(Hopefully last) Status update:

I pulled all the pictures and home movies from the original #raid setup from the mini #Debian file server. Through #jdupes I was able to clear out a lot of duplicates, but I did have to do some manual review as I had several duplicates of pictures at smaller than original size.

I have organized pictures into main folders and will continue to further organize. I have all pictures and videos backed up on two drives.

As an aside, oh my lord were there so many files on my mini server. When sifting through all the stuff, there were so many random pictures of stuff I do not recall taking. I did get the drives refurbished, so maybe they were not wiped properly or maybe when backing up my games devs put in a lot of random stuff?

As for the mini Debian file server, I have reattached the original raid drives. Due to there being so much garbage on it, I am in the process of doing random writes to clear it out and then encrypting everything. Once this process is complete I can then put my various backups back on the mini Debian file server.

Wish me luck 😅