
I do not avoid hoarding.
I’m like a dragon with a media treasure stored in high capacity industrial HDDs.
Someday the age of pirates may come to an end, and I want to be prepared.
Same. I’m a Doctor Who fan. I don’t need to learn lessons twice. My grandchildren will be able to watch the dumb shit I grew up with one way or another!
Storage is cheap. There’s no reason to delete content.
Only reason I delete content is when I upgrade. Like replacing a low resolution version of show with a higher one. Still, I keep immutable “snapshots” of my entire media folder so even after deleting something, It’ll stick around for at least 6 months in case I need to restore it.
Same deal, got a full 3-2-1 backup of all my data! Easy to recover if I make a mistake but even easier to replace with
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depends on what job are you working
And where in the world you live.
I got a friend in Australia with a pretty similar storage setup to me, but he’s paid about 1.5x as much as I did in the UK.
If i need something, i go look for it, download it and keep it seeding until i have no more space on my hard drive. I rarely download things i don‘t actually need or want at the moment.
Haha, good question. You’re not alone with that. I suppose you just clean up once per year. Like you’re supposed to do with your wardrobe, or that one drawer in the kitchen…
You’re supposed to clean your wardrobe?
Uh, no. I don’t know what I’m saying. I meant sort through, get rid of old stuff. I’ve never cleaned the insides that way. And I suppose don’t do that to the harddisk either.
Instructions unclear, am currently taking a bath with my SSD
I only pirate TV/movies, and since I never know what I’ll feel like watching it’s pretty easy to just hoard it. Takes a long time to fill up drives so adding a 16TB drive once a year or two is pretty manageable.
But tbh the main reason I hoard them and keep my Plex library full is simply to keep view stats. Prior to Plex I was constantly plagued by “have I seen this” or “what was that movie I liked 10 years ago?”. But not anymore!
Also, when the zombie apocalypse happens I’ll finally have time to rewatch Breaking Bad so I need an offline copy just in case.
Or when streaming services start at $70.00 a month with ads.
Also, when the zombie apocalypse happens I’ll finally have time to rewatch Breaking Bad so I need an offline copy just in case.
Hope you already got solar panels or some other sort of electricity generator for that
What is your drive setup?
Just a Synology NAS with softwarr’s and a Shield TV connected via Ethernet, works great
I only pirate what I’m about to consume? How is this a problem? Lol
I’m concerned that crackdowns on pirating will come sooner or later. At some point it may become too much of a hassle. So I’m hoarding a lifetime of old movies and games to hold me over.
Just keep seeding the torrents. As long as the torrents for stuff is healthy, how could it be cracked down?
Enough countries ban torrenting so you cannot even uses vpn to get around it.
How do they do that?
Ask Germany. Torrenting without VPN is almost imposible, you’ll get sued by copyright lawyers.
Exactly, so you can use a VPN to get around that.
You use a vpn to other country without that ban. Once enough countries apply that ban. Where are you going to VPN to?
Why would any country ban torrenting? Torrenting isn’t illegal, downloading and distributing copyrighted works is
What I mean is what is already happening in some countries, that is having laws that makes extra easy for copyright lawers to sue anyone using torrent for sharing their IP.
