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Best Hard Drive for archiving projects
Hi Everyone,
What is the best external hard drive for archiving media when projects are finished? Basically, when I complete a project, I will burn the project file and any music, graphics, etc to a DVD.
However, for the raw media files I am at a loss. I want to ensure nothing goes wrong when it sits on a shelf for a long period of time. Any help that you guys can give would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Best,
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[Tristan Olson] “What is the best external hard drive for archiving media when projects are finished?”
Enterprise drives are considered to be the best. Check these out:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/RAID/Desktop/
[Tristan Olson] ” I want to ensure nothing goes wrong when it sits on a shelf for a long period of time. “
First, keep two copies in separate locations. Second, LTO is generally considered to be much more reliable than drives. Drives sitting on shelves can still go bad. I don’t know how, but I’ve had it happen. LTO is a standard throughout many industries for archiving data. You might consider an option like that.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net
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