MS. DONNA Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL

What do y'all use for a second back up? other than a external hardrive for your raw images

Thank you
Donna

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I backup to 2 different externals. Many on UHH also backup to the cloud.
Mark

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

My "Second" backup is also on external hard drive, a different drive.
My Tertiary backup (disaster) is by Carbonite.

MS. DONNA Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL

I know of the cloud but which services are used most ? and I'm not sure how to do this

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Many services provide the same function, just differently.

Carbonite is automatic; you can add directories and files to the default list; it puts little dots on the file name display in Windows Explorer to let you know the backup status; option to backup a file or directory as soon as possible.
We have unlimited storage for one drive on one computer (our desktop). Anything on the laptops we want backed up gets put on the desktop.

Depending on how much you have to be backed up, the initial backup could take DAYS. Subsequent file changes are backed up relatively quickly.

For Windows, it adds a "Carbonite" option (sub-menu) to the right-click in File Explorer.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Amazon S3 cloud (infrequent access tier).

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Don't forget to backup your other important files also: docs; PDFs; manuals; receipts; and other things, not just photos.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

For disaster backup I use Carbonite. Note that is needs to be specifically told to include videos.

MS. DONNA Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL

no viedos but thanks i will check it out

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

I back up to multiple external hard drives and Backblaze for cloud storage.

jcwall396 Loc: Roswell, GA

I have three (yes, three) external hard drives - one primary, one TimeMachine, and another I keep in a fireproof safe. Plus I use Backblaze to backup to the cloud. The bonus of Backblaze is that it backs up your main hard drive, plus any external drives you use. Very simple to setup - it backs up EVERYTHING, so you don't have to pick and choose what files to backup. Sign up and it just works. Recommended by a bunch of other Hoggers, which is how I found it.

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

I hate losing data. Takes too much time and stress to recapture both data and file structure. So I have a backup system that I think works and here is what I do:
Drive 1. Boot and programs disk SSD
Drive 2. Main data drive, internal SSD
Drive 3. Larger drive internal. Backs up to this drive hourly using Goodsync. I used to use constant sync, but that slowed my system down too much.
Drive 4. External USB. Backs up daily
Drive 5. Cloud backup using Code42. Backs up nightly.
Lastly, I use SugarSync to synchronize all of my computers. They are all instantly identical, with user defined selection of versions of back up I can choose from to restore. I use this for data other than photos because my photo library is just too large to be cost effective on SugarSync. If I am away from my main computer on a computer elsewhere and I want some files, I can restore from the cloud.

When I have a problem, I have multiple places to go to to restore data in original file structure. Internal hard drive is fastest, usb second fastest, cloud is slowest, but I know it’s there in case of disaster.

Hope this helps.

Rick from NY Loc: Sarasota FL

What would you do if your house burns down? Always wise to have offsite backup.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

I use Synology NAS servers for my second backup, which is made automatically when I upload my memory cards into Lightroom (LrC). Best of luck.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have two external drives in a box next to my computer. I also have a NAS. In addition, I keep files on other external drives. These are HDDs, but I also have a couple of SSDs.