I may have hoarding issues with ebooks - Page 2

JSWolf · 08-27-2023, 06:30 PM

I think we all horde eBooks.

kyrilson · 08-27-2023, 06:44 PM

I have about 800 on my main e-reader,a Kobo Libra H2O. About 5 to 6 thousand archived on Dropbox.

Why worry about hoarding ebooks? They don't take up any physical space.

JSWolf · 08-27-2023, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kyrilson

I have about 800 on my main e-reader,a Kobo Libra H2O. About 5 to 6 thousand archived on Dropbox.

Why worry about hoarding ebooks? They don't take up any physical space.

Because we will amass more books then we can read in our lifetimes.

kyrilson · 08-27-2023, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Because we will amass more books then we can read in our lifetimes.

I think everyone that likes to read has that problem. No one will be able to read all they books they want in life. Just enjoy what you do read. 😊

Apache · 08-27-2023, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Perhaps a funeral pyre?

Don't give her ideas.

Apache

theducks · 08-27-2023, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hobnail

If you need any more encouragement, hard drives are amazingly cheap these days. 5TB usb drive is $115, a 3.5 inch internal 8TB is $109, and a 2TB laptop drive is $68. That dinky 2TB drive could probably store millions of ebooks.

I have many T of drives. They are just distributed.
(I also found one of my old MFM drives (taller than modern drives). I used to use old drives as Swap drives. Now I have more RAM than all My Windows 9x systems together.

For really large storage needs, maybe the client would let me use the rack (below) I built out. 22 Petabytes of fast access.

Comfy.n · 08-27-2023, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

For really large storage needs, maybe the client would let me use the rack (below) I built out. 22 Petabytes of fast access.

You mean twenty-two *thousand* TERABYTES!??

How is that even possible!?

DNSB · 08-28-2023, 12:23 AM

Hmm... looks a bit like the last one we installed at work though that was ~2.2 petabytes raw storage so ~2 petabytes actually available. The hardware is a NAS controller and expansion shelf stuffed with 15.6TB NVME drives. It wasn't cheap but was supposed to meet our data storage needs for the next 5 years.

Comfy.n · 08-28-2023, 01:26 AM

last time I looked, the highest capacity NVME sticks had 8TB...

Quoth · 08-28-2023, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kyrilson

About 5 to 6 thousand archived on Dropbox. .

Make a local backup or two. Dropbox isn't an archive. It's someone else's server designed for sharing. Those could be gone today.

That would take up only a few percent of a cheap USB HDD (stores better in a drawer than SSD or USB /SD card memeory).

Quoth · 08-28-2023, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

(I also found one of my old MFM drives (taller than modern drives).

Good luck on finding a controller and also a PC with an ISA slot. I think I sent my last to recycling last year. I might have one slim PC left somewhere with Win98, CD drive and IDE HDD that has ISA. You'd not fit any MFM controller in it that I ever saw.
In late 1990s one of the kids had a PC with a full height 10 M byte MFM drive for a short while, i.e. size of two full size CD/DVD drive bays. My first HDD was a 5M byte on an Apple II that had its own PSU.

I found a photo of a development lab about 1983 a couple of weeks ago. Intel development system running IsisII and "cake cover" style 5 M Byte HDD pack (winchester?) in a floor standing box almost half the size of a filing cabinet. The desk also had the ACT Sirius 1 PC, which was seriously more advanced than the IBM PC in 1981. 800x 400 matte graphics screen vs goldfish bowl text only (CGA was an option). Sound, clock, I/O built in. 1.2M or 2.4M floppy vs 180K or 360K on IBM in 1981.

Largest SSDs here are 512G NVMe and HDDs is only 6 T. All PC/Laptop with SSD also have SATA HDD for /usr and /home

JSWolf · 08-28-2023, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Good luck on finding a controller and also a PC with an ISA slot. I think I sent my last to recycling last year. I might have one slim PC left somewhere with Win98, CD drive and IDE HDD that has ISA. You'd not fit any MFM controller in it that I ever saw.
In late 1990s one of the kids had a PC with a full height 10 M byte MFM drive for a short while, i.e. size of two full size CD/DVD drive bays. My first HDD was a 5M byte on an Apple II that had its own PSU.

I found a photo of a development lab about 1983 a couple of weeks ago. Intel development system running IsisII and "cake cover" style 5 M Byte HDD pack (winchester?) in a floor standing box almost half the size of a filing cabinet. The desk also had the ACT Sirius 1 PC, which was seriously more advanced than the IBM PC in 1981. 800x 400 matte graphics screen vs goldfish bowl text only (CGA was an option). Sound, clock, I/O built in. 1.2M or 2.4M floppy vs 180K or 360K on IBM in 1981.

Largest SSDs here are 512G NVMe and HDDs is only 6 T. All PC/Laptop with SSD also have SATA HDD for /usr and /home

Largest Hard drive I've found on Amazon UK is 22TB. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BSFRNQTF?th=1

Largest M.2 SSD is 8TB. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BFDKPWPR?th=1

Quoth · 08-28-2023, 08:46 AM

By here I meant my Library. Not Online etc. Amazon though is mostly domestic/retail.

HLS · 08-28-2023, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tym

I may have hording issue with ebooks. I have 150 books plus on kendal, some of them are series of books. Other ebooks, probally 400 books and still counting??

The software is not so bad I guess, Moon reader Pro on my phone with kendal, and a sd card that has all of my books not on kendal. Just ebooks in epub format.

Windows 10 desktop computer, I have calibre, and Ice book reader Pro (while its no longer supported and updated) I bought 10 years ago for 100 bucks. Was stop being supported and updated 6 months ago maybe a year. Works amazing on windows 10. Oddly, Ice Book Reader works better and more well behaved than Calibre which is free.

Moon Reader Pro on android supports google voices that are free, so all my epubs can be read out loud. Calibre, and Ice Book Reader on windows, Well I bought 6 or 7 voices for them, they sound pretty real, so with wireless headphones, I can just listen to ebooks anytime I want.

Oh, and Audible Ebooks, Prob 60 of them. Just been working on all this since 2012 or sooner.

Lots of my epubs are duplicates, kendal books with drm removed, and converted to epub. That way I can read them with what ever software I want to.

While I wont go into details, all I can say is it seems like the new Kendal DRM has been figured out. I have NO idea how its done, I just have a way to find said books pretty easy. Thats pretty much all I will ever say about that.

Most of Kendal books are 5 bucks at most. I refuse to pay 15 bucks for a stupid ebook, if I have to have it that bad, sooner or later it will show up in the wild.

That’s not a lot I have a little over 1100 kindle ebooks, 400 kobo and 300 Nook ebooks. Around 400 audiobooks

cfrizz · 08-28-2023, 06:53 PM

LOL, welcome to the ebook hoarders club. I'm quickly closing in on 2600 ebooks!

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08-27-2023, 06:30 PM	#16
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,746 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I think we all horde eBooks.

08-27-2023, 06:44 PM	#17
kyrilson Fanatic Posts: 548 Karma: 13511506 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cleveland, OH Device: Voyage, Oasis, Kobo Glo HD,iPad Pro, Sony 350 and T2	I have about 800 on my main e-reader,a Kobo Libra H2O. About 5 to 6 thousand archived on Dropbox. Why worry about hoarding ebooks? They don't take up any physical space.

08-28-2023, 12:23 AM	#23
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,100 Karma: 174315300 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Hmm... looks a bit like the last one we installed at work though that was ~2.2 petabytes raw storage so ~2 petabytes actually available. The hardware is a NAS controller and expansion shelf stuffed with 15.6TB NVME drives. It wasn't cheap but was supposed to meet our data storage needs for the next 5 years.

08-28-2023, 01:26 AM	#24
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,679 Karma: 7908443 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: none	last time I looked, the highest capacity NVME sticks had 8TB...

08-28-2023, 08:46 AM	#28
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,987 Karma: 111111111 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	By here I meant my Library. Not Online etc. Amazon though is mostly domestic/retail.

08-28-2023, 06:53 PM	#30
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,576 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	LOL, welcome to the ebook hoarders club. I'm quickly closing in on 2600 ebooks!