I just bought a 500 Gig Seagate external hard drive, even though I only have 110 Gig hard drive. I Say I have 5 to 10 gigs of files (mostly text) I don't need to refer to on a regular basis. Couldn't I back them up onto the external and delete them from the hard drive, to improve performance? Actually, I only have about 25 to 30 Gigs total on hard drive, so could easily back up everything for now, with lots of room to spare.
Thanks, Randy On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:47 PM, 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/ ** *************************************************************************
