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Guys,
I've been posting on www.techreport.com forums, looking for the best storage and working solutions. I must have about 2TB tied up in a whole unruly pile of 250GB external 2.0 USB disks. It's impossible to keep the data organised well and if one disk goes I don't have a leg to stand on. I'm looking for a centralised NAS type system that will replace all these cables and stuff littered over my desks. Ideally it would contain all my live Edius projects and some archived footage. the exteranl disks I could then use to put on a whole bunch of important stuff and tuck them away on a shelf if and when I might need them.
Part of a post is below. Being editors I thought you guys might be better placed to understand what I might need. My business has grown much larger than I had anticipated and I just didn't have the time or knowledge to implement an organised and professional solution, but I know I simply have to get to that stage now or I am going suffer at some point.
Madwand wrote:
If you're concerned about backups, I think you should start by thinking of a system which can be kept separate and disconnected most of the time.
MY REPLY:
RAID 10 seems interesting, but I think what I am looking for is what is described above: Storage Space 1 that holds all my video files (current working projects and archived final films) and from which I can utilise in editing programs etc, and Storage Space 2 that is an exact replica of the Storage Space 1. If I wake up in the morning and turn on the Storage Space 1 and nothing happens I will not have to kill myself because it is all right there on Storage Space 2: all my live projects, raw working footage and finished and rendered films.
It does not have to be an automatic process. If it means every other day I have to synch the drives and tell Storage Space 2 to replicate Storage Space 1, that is not a problem.
If anyone can help, that'd be very good!
I've been posting on www.techreport.com forums, looking for the best storage and working solutions. I must have about 2TB tied up in a whole unruly pile of 250GB external 2.0 USB disks. It's impossible to keep the data organised well and if one disk goes I don't have a leg to stand on. I'm looking for a centralised NAS type system that will replace all these cables and stuff littered over my desks. Ideally it would contain all my live Edius projects and some archived footage. the exteranl disks I could then use to put on a whole bunch of important stuff and tuck them away on a shelf if and when I might need them.
Part of a post is below. Being editors I thought you guys might be better placed to understand what I might need. My business has grown much larger than I had anticipated and I just didn't have the time or knowledge to implement an organised and professional solution, but I know I simply have to get to that stage now or I am going suffer at some point.
Madwand wrote:
If you're concerned about backups, I think you should start by thinking of a system which can be kept separate and disconnected most of the time.
MY REPLY:
RAID 10 seems interesting, but I think what I am looking for is what is described above: Storage Space 1 that holds all my video files (current working projects and archived final films) and from which I can utilise in editing programs etc, and Storage Space 2 that is an exact replica of the Storage Space 1. If I wake up in the morning and turn on the Storage Space 1 and nothing happens I will not have to kill myself because it is all right there on Storage Space 2: all my live projects, raw working footage and finished and rendered films.
It does not have to be an automatic process. If it means every other day I have to synch the drives and tell Storage Space 2 to replicate Storage Space 1, that is not a problem.
If anyone can help, that'd be very good!
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