Let's Talk about Data (Personal)
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In disks I have about 20TB of storage, I would say largest file is in the 20GB range.
Storing it in a whitebox server build.
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More than I need but less than I'd like.
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I guess I am weird..... I store very little data.
I stopped storing movies/tv because I have been able to find whatever movies/tv I want on Netflix. Hulu Plus, etc. Anything I can't find on streaming, I can buy on Amazon. I don't watch much TV or Movies anyways.
I don't feel the need to store music with many of other good options (Youtube, Music Services, etc.)
I don't store a ton of photos.
I have a huge colletion of PDF's and eBook, but I am not storing them.......
I do store ISO's in onedrive.
I do store personal documents (encrypted) - tax returns, etc
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@Aaron-Studer a lot of that is because you are young. I own thousands of CDs, hundreds of laserdiscs and thousands of DVDs alone. Plus BluRays and more recent things. I get my MP3s now from Amazon, but guess where those store - on Amazon Drive. Tons of the stuff that a lot of us store are from an era where we would have to throw them away if we didn't store them.
Today, yes, I try to buy movies via Amazon VOD. I don't want to be storing all of this stuff. I even replace some of it from time to time, but that is costly. Most of the stuff that I own is not available through Netflix or whatever.
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@scottalanmiller Yeah. I am finding less and less stuff to store.... Maybe after I have kids, this will change.
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Biggest files would be raw 5k video from the Red Epic. 240GB is the bigger ones and that is about 14min of video.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@scottalanmiller Yeah. I am finding less and less stuff to store.... Maybe after I have kids, this will change.
Traveling does it too. Doesn't take too much to start having loads and loads of photos.
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I still have about 500 LPs I'd like to convert but it takes too much time.
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I need more space for my movies & all the music I download....I have an obsession with music, all kinds..... hopefully getting C@C soon.
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@BMarie said:
I need more space for my movies & all the music I download....I have an obsession with music, all kinds..... hopefully getting C@C soon.
That won't give you much storage though. Time to get a NAS.
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@BMarie said:
I need more space for my movies & all the music I download....I have an obsession with music, all kinds..... hopefully getting C@C soon.
Are you planning to use it for storage? Cloud servers are not good for storage.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BMarie said:
I need more space for my movies & all the music I download....I have an obsession with music, all kinds..... hopefully getting C@C soon.
Are you planning to use it for storage? Cloud servers are not good for storage.
Agreed.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BMarie said:
I need more space for my movies & all the music I download....I have an obsession with music, all kinds..... hopefully getting C@C soon.
Are you planning to use it for storage? Cloud servers are not good for storage.
Not figured out what I'm going to use them for yet, still researching my options
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@Aaron-Studer said:
I guess I am weird..... I store very little data.
I stopped storing movies/tv because I have been able to find whatever movies/tv I want on Netflix. Hulu Plus, etc. Anything I can't find on streaming, I can buy on Amazon. I don't watch much TV or Movies anyways.
I don't feel the need to store music with many of other good options (Youtube, Music Services, etc.)
I don't store a ton of photos.
I have a huge colletion of PDF's and eBook, but I am not storing them.......
I do store ISO's in onedrive.
I do store personal documents (encrypted) - tax returns, etc
I think you're probably normal. I'm the same. I don't know how much I have but I suspect it's around 100gb - nearly all of which is photos and music.
