Re: [Frameworks] cloud storage question
Two ideas - - 1. One challenge for cloud storage: the data reassembly after crossing a network. The video file can glitch en route to the server, or while being downloaded from the server. Data packeted to move through a single bus to the external drive isn’t bouncing around the ‘net … There’s a reason I’ve built ‘upload to youtube & redownload’ into some of my ‘screwing with the data’ experiments. 2. Thumb drives now come in very large storage sizes. Put an uncompressed digital video file on a thumb drive and put it in a safety deposit box at the bank. So if your local external drives all die in a fire, you have your thumb drives in a climate-controlled environment. Label them with numbers, keep a spreadsheet somewhere on your computer so you know where everything is. A photographer friend of mine does this with video; he keeps it all in a fire safe in his studio. Jessica * * * * * Jessica Fenlon artist : poet : experimental ~ http://www.drawclose.com On Jun 4, 2014, at 12:39 AM, Peter Mudie wrote: > By their very nature clouds dissipate and vanish. I¹ve always felt it may > only be good as a temporary option - storing the data on external hd¹s > that can keep up with os upgrades the preferred choice. > Peter > Perth > > On 4/06/2014 12:57 pm, "Fred Camper" wrote: > >> I've been using CrashPlan for backup, of picture files not video files, >> but over 1 TB. The initial backup can take quite a while. It seems >> reliable. For a small fee you get unlimited space. But, they, and the >> others, only do single backups and advise customers to also backup their >> files elsewhere. In other words, they don't guarantee they won't lose >> the files. My solution is multiple external hard drives in two different >> locations. And you have to keep testing these and keep backing up to >> these -- even without much use, data on them will eventually get >> corrupted and the drives themselves will fail. So I transfer the files >> fresh from my computer every so often. If I couldn't fit all my files on >> my computer, as formerly, I would re-record them from one to the other. >> If you use Western Digital hard drives they have a program that runs >> extended tests on their hard drives to look for flaws, so I use that too. >> >> Fred Camper >> Chicago >> >> On 6/3/2014 7:55 PM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: >>> Does anyone here use a cloud strorage service for backup for their >>> digital video files? Do you know which cloude storage services are the >>> most reliable? Any to avoid, that are unreliable? >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck Kleinhans >>> chuck...@northwestern.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> ___ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] cloud storage question
By their very nature clouds dissipate and vanish. I¹ve always felt it may only be good as a temporary option - storing the data on external hd¹s that can keep up with os upgrades the preferred choice. Peter Perth On 4/06/2014 12:57 pm, "Fred Camper" wrote: >I've been using CrashPlan for backup, of picture files not video files, >but over 1 TB. The initial backup can take quite a while. It seems >reliable. For a small fee you get unlimited space. But, they, and the >others, only do single backups and advise customers to also backup their >files elsewhere. In other words, they don't guarantee they won't lose >the files. My solution is multiple external hard drives in two different >locations. And you have to keep testing these and keep backing up to >these -- even without much use, data on them will eventually get >corrupted and the drives themselves will fail. So I transfer the files >fresh from my computer every so often. If I couldn't fit all my files on >my computer, as formerly, I would re-record them from one to the other. >If you use Western Digital hard drives they have a program that runs >extended tests on their hard drives to look for flaws, so I use that too. > >Fred Camper >Chicago > >On 6/3/2014 7:55 PM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: >> Does anyone here use a cloud strorage service for backup for their >>digital video files? Do you know which cloude storage services are the >>most reliable? Any to avoid, that are unreliable? >> >> >> >> Chuck Kleinhans >> chuck...@northwestern.edu >> >> >> >> ___ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >___ >FrameWorks mailing list >FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] cloud storage question
I've been using CrashPlan for backup, of picture files not video files, but over 1 TB. The initial backup can take quite a while. It seems reliable. For a small fee you get unlimited space. But, they, and the others, only do single backups and advise customers to also backup their files elsewhere. In other words, they don't guarantee they won't lose the files. My solution is multiple external hard drives in two different locations. And you have to keep testing these and keep backing up to these -- even without much use, data on them will eventually get corrupted and the drives themselves will fail. So I transfer the files fresh from my computer every so often. If I couldn't fit all my files on my computer, as formerly, I would re-record them from one to the other. If you use Western Digital hard drives they have a program that runs extended tests on their hard drives to look for flaws, so I use that too. Fred Camper Chicago On 6/3/2014 7:55 PM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: Does anyone here use a cloud strorage service for backup for their digital video files? Do you know which cloude storage services are the most reliable? Any to avoid, that are unreliable? Chuck Kleinhans chuck...@northwestern.edu ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] cloud storage question
Does anyone here use a cloud strorage service for backup for their digital video files? Do you know which cloude storage services are the most reliable? Any to avoid, that are unreliable? Chuck Kleinhans chuck...@northwestern.edu ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
