Please recommend the most reliable file system for storing a home photo/video archive of more than 5 terabytes. Doesn't matter if it's linux, macOS or windows Thanks

Almost all file systems allow you to modify files in-place, i.e. open a file in rw-mode, seek to a certain offset and then overwrite the data there.

I am curious about the pros and cons of filesystems that are write-only - meaning once you close a file it cannot be changed anymore. (Or maybe append-only file-systems that would also allow you to append to the end.)

On the “pro” side I see implementation simplifications around caching and checksumming, etc.
On the “con” side, certain use cases like DBs are no longer possible or need to use a different approach, e.g. manipulation of large files for movie editing.

Have there been any real life exploration of such file systems for personal computers?

https://reddit.com/link/1fmqqdm/video/sn6iibn6fcqd1/player

I'm excited to share a project I've been working on called FileWizardAi, a Python and Angular-based tool designed to manage your files. This tool automatically organizes your files into a well-structured directory hierarchy and renames them based on their content, making it easier to declutter your workspace and locate files quickly.

The app cann be launched 100% locally.

Here's the GitHub repo; let me know if you'd like to add other functionalities or if there are bugs to fix. Pull requests are also very welcome:

https://github.com/AIxHunter/FileWizardAI

Hey r/filesystems!

GitHub: (https://github.com/QiuYannnn/Local-File-Organizer)

I used Nexa SDK (https://github.com/NexaAI/nexa-sdk) for running the model locally on different systems.

I wanted a file management tool that actually understands what my files are about. Previous projects like LlamaFS (https://github.com/iyaja/llama-fs) aren't 100% local and require an AI API. So, I created a Python script that leverages AI to organize local files, running entirely on your device for complete privacy. It uses Google Gemma2 2B and llava-v1.6-vicuna-7b models for processing.

Note: You won't need any API key and internet connection to run this project, it runs models entirely on your device.

What it does: 

• Scans a specified input directory for files
• Understands the content of your files (text, images, and more) to generate relevant descriptions, folder names, and filenames
• Organizes the files into a new directory structure based on the generated metadata

Supported file types:

• Images: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp
• Text Files: .txt, .docx
• PDFs: .pdf

Supported systems: macOS, Linux, Windows

It's fully open source!

For demo & installation guides, here is the project link again: (https://github.com/QiuYannnn/Local-File-Organizer)

What do you think about this project? Is there anything you would like to see in the future version?

Thank you!

The sentences may be a little unnatural because they are created using a translator.

I purchased an update file for a claw game machine called "UFO CATCHER　triple twin" on eBay.

*"UFO CATCHER triple twin" is a modern Japanese claw game machine with a touch panel.

Since the update file is on the USB memory, I tried using a binary editor to see if I could connect it to a computer and extract the images, audio, etc. inside, but I don't have much knowledge about it.

Therefore, we ask for your help.

Below is information about the file, so please let me know what software or method to extract the data.

folder

AAR_INS

file

MDA-U0095B

SDEH.original

SDEH.original.sign

The file contents are binary, but I think the original programming language is probably C++.

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https://preview.redd.it/8wli4dzwbind1.png?width=652&format=png&auto=webp&s=79a7b2e440069129fcc5345b61e1d1713b698ec2

https://preview.redd.it/68ww8thycind1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2871fea9332f70eafc1ae020073ac4188b30d03