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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/FewLemon9692 on 2026-06-13 10:32:24+00:00.

Recently I’ve started as a videographer, mostly helping a professional wedding videographer friend. We’re both mixing our collection of ssd drives and I’ve started accumulating more archive drives over the years and while labels help, I still find myself trying to remember where specific projects, footage, or backups ended up.

Curious how everyone manages this at scale. Do you use spreadsheets, screenshots, asset management software, naming conventions, NAS systems, or something else?

Also what’s the longest you have spent looking for footage/project that you knew you had somewhere but couldn’t remember which drive it was on?