wparsonsgisnet Posted January 22, 2007 Share #21 Posted January 22, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Running a Mac I've bought a pair of Lacie 500 G (firewire 800) drives every year for the past five years. I use one for the current year's work (500 G just about does it). I duplicate every file onto the second drive as a backup. In other words I copy the files from the camera's card twice, and at the end of a working session copy finished files (typically not intermediate TIFFs which are large and which can be reproduced from the raw files). At the end of the year I retire the backup (I've got a drawer full of them) and repeat the process. When I next upgrade upgrade my Mac I'll probably move all of my files to a raid configuration using the Apple hardware. Woody, do I have this right: you keep the primary file online and retire the backup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gduveen Posted January 22, 2007 Share #22 Posted January 22, 2007 The current MscUser has a set of lab tests on Hard Disks, and they also single out the Western Digital My Book Pro as the best external 3.5 inch drive, and the Western Digital Raid Edition WD5000YS as an internal drive. Gerard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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