Pascal Obry schrieb am 28.06.2014 17:31: > Le samedi 28 juin 2014 à 15:28 +0200, Bernhard a écrit : >> >I use rapid photo downloader for copy - someone here suggested to me >> >(thanks) since I want to do simultaneous backup when importing. > I've never understood this:) Why do you want to backup pictures at this > stage? After downloading you'll probably delete 50% of them (depending > on you kind of pictures, could be less or more)... So why backup > pictures so early? Simple answer: Because Nikon Software I used before also has this same feature - and I ignored it. :-(
Full answer: This (ignoring of the feature) resulted in the loss of three pictures (two of them important for me) out of around 3000 in a later stage of the workflow while transferring the batch of files to my "server" desktop machine over wired LAN. I obviously had bit errors in the transfer so the backup created on the "server" machine also was useless. Conclusions: I want to create a backup _before_ editing because this lets me know if the first transfer (Camera card to Computer) is ok - darktable won't recognize faulty files. In this case I can come back on the memory card and try again. Once on the computer and checked and modified I checksum all RAWs prior to other transfers, e. g. to the "server" machine. Now I can check any transfer automatically and also can check if storage device is still working ok - otherwise come back on the backup and replace the faulty storage device. This - I hope - will give me maximum of security with amateur means. Summary: There are three places of RAW pictures - for example on travel: - Memory card, - Working directory on Laptop, - Simultanous backup while download when coming home: - Working directory on Desktop PC as copy from Laptop verified by checksum - Working directory on Laptop, - still present: Simultanous backup from first memory card download => Memory card will be erased, later in the workflow: - "server" computer as copy from Desktop PC verified by checksum - backup on external medium as copy from Desktop PC verified by checksum - still present: Simultanous backup from first memory card download Regards -Bernhard- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
