I'd have to say, just my experience to stay away from hitachi and samsung. Seagate is solid...WD I've never personally had a problem with but I'd split the recommendation and go with seagate.
Mike On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:47 AM, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need two solutions--backup and archive. They're different. Backup is > for day to day tasks to keep current files on hand. Archives are for the > files you need to keep but may not look at until next year or later. > > Consider using network drives for backup. Buy the most reliable brand bare > drives you can find--Seagate, Samsung, Toshiba, Hitachi and put them into a > network drive case. Avoid Western Digital--they outsource manufacturing so > the drives' chips may not be consistent, thus making damaged drives more > costly, or perhaps impossible to restore, even if the drives are reliable. > If backing up is mission critical, and it usually is, rotate several drives > for backup; replace them after 2 years. DVDs are best for archiving. You > want a static medium for archives, not a hard drive where changes and > additions can affect existing files. Use a good database to find your pix > and docs; do you have/use one? > > Betty > > >Photos are usually best archived to DVD. But if you've got 200gb of >>> >archival photos it would take a month to burn all that. >>> > >>> >> Yeah... I've looked into DVDs for backups. When I first started the >> biz, I used CDs for backup - one in my desk, the other into my safe >> deposit box but that's gotten somewhat full, plus it's a hassle having >> to go to the bank every few weeks. >> >> >Question 1: Is that entire 200G archival photos? I know you shoot huge >>> >raw files for a given project, but after you pick out a few keepers >>> >and save them as jpgs or something, then it's time to delete the bulk >>> >of the raw stuff. >>> >> >> Most of the photos are jpgs. Some are the original 'raw' format, but >> that's on a job-by-job basis. Figure 95% are jpgs and those have been >> sorted through so the non-keepers are not kept. >> >> > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
