Backup and/or Archiving
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I remember a great post on this from the board before it crashed but could not find it through the search function.
I am interested to hear what methods everyone uses for backing up and archiving their images. I am currently backing up my photos to an external hard drive and archiving to DVD-Rs when I have enough images to fill them. I usually make two copies and keep one here at home and one at work. Anyone have experience with gold archive DVDs? Are they worth the extra $$?
The firewire drive i’ve been using for onsite backups is getting to the point where it runs out of room to quickly, and still doesn’t provide you much protection from a total failure since i have no regular I’ve checked into raid drives, the the consensus on them is that they are great for data security (redundancy), but they still don’t protect you from a catastorphic failure.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Eric, I have one of the 160 gig Western Digital Passport drives and like it. I just wish it had a Firewire connection in addition to (or in place of the) the USB 2.0. Sometimes it just seems slow when backing up images.
There was an article in Digital Photo Pro about a year ago that was about archiving solutions for the digital age. They included multiple hard drive back ups, multiple DVD back ups (one kept in a light tight safe), and online archival/storage services.
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http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramSo guys, I’ve seen some really cool image storage designs. Not necessarily for photos in the context we’re thinking of here, but for check images and legal documents.
I was looking into some sort of hot swappable solution also, but haven’t spent the time to really figure it out.
I have been loosely keeping an eye on drobo units for the past year. I’m very interested in them, but the lack of firewire is holding me back from dropping the money on one. That and that I’d need to buy drives for it now.
http://society6.com/grainfarmer Fly Fishing and Landscape open edition Photography prints.
http://grainfarmer.vsco.co/ iPhone photos
http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramAgain, Photoshelter is the safest way to archive your images. DVD’s and hard drives will fail, On-Line archiving with a company that uses four different servers in four parts of the country is the best way to ensure you will have your images when you need them. Plus, you don’t have to worry about swapping drives, finding suitable storage space for them, etc.
I do burn a dvd and keep an external drive here at the home office, but I do not rely on them for archiving.
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