On 11/12/02 1:59, "adam custins productions" wrote: > I have been looking at the DVD / HD / tape / server options, but for the > medium term this seems to be my best option. > > Certainly I'd like to back up onto DVD (but we have issues as discussed) and > HDs are still fragile to an extent.
I think if I was starting out again with a back-up/archive solution, I'd have a serious look at the LaCie 400Gb & 500Gb drives released recently. I'd buy two, back up to them using retrospect, and rotate them weekly, one always off site. They should be big enough. Personally I've got too much invested in Tapes at the moment to consider changing, but its definitely worth consideration. As for Hard Drives being fragile? People always like to quote this. But while it is true, its very misleading. You have one main set of drives on your computer. These may fail. You therefore back these up to something (lets say another hard drive). If the back-up fails, where's the problem? You still have the data on the main computer. Both sets are unlikely to fail on the same day. But, just to cover your ass one stage further, you have a third hard drive, which you store off-site, to cover against flood/fire etc. Therefore if your main drive and back-up fail, you still have the third drive. Are all three going to fail on the same day? If you think your lucks that bad, you should be burning about 5 copies of each CD version you make and storing them in different countries :-) I've spent a long time analysing this theory and so far I cannot come up with a better solution. Plus it is far superior to any burning to CD/DVD/DVD-RAM/Tape etc. If you ever need a file, its always on your main computer. (this is presuming you've fitted big enough drives to your main computer, 200Gb internals are extremely cheap now) So have instant access to all of your work at the click of a mouse. Plus you have a back-up of all your work stored on your desk, on a fast firewire hard drive that can be accessed at another click of your mouse and a copy stored safely off-site, which can quickly be attached, and accessed. All for under a �1000. I personally think my archive is worth far more than a �1000, so its an absolute bargain price. If anyone can see a downside to this solution, then I'd love to hear it. Paul -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
