Re: Z-Library

"Solid [or TAR] archives are more sensitive to data damage. Unlike usual [non-solid] archives, all files after the damaged one [in the solid archive] most probably will also be damaged."

XZ/LZMA2 Format Inadequate For Long-Term Archiving. "LZMA2 is unsafe and less efficient than the original LZMA." 2022.02.
Use: 7Z LZMA Non-Solid, RAR 5 LZSS/PPMd Non-Solid, or ZIP Deflate.
https://lzip.nongnu.org/xz_inadequate.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20220617020831/https://lzip.nongnu.org/xz_inadequate.html

RAR: "The 'Test archived files' option tests your archived files automatically and immediately after the archive is created. It ensures your data has been archived properly to disk."
https://xona.com/2006/07/05b.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031839/http://xona.com/2006/07/05b.html

RAR: "The Recovery Record is particularly useful for long-term backups. Optical media such as CD and DVD, flash memory like SSD/USB flash drives, and magnetic storage like HDD, can develop bad blocks after long-term storage. Optical media and flash memory are even more prone to data errors than HDDs.
Adding 5–10% Recovery Record to [archive file] backups intended for long-term storage provides additional protection against such errors. Adding the Recovery Record does not guarantee successful recovery, but does significantly increase the chances of recovering damaged data."
https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record-useful.html?&L=0
https://web.archive.org/web/20220912143755/https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record-useful.html?&L=0

Manage modification of Archive Files like they're Solid: Decompress, Modify, Recompress.

Storage Media Life Expectancy - SSDs, HDDs & More! by Explaining Computers. 2024.02.25
https://youtu.be/xA9Xq7hb6Q0

Secure Digital (SD) Speed Class. 2023.10
https://www.sdcard.org/developers/sd-standard-overview/speed-class/
https://web.archive.org/web/20231022003743/https://www.sdcard.org/developers/sd-standard-overview/speed-class/

What is the 3-2-1 Backup Rule? 2023.09.06 [The second rule can be disregarded for personal use, Redundancy is the primary objective: at least use a different make/model for one of the backups.]
https://www.crashplan.com/resources/guide/3-2-1-backup-strategy-guide/
https://web.archive.org/web/20231130231623/https://www.crashplan.com/resources/guide/3-2-1-backup-strategy-guide/

How to Check SD Card Health in Windows. 2023.06.06
https://www.diskgenius.com/resource/check-sd-card-health-windows.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20231029133513/https://www.diskgenius.com/resource/check-sd-card-health-windows.html

How To: Monitor (MicroSD) SD Card Health and Status.
https://www.hdsentinel.com/how_to_monitor_sd_card_health_status.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20230804080555/https://www.hdsentinel.com/how_to_monitor_sd_card_health_status.php
https://archive.ph/OtMtn

How long do SSDs last? 2020.07.30
https://www.ontrack.com/en-au/blog/how-long-do-ssds-really-last
https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155150/https://www.ontrack.com/en-au/blog/how-long-do-ssds-really-last

The Engineering Puzzle of Storing Trillions of Bits in your Smartphone - SSD [MicroSD] using Quantum Mechanics by Branch Education. 2020.07.01
https://youtu.be/5f2xOxRGKqk

Where to keep your backups? Let's talk about backup storage media. 2018.08.23
https://www.hyper-v.io/keep-backups-lets-talk-backup-storage-media/
https://web.archive.org/web/20181009030254/https://www.hyper-v.io/keep-backups-lets-talk-backup-storage-media/
https://archive.ph/Z6uBq

How To Kill A Supercomputer: Dirty Power, Cosmic Rays, and Bad Solder. 2016.02.23 [Takeaway: Shielding, Power Conditioning, non-chinese ECC RAM, non-chinese Storage]
https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-to-kill-a-supercomputer-dirty-power-cosmic-rays-and-bad-solder
https://web.archive.org/web/20210803052825/https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-to-kill-a-supercomputer-dirty-power-cosmic-rays-and-bad-solder

ISC White Paper: Lifespan of LTO Tapes. 2012.05
https://iscgroupllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ISC-White-Paper-Lifespan-of-LTO-Tapes.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20200926002813/https://iscgroupllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ISC-White-Paper-Lifespan-of-LTO-Tapes.pdf
https://docdro.id/8PLx6fE

Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population - Google (2007).
"We conclude that it is unlikely that Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) data alone can be effectively used to build models that predict failures of individual drives. SMART parameters still appear to be useful in reasoning about the aggregate reliability of large disk populations, which is still very important for logistics and supply-chain planning."
"Our results confirm the findings of previous smaller population studies that suggest that some of the SMART parameters are well-correlated with higher failure probabilities. We find, for example, that after their first scan error, drives are 39 times more likely to fail within 60 days than drives with no such errors. First errors in reallocations, offline reallocations, and probational counts are also strongly correlated to higher failure probabilities. Despite those strong correlations, we find that failure prediction models based on SMART parameters alone are likely to be severely limited in their prediction accuracy, given that a large fraction of our failed drives have shown no SMART error signals whatsoever. This result suggests that SMART models are more useful in predicting trends for large aggregate populations than for individual components. It also suggests that powerful predictive models need to make use of signals beyond those provided by SMART."
https://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20081008225406/http://research.google.com:80/archive/disk_failures.pdf
https://docdro.id/JitT09U

"The data recovery company Ontrack did a study of the causes of data loss from 50,000 of its clients (1996). They found that the main causes were:
Hardware or System Malfunction (44% e.g. electrical failure, head/media crash, controller failure);
Human Error (32%);
Software Program Malfunction (14% e.g. corruption caused by diagnostic or repair tool, failed backups);
Malware (7%);
Natural Disasters (3%)." 1999.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/pdf/p2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20000817222013/http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/pdf/p2.pdf
https://docdro.id/0AwZ8n9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_memory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenZFS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_RAID_levels#RAID_60
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_RAID_levels#RAID-Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#SSD_failure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_6

Checksum or Hash (Cryptographic & Non-Cryptographic) that include bit Error Detection for file copy/report management: BLAKE2/3, CRC32+, Highway, SHA-3 (with Error Correction), Tornado, xxHASH.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAKE_%28hash_function%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_Redundancy_Check
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hash_functions#Non-cryptographic_hash_functions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-3

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE, NON-CHINESE.
Generally applicable, does not apply to all models.

Update: 2024.05.03

Country of Origin: Japan

Subsidiary of Toshiba
https://www.kioxia.com/

Subsidiary of Sony
https://www.nextorage.net/en/

https://electronics.sony.com/more/c/memory-cards-ssd

https://www.global.toshiba/

Country of Origin: South Korea

https://www.samsung.com/us/

https://www.skhynix.com/

Subsidiary of SK Hynix
https://www.solidigm.com/

Country of Origin: Taiwan

https://www.acer.com/us-en

https://www.adata.com/us/

https://industrial.adata.com/us/subcategory/card/microSD

https://www.aitc-tw.com/

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/

https://en.gigastone.com/

https://www.gskill.com/

http://www.kingmax.com/en-global/Home/index

https://www.kingston.com/en/

https://www.kingston.com/en/memory-cards/industrial-grade-microsd-uhs-i-u3

https://klevv.com/

https://progradedigital.com/

https://sabrent.com/

https://www.silicon-power.com/web/us/

https://en.tcelltc.com.tw/

https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/

https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product-detail/card/microsd/expert-smart/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TeamGroupInc/new/?theme=nightmode

https://us.transcend-info.com/

https://www.transcend-info.com/embedded/product/embedded-memory-cards/usd230i

https://www.tridenite.com/

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE, NON-CHINESE: DATA STORAGE ENCLOSURE

https://www.adata.com/us/

https://mediasonicstore.com/

https://sabrent.com/

https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/

https://us.transcend-info.com/

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE, NON-CHINESE: DATA STORAGE OPTICAL

https://archival.com/

https://www.delkindevices.com/products/accessories/archival-gold/

https://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/m-disc/

https://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/professional-optical/

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE, NON-CHINESE: DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE

https://go.acronis.com/Acer

https://freefilesync.org/

https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm

https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager

https://shop.progradedigital.com/pages/refresh-pro-recovery-pro

https://www.reuschtools.com/en/products/drivecheck.html

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/support/memorycard/sd/ssu/en/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/

https://support.teamgroupinc.com/en/support/download.php

https://www.transcend-info.com/support/software

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE, NON-CHINESE: EBOOK READER.
E-Reader Screen PDF minimum: 8 inches/20.32 centimeters

https://www.asus.com/

https://www.samsung.com/

• DATA STORAGE, HARDWARE: TEMPERATURE

Silicon Flash Memory Storage or Silicon Random Access Memory (RAM) maximum.
185 fahrenheit / °f
85 celsius / °c

Rechargeable Battery maximum.
113 fahrenheit / °f
45 celsius / °c

Book Print storage (with Humidity average of 38.07692%).
65.8 fahrenheit / °f
18.77777 celsius / °c

Silicon Random Access Memory (RAM) minimum.
32 fahrenheit / °f
0 celsius / °c

Rechargeable Battery minimum.
-13 fahrenheit / °f
-25 celsius / °c

Silicon Flash Memory Storage minimum.
-40 fahrenheit / °f
-40 celsius / °c

• APP

https://guardianproject.info/releases/

https://github.com/dstark5/Openlib

https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone

http://mirror.oldsql.cc/tor/

https://psiphon.ca/en/download.html

https://www.slant.co/tags/calculator

https://www.slant.co/tags/file-manager

https://www.slant.co/tags/OSINT

https://www.slant.co/tags/renaming

https://www.slant.co/tags/search

https://www.slant.co/topics/1438/~best-file-integrity-checkers

https://www.slant.co/topics/1465/~software-tools-to-find-duplicate-files

https://www.slant.co/topics/15450/~reading-fonts

https://www.slant.co/topics/27608/~file-viewers

https://www.slant.co/topics/29901/~archiving-tools-for-a-data-hoarder

https://www.slant.co/topics/31592/~open-source-alternatives-to-gs-richcopy

https://www.torproject.org/download/

https://www.ventoy.net/en/

• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

https://www.askbooks.ai/

https://www.chatpdf.com/

https://lightpdf.com/

https://searcholic.com/

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FOR THE CRAZY PEOPLE THAT WANNA DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE FUCKING THING

https://libgen.is/dbdumps/

Pirate Library Mirror
https://annas-archive.org/datasets
https://annas-archive.gs/datasets
https://web.archive.org/web/20230219205000/http://pilimi.org/

Torrent files are only available through the TOR mirror
http://2urmf2mk2dhmz4km522u4yfy2ynbzkbejf2cvmpcbzhpffvcuksrz6ad.onion/zlib-downloads.html
https://archive.ph/hfkmS

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
https://freeread.org/