A survey: How large is the hard drive(s) you use for photos?
Nov 13, 2018 09:56:55 #
used to backup to DVD's but now have two external hard drives one is 3 TB and the other is 5 TB. Also computer hard disk of 1 TB. Only use the laptop to sometimes post process but then transfer to the other 3 drives when done.
Nov 13, 2018 10:05:17 #
I have a 4tb for backups and also a 2 tb and 1 tb which I kep in two separate locations,so I'll never lose any of my photos!!
Nov 13, 2018 10:14:32 #
Tom Daniels wrote:
My question is we all have big TB hard drives in m... (show quote)
I used to store my pictures on CDs, then DVDs. I gave them to my granddaughter as an emergency backup (as long as there is still the technology to do that!). I can still retrieve pictures from all of them, even the OLD ones from 2001. I almost threw them all away; but, just couldn’t bring myself to do it!
I think external drives and the ability to retrieve data from them will be here quite a while. However, just in case, I have everything backed up to Carbonite. Of course, when I’m gone and they don’t get their annual premium, the pictures disappear too. Not my problem anymore! My kids will have all the scrapbooks I made them and an external drive with ALL the pictures they would care about on them.
On the other hand, the next generation (my kids & grandkids) just use their phones to take pictures and let GOOGLE have them all. No backups at all!!!!
Nov 13, 2018 10:18:13 #
Nov 13, 2018 10:21:56 #
Used to have 1tb USB drive per year. Now I compiled them on a 4tb USB. In the future I plan to start over with newer drives.
Nov 13, 2018 10:22:36 #
4 TB - backed up to 4 TB and 6 TB externals. Currently I have 1.5 TB of images on the drive.
Mark
Mark
Nov 13, 2018 10:30:01 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
As I have said I use multi back-ups but now wonder if I can use a cloud for back-up. I tried several years ago and found they penalized me as they didn't want people with large quantities of space. I have two files of about b4 TB each.
Nov 13, 2018 10:36:41 #
LA wrote:
I'll start.
3 TB drive, 50% full. Contains all of my photos which are backed up on three drives of equal size.
3 TB drive, 50% full. Contains all of my photos which are backed up on three drives of equal size.
6TB, and backed up to a 4TB portable drive.
Nov 13, 2018 10:36:52 #
GrandmaG wrote:
What’s a spinning rust? 
Just a snarky way of describing a magnetic hard drive....
Nov 13, 2018 10:55:56 #
Nov 13, 2018 10:57:57 #
Nov 13, 2018 10:59:00 #
You can get 6T for $130.00. No excuse for not having significant redundancy.
Nov 13, 2018 10:59:48 #
LA wrote:
I'll start.
3 TB drive, 50% full. Contains all of my photos which are backed up on three drives of equal size.
3 TB drive, 50% full. Contains all of my photos which are backed up on three drives of equal size.
1.81 TB , 93.37% is Free for use.
Nov 13, 2018 11:22:07 #
I use a 16TB Thunderbolt 3 system attached directly to my iMac Pro along with a few Synology NAS systems which contain in excess of 100TB of drive space. Everything is configured either RAID 1 or RAID 5. Probably 90% plus of what I store is image files. I shoot in excess of 100k images a year. There are also off-site backups. Best of luck.
Nov 13, 2018 11:28:39 #
Current folder I'm working on is 1TB M.2 SSD
Recent folders on 2TB SSD
Less recent folders on 5TB HDD
Backup on 12TB RAID5 array and cloud
Recent folders on 2TB SSD
Less recent folders on 5TB HDD
Backup on 12TB RAID5 array and cloud
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