Re: [CGUYS] Data backup question
Larry, For photos, consider storage in the cloud. Smugmug.com allows unlimited photo storage for an annual fee. There are also paid versions of Google's Picasa that provide large amounts of storage. The disadvantage is that it will take a really long time to upload (or download) 200 GB, but keeping it updated is not so bad, and it's one of the few solutions that protects you in event of a disaster like fire, flood or tornado. Smugmug has some other features of interest to professionals. Jungledisk, which uses Amazon S3 on line storage, lets you store more than just photos. For local storage take a look at drobo.com. It's like RAID for the masses, allows you to use drives of mixed size, provides data redundancy, and allows you to hot-swap drives as they fail. Combining redundant local storage with on line storage is as safe as you can get. py On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Larry Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to jump into the RAID vs No-RAID fray... but I seek a relatively easily managed data backup solution. I've got a photography business and am trying to keep photos from various shoots around. At this point, I'm mostly looking for the hardware answer. I'll worry about the software side of things down the road. My first solution was to keep copies of photos on 2 separate hard drives. I would just copy entire folders over to each drive although that was cumbersome since I didn't always copy the folders to the 2nd drive as they were created. I also use an external hard drive (USB) (that I keep off-site) that I only power on when I need to either recover something or add to it. A little over a year ago, I bought a WD My World Book II that offered 1 TB of storage. Out of fear of a single-point of failure (and before I saw any of the RAID discussion here), I set it up as a RAID (mirrored). Even though the MTBF's of hard drives is getting into years or decades over the weekend, the drive management console for the World Book informed me one of the two drives had failed. I've got it powered off now and don't want to power it back on again until I have the drive replaced and the mirror rebuilt - even if it's just a stop-gap procedure. Basically, I'm worried the other drive will crap out and I'll be left with a paper weight. I'm open to suggestions for data backup? I can't (or won't) rely on just 1 hard drive. DVD backups are a possibility, as are CD. I'm currently using about 200 or so gb disk space. Online data backups are a possibility, although cost per month is something I need to factor in as well. Thanks, Larry * ** 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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Transferring video from DVD into iMovie
If Handbrake fails to rip, try MacTheRipper http://www.mactheripper.org/ Free as in beer. Then use Handbrake or another tool to convert the VOB files to a format iMovie supports, like MPEG-4. On Jan 9, 2008 11:43 AM, David Turk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some video clips on a DVD I'd like to get into iMovie, but Importing doesn't seem to work. Any thoughts? tia. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 232-4592 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Details on Apple's Time Machine
Thanks. The article confirms what I suspected when Jobs first described Time Machine: It's a *lot* like Dirvish, as you can see from the description here: http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/dirvish_backup/snapshot.htmlhttp://edseek.com/%7Ejasonb/articles/dirvish_backup/snapshot.html Why Apple has to call hard links multi-links I don't know. I also didn't know HFS+ didn't support hard links. py On 10/15/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a long article and the first part is a history of backup strategies (something not everyone will find interesting). However, after that it goes into a lot of detail about Time Machine. This is a big deal for Apple and they have invested a lot in making it work by making a very interesting change to how its file system works. They have created a new type of alias (shortcut) that keeps a file around as long as any one of these new pointers exists and lets them stack up multiple instances of the same file. This allows them to make many snapshots of your files while automatically eliminating duplicates. Very interesting. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/12/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_time _machine.html * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] The Consequences of EULA Violation
Tom, I couldn't let this pass without comment: On 5/30/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Bill Gates once said If we tell them they have to put a ham sandwich in every box, they have to put a ham sandwich in every box. Your obligation is to read the EULA and according to the terms of sale, if you don't like the EULA you return the product and they give you your money back. Please demonstrate. Buy some software, retail package or download, your choice. Start the installation. Decline the EULA. Return the product and try to get your money back. Let us know how that goes. When you let go of morals, you let go of civilization. True, but it should also be said that morality is not the same as the law. There's plenty of precedent for civil disobedience. And there have been many times where the moral act is to break the law: Helping slaves escape, sitting at the front of the bus...And there are even more cases where breaking an unfair contract is justified. When our civilization falls, it won't be because Harvey violated Microsoft's EULA. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
