Comments on: It’s Not A Matter Of If, But When. http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/10/its-not-a-matter-of-if-but-when/ A safe place for amateur photographers with pressing business questions seeking honest, straightforward critiques. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Barnes http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/10/its-not-a-matter-of-if-but-when/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Don Barnes Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:51:19 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=426#comment-85 I don't have quite your redundancy and my procedure is a little different. I have a stand alone CD/DVD burner that I download CF cards on straight from the camera. And it is portable enough that I can take it to weddings. That DVD has my original camera files and is stored in the client's session envelope. Before it goes into the envelope, the files are downloaded to the computer and backed up to a 1T external. The first of the year I bought three years service from Carbonite. It took almost four months for the initial backup, but now it does its thing every night. That off site storage helps me sleep at night. I don’t have quite your redundancy and my procedure is a little different. I have a stand alone CD/DVD burner that I download CF cards on straight from the camera. And it is portable enough that I can take it to weddings. That DVD has my original camera files and is stored in the client’s session envelope. Before it goes into the envelope, the files are downloaded to the computer and backed up to a 1T external.

The first of the year I bought three years service from Carbonite. It took almost four months for the initial backup, but now it does its thing every night. That off site storage helps me sleep at night.

]]> By: Jan Taylor http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/10/its-not-a-matter-of-if-but-when/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jan Taylor Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:02:11 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=426#comment-65 This is a great discussion! Only a few weeks ago my hard drive failed and although I have always backed up my original RAW files on CD I haven't backed up my jpegs, which could have been many hours of reprocessing images. Fortunately my backup external hard drive was only failing because of the power cable and I was sent a replacement and once again I have my files! I will now back up my processed files too! Whew! This is a great discussion! Only a few weeks ago my hard drive failed and although I have always backed up my original RAW files on CD I haven’t backed up my jpegs, which could have been many hours of reprocessing images. Fortunately my backup external hard drive was only failing because of the power cable and I was sent a replacement and once again I have my files! I will now back up my processed files too! Whew!

]]> By: Elise DeJean http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/10/its-not-a-matter-of-if-but-when/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Elise DeJean Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:06 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=426#comment-64 Wow! Great system you have in place now! I constantly worry about my hard drives failing so I make DVD's of all my RAW files but I still worry! Your system sounds very solid and stable and excellent for your own peace of mind! Thank you for this article. I will look into implementing something like this for the future! As for the off site storage for DVD's, couldn't you get a water proof or fire proof safe to keep at your studio? What are the other options? Wow! Great system you have in place now! I constantly worry about my hard drives failing so I make DVD’s of all my RAW files but I still worry! Your system sounds very solid and stable and excellent for your own peace of mind! Thank you for this article. I will look into implementing something like this for the future!
As for the off site storage for DVD’s, couldn’t you get a water proof or fire proof safe to keep at your studio? What are the other options?

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