dewey
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Wanted to share with the class
When I am at home I save all of my photos on a RAID drive configuration, which for the non-tech folks out there simply means two drives that replicate each other. This way if one drive has errors or fails I can recover the files from the backup. For wedding clients I also backup to a third drive (I'm paranoid about data loss when $$$ is involved) :mrgreen:
Anyway, the point of this post is this: When I am on the road I carry two external drives with me, and I have always just copied files to both drives, kind of like a poor man's RAID. It's not fun but it works.
I have found software called SyncBack that you can set to automatically sync two drives (or folders or whatever) to each other. You can also set it to sync with an FTP!
What could be better? It's free.
It's an amazing program - I set it each night before I go to bed and it syncs my days work to the other drive. If I am on location for a wedding I'll also have it sync to my FTP as well (again with the paranoid behavior) :mrgreen:
So if you don't want to invest in RAID drives or a RAID setup at home or at the office, you can use this software to create a RAID like array to store your photos - it's very cool.
http://www.download.com/SyncBack/3000-2242_4-10548273.html?tag=lst-0-1
When I am at home I save all of my photos on a RAID drive configuration, which for the non-tech folks out there simply means two drives that replicate each other. This way if one drive has errors or fails I can recover the files from the backup. For wedding clients I also backup to a third drive (I'm paranoid about data loss when $$$ is involved) :mrgreen:
Anyway, the point of this post is this: When I am on the road I carry two external drives with me, and I have always just copied files to both drives, kind of like a poor man's RAID. It's not fun but it works.
I have found software called SyncBack that you can set to automatically sync two drives (or folders or whatever) to each other. You can also set it to sync with an FTP!
What could be better? It's free.
It's an amazing program - I set it each night before I go to bed and it syncs my days work to the other drive. If I am on location for a wedding I'll also have it sync to my FTP as well (again with the paranoid behavior) :mrgreen:
So if you don't want to invest in RAID drives or a RAID setup at home or at the office, you can use this software to create a RAID like array to store your photos - it's very cool.
http://www.download.com/SyncBack/3000-2242_4-10548273.html?tag=lst-0-1