Too Many external hard drives
Aug 21, 2021 08:41:04 #
Our banks are safe, in that sense; I’m about leery of putting my data in the cloud. Much of what I write is much more sensitive than my photos. And yes, it’s a huge hassle to go get the disk from the bank.
Aug 21, 2021 08:55:03 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
Disk and drive failure happens to the disk or drive be it in a bank your home etc. Have two.
Aug 21, 2021 09:11:17 #
peter.zimmerman wrote:
Our banks are safe, in that sense; I’m about leery of putting my data in the cloud. Much of what I write is much more sensitive than my photos. And yes, it’s a huge hassle to go get the disk from the bank.
You can always encrypt it before backup.
Aug 21, 2021 09:24:07 #
Aug 21, 2021 10:02:17 #
cactuspic
Loc: Dallas, TX
I don't know your storage needs or the size of your collection. When I started digitally hard drives were small and as I enjoyed focus stacking, I accumulated many hard drives quickly . After growing pains and several false starts, the solution I arrived at was to use a Drobo (a type of raid system) which I backed up to to two other Drobos. PreCovid, I kept one of the Drobos at my old office and one of the backup Drobos would remain attached to the computer and synchronized on a nightly basis. The other Drobo was kept off-site. About once a month, I would swap out the backup Drobos. I use Carbon Copy Cloner (a Mac program) to synchronize my Drobos, which keeps the backup Drobos up to date.
I don't know if Drobo is still in business but similar devices are made by Synology and others. I had thought of using just 2 Drobos and having the third copy in cloud storage. But the transmission rate for my uploads was too slow given the size of my library, 32TB.
The Drobo is viewed as a single drive by my Mac. This allows me to have all my images at my fingertips without hunting for the right drive. Lightroom keeps track of where each image lies. Hope this helps.
Irwin
I don't know if Drobo is still in business but similar devices are made by Synology and others. I had thought of using just 2 Drobos and having the third copy in cloud storage. But the transmission rate for my uploads was too slow given the size of my library, 32TB.
The Drobo is viewed as a single drive by my Mac. This allows me to have all my images at my fingertips without hunting for the right drive. Lightroom keeps track of where each image lies. Hope this helps.
Irwin
Aug 21, 2021 14:51:13 #
CarolS wrote:
I have 14 external hard drives which I cannot attach to my computer at the same time. Frequently when I use Photoshop the drive which has the files is not attached and I cannot use the Adobe software.
Is there any way to get larger hard drives that I would transfer the files to or some other system to have all the photos online at the same time. Thank you
Is there any way to get larger hard drives that I would transfer the files to or some other system to have all the photos online at the same time. Thank you
I too have a bunch of external drives. I went with a OWC RAID 5 set-up 24 T. I have a 2 TB and a 8 TB platter drive. The 2 TB is used for Time Machine the 8 TB is used to back up Lightroom folders. I still have four other 2 TB drives and a few SSDs. Do Not Trust SSDs for long-term storage!
Aug 21, 2021 15:08:30 #
peter.zimmerman wrote:
True, if you trust the encryption.
And use the SAME program to retrieve data later.
Aug 21, 2021 15:09:23 #
Aug 23, 2021 18:04:12 #
Aug 23, 2021 18:50:59 #
CarolS wrote:
Is Paint Shop Pro available for a Mac. If so where can I buy it?
No but some of their other stuff is made for Mac: https://www.corel.com/en/mac-compatible/
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