How do you store your JAV/Porn Collection?
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11 TB is just about 520 blue-rays.
But even without blue-rays , its not that hard tbh. It just takes a long time. It's rare to find people with that much JAV because you need to invest like 500-600 bucks into hard drives alone.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-external-hard-drive-steb5000100
really?
I guess he's talking about a NAS in which the HDDs are organized in a RAID. Then it really can get costly. Otherwise not.
I was talking just about regular 2 TB externals (in my opinion , the most comonly used).
While 5 TB is way cheaper , a potential problem with such hard drive could cause great problems. Imagine having to rewrite 5 TB of data to a new hard drive ... having in mind how slow externals are , combined with how slow seagate are (compared to WD) , the drive will probobly die from the heat before you could transfer the data lol.
And yea , you could do it in small sessions but its gonna take forever.
I'd value 5 TB drives over 2 TB ones , only if we go above the 20 TB total data (including backups)
transfer rate is at
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Only costs 5$ more and transfer speed is at 60-70MB/s (if it's single large files and not millions of small files)
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Only costs 5$ more and transfer speed is at 60-70MB/s (if it's single large files and not millions of small files)
Guy with the 11 TB of Japanese porn chiming in:
And yes I love to fap.
355 GB is like nothing for me. The entire minimum-av (MUM) series alone is more than that. And that's just one of the series I like to collect. When you factor in ASFUR, Knights Visual, Milky Cat, Dream Woman, Dream Shower, First Star, and anything with lolis, bukkake, and/or gokkun reaching a few terabytes is easy.
And yes I love to fap.
It does take a long time, I've been collecting for over 10 years but the rate has increased in the last 3 years or so with the release of HD (4-8GB) videos. But with the recent shortage the pace is slowing once again. I'd say about $500 in hard drives is correct. Keep in mind that hard drives are much cheaper nowadays; 11TB will run you less than $300 today.
I know you're kidding but I've done this recently in an effort to alphabetically order my collection and it went perfectly smoothly I just let it run overnight, no overheating. Although the alphabetical thing failed because once I started downloading more stuff it just got out of order again.
I bought some Hitachi Touro Desk DX3 4TB drives. Can't say much about the speed because somehow my onboard USB 3.0 doesn't work, so I can use only USB 2.0. And that's really slow, but not the fault of the drive. Back then they cost maybe ~140€, but now you can get them around 100€.
They don't overheat at all - even if you do the initial copy (means filling the whole drive). And you won't copy the whole content each time, only once. After that you copy only the changes (I use e.g. robocopy).
So you want to use some drives for the data and some for the backup of this data? Sounds somehow complicated and time cosuming. In my case I have a NAS for storing the data. And the USB drives are for the backup of the data.
For portable HDDs, be sure to buy 2.5" drives since they are designed for laptops and be lower heat but also be more durable.
I think it is best to buy modest-sized drives since the price per TB is constantly coming down. There is no need to pay upfront for huge space you won't use right away. Just buy more drives when you need more space.
A single large drive is also riskier than multiple smaller drives. If you put everything into one drive and it fails, you lose everything. You don't want to throw all your eggs in one basket so speak.
I think it is best to buy modest-sized drives since the price per TB is constantly coming down. There is no need to pay upfront for huge space you won't use right away. Just buy more drives when you need more space.
A single large drive is also riskier than multiple smaller drives. If you put everything into one drive and it fails, you lose everything. You don't want to throw all your eggs in one basket so speak.
But aren't they also slower?
Sounds like you want to do a RAID 1 by hand.
I only can repeat myself: I recommend having a NAS which has RAID 1, 5 or 6 - depending on the number of HDD you put in it. Most NAS can be expanded over time (of course you have to have enough free slots). So you don't have to buy all the drives at once. Also buy some external HDD (USB, eSATA, whatever) for making a backup of the NAS. That's the most convenient and most save method. But it doesn't come cheap. On the other hand: You don't use that just for JAV, right? You will also save your documents, music, game patches, program installers, backup of your computers and laptops, and so on, and so on there. It's some kind of synergy effect.
External hard drives can reach lifespan of over 5 years if you are careful and move it as little as possible so the actuator doesn't get disjointed from the platter and make sure to eject the hard drive before you pull it out.
Maybe the can have an average lifespan of 5 years. But now and then a HDD will stop to work before that lifespan is reached. So you always should have some kind of backup. At least I wouldn't rely on that. It's nice if the HDD lasts that long, but it's not 100% sure.
5 years is nothing lol. I think it was 2013 when i stopped using an 80 gigs HDD from 2002 (and it was still working fine).
It had close to 50 000 hours of work on record.
Edit: on that note - from all the computers i've had since 2002 to now , i've never had a component that has stopped working. Well ... except for 2 NVIDIA gpus from the 7000 series. They both died during storms lol.
It had close to 50 000 hours of work on record.
Edit: on that note - from all the computers i've had since 2002 to now , i've never had a component that has stopped working. Well ... except for 2 NVIDIA gpus from the 7000 series. They both died during storms lol.
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^ Computers and other expensive electronics should always be connected to a surge protector, never directly into the wall socket, otherwise they could get fried during storms.
I've had to replace my video card too but only because the fan was making noise. I've had to replace chassis fans too for the same reason. My computer is 6 years old and everything still works fine.
Moving external drives around is fine if they are not in operation (although you should still be careful). Always make sure they are unpowered before you pick them up.
If you are using external drives just for backup, then they will only be connected to your computer when you are transferring files, and so the chance of failure even after 5 years should be very small.
Yes, 2.5" are 5400rpm while 3.5" are 7200rpm. But for the purpose of backing up files, is that important?
I know nothing about NAS and RAID so I will have to read up on that to understand what you mean.
I've had to replace my video card too but only because the fan was making noise. I've had to replace chassis fans too for the same reason. My computer is 6 years old and everything still works fine.
Moving external drives around is fine if they are not in operation (although you should still be careful). Always make sure they are unpowered before you pick them up.
If you are using external drives just for backup, then they will only be connected to your computer when you are transferring files, and so the chance of failure even after 5 years should be very small.
Yes, 2.5" are 5400rpm while 3.5" are 7200rpm. But for the purpose of backing up files, is that important?
I know nothing about NAS and RAID so I will have to read up on that to understand what you mean.
So, apologies for giving this thread life again, but I need to chime in.
As many know, I used to do the 100TB of JAV project, but that died with my mental health. I am half tempted to start a "1,000 JAV DVD" Project, but feel that is too small for proper archival/viewing method. Right now, I have around 14 or so JAV DVD burned (each disc contains only a single JAV due to aesthetics IMO). I am about to order off for 400 Blank DVDs, and am downloading 100GB right now. The trouble is that some JAV I want HD on, but DVD+R DL can be quite expensive (for me). I suppose I can do what I can, yet money is factor indeed. I don't like plastic on my dvd sleeves, so I simply make my own sleeves out of paper, sadly they arent that aesthetically pleasing. I am considering order a 520 disc binder to store them in (easy to transport and put on bookcase? I am curious as to everyone's thoughts?
As many know, I used to do the 100TB of JAV project, but that died with my mental health. I am half tempted to start a "1,000 JAV DVD" Project, but feel that is too small for proper archival/viewing method. Right now, I have around 14 or so JAV DVD burned (each disc contains only a single JAV due to aesthetics IMO). I am about to order off for 400 Blank DVDs, and am downloading 100GB right now. The trouble is that some JAV I want HD on, but DVD+R DL can be quite expensive (for me). I suppose I can do what I can, yet money is factor indeed. I don't like plastic on my dvd sleeves, so I simply make my own sleeves out of paper, sadly they arent that aesthetically pleasing. I am considering order a 520 disc binder to store them in (easy to transport and put on bookcase? I am curious as to everyone's thoughts?
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Never apologize for posting your thoughts here! Every thread needs a chance at being born again (so to speak)
Have a look below on an old post of mine from the organization thread. I use binders, just not on a shelf quite yet.
https://www.akiba-online.com/threads/how-to-organize-your-jav-collection.1667428/page-9#post-4028167
I am thinking the community should be a bit more organised...aside from the legal consideration of sharing
rather than rely on sites like youporn/pornhub...shouldn't we be considering hosting our own communal plex cluster ?
e.g. each member hosts 100TB of content, with 2+ members hosting copies in case individuals suffer an outage
30 members each hosting 100TB of content with 3x redundancy, gives 1000TB or 1 petabyte of always on content ?
rather than rely on sites like youporn/pornhub...shouldn't we be considering hosting our own communal plex cluster ?
e.g. each member hosts 100TB of content, with 2+ members hosting copies in case individuals suffer an outage
30 members each hosting 100TB of content with 3x redundancy, gives 1000TB or 1 petabyte of always on content ?
for my own setup I use HP microservers running xigmanas formatted tp Z1 to give redundancy over the 4xHDD
I've used 1TB seagate CMR drives giving about 3TB of usable space that will buy me time if any single drive fails
If I run out of space, I buy another 2nd hand microserver
At some point I might move over to 4TB ironwolf drives to give a higher storage density
I've used 1TB seagate CMR drives giving about 3TB of usable space that will buy me time if any single drive fails
If I run out of space, I buy another 2nd hand microserver
At some point I might move over to 4TB ironwolf drives to give a higher storage density