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External storage recommendations?
After piling up 60GB of RAW files from one shoot on my new 5D, it's
dawned on me that external storage/back-up is a major issue. Especially since the shoot maxxed out my laptop's hard drive AND my desktop's HD when I got home. (I picked up a LaCie 120GB external on the road, so at least I had somewhere to dump all this stuff.) What's the latest on big external storage systems? I see NewEgg's got 500GB drives for under $200 (ex: Western Digital My Book Pro w/USB 2 and Firewire -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136047 ) I've also seen 750GB and 1TB drives out there. Anybody using these? Got recommendations? Thanks. JJ |
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On May 19, 9:03 am, wrote:
After piling up 60GB of RAW files from one shoot on my new 5D, it's dawned on me that external storage/back-up is a major issue. Especially since the shoot maxxed out my laptop's hard drive AND my desktop's HD when I got home. (I picked up a LaCie 120GB external on the road, so at least I had somewhere to dump all this stuff.) What's the latest on big external storage systems? I see NewEgg's got 500GB drives for under $200 (ex: Western Digital My Book Pro w/USB 2 and Firewire --http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136047) I've also seen 750GB and 1TB drives out there. Anybody using these? Got recommendations? Thanks. JJ I bought a Western Digital 1 TB external drive from Costco for $370. Inside it has 2 500 GB drive. You can use it in mirror mode as a 500GB or use the whole 1TB. So far I have had good luck with the Western Digital drives, but then have not had any problems with any of my external drives, other have not been so lucky. Scott |
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External storage recommendations?
If you are amassing this much data regularly you will need to archive to
non-magnetic media. You will rapidly fill even terrabyte drives. The most practical/ reliable option are DVDs. Single layer are more reliable than dual layer media. However these may not necessarily be permanent (nor is data stored on a hard drive safe from media failure), have to be examined to make sure files all recorded and the disk is readable. It can be painfully slow to read archived files off a DVD. Obviously 60gbs of data has to span many discs. Blu-ray recorders with much larger storage capacities are available but the technology is too new and it is not clear if Bluray or HDDVD will survive. |
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After piling up 60GB of RAW files from one shoot on my new 5D, it's dawned on me that external storage/back-up is a major issue. [..] They can't *all* be good... :-) -- http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2..._argument.html |
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 15:06:50 -0700, (Paul Mitchum)
wrote: wrote: After piling up 60GB of RAW files from one shoot on my new 5D, it's dawned on me that external storage/back-up is a major issue. [..] They can't *all* be good... :-) Whadaya mean? LOL! Nope, they're not. But it was a shoot for a Foundation Archive, so they basically want everything. And before I can do any serious editing, I have to at least have it all in one place. I have to tag all the files with info and dates. Trying to do that piecemeal off several different drives/computers would be rather slow and convoluted. And y'know....down the line, the more I shoot the more I'm going to need to back up. Seems to me (this being my first experience with digital) that somebody came up with a great idea for a camera system, but didn't think the post-process requirements through very well. I can't believe all the "add-ons" and the additional time required. |
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On 19 May 2007 12:37:38 -0700, Scott W wrote:
I bought a Western Digital 1 TB external drive from Costco for $370. Inside it has 2 500 GB drive. You can use it in mirror mode as a 500GB or use the whole 1TB. Costco's got the Pro-Edition II WDG2TP10000N for $350. New Egg has the Premium II WDG2T10000N 1TB for $353. I can't find any difference between the two (except the three bucks). Costco's warranty, howebver, is listed as three years, New Egg's only one. What I like about these units is they have both USB 2.0 and Firewire 400/800 capability. |
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On 19 May 2007 12:37:38 -0700, Scott W wrote:
On May 19, 9:03 am, wrote: After piling up 60GB of RAW files from one shoot on my new 5D, it's dawned on me that external storage/back-up is a major issue. Especially since the shoot maxxed out my laptop's hard drive AND my desktop's HD when I got home. (I picked up a LaCie 120GB external on the road, so at least I had somewhere to dump all this stuff.) What's the latest on big external storage systems? I see NewEgg's got 500GB drives for under $200 (ex: Western Digital My Book Pro w/USB 2 and Firewire --http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136047) I've also seen 750GB and 1TB drives out there. Anybody using these? Got recommendations? Thanks. JJ I bought a Western Digital 1 TB external drive from Costco for $370. Inside it has 2 500 GB drive. You can use it in mirror mode as a 500GB or use the whole 1TB. So far I have had good luck with the Western Digital drives, but then have not had any problems with any of my external drives, other have not been so lucky. Scott Scott, Just out of curiosity because I am considering such to archive doth digital still & video: Does it have a cooling fan? If not, do the drives seem to remain @ a reasonable temperature? Thanks in advice. Any additional comments you might want to add about this unit would be helpful & appreciated. For the record, I have also have had very good luck with WD drives & use them almost exclusively but as with *any* device, especially HDD which have moving parts, it not a matter of *if* they will fail, but *when*. Hopefully, prior to a failure the drive will be replaced with something faster & larger. Then the older drives can be relegated to additional off sight backup where it will get less use & is just 1 among other backups. Respectfully, DHB "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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