EX1 backup

[Zak Mussig]

Jonny,

All you have to do is drag the BPAV folder from the card into a folder on the drive. If you want it on two drives just copy to both drives. This will obviously increase the amount of time a card is out of commission for backup. You could also find some utility ( which automatically backs one drive up to the other as it’s modified using watch folders or some such thing.

The transfer software won’t accept the BPAV folder on its own… it has to be wrapped in another folder (or the card’s volume). This actually helps keep track of the cards and it forces you to organize and avoids accidentally overwriting a backup from another card. Make a “card backup” folder and inside that make a new folder with a more descriptive name for each card you copy to disk, the dump the BPAV folder from the card into this folder. (e.g. card backup > 3-24 Client 01 > BPAV)

Then just add each of the folders in card backup as sources in the transfer app.

Zak

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Jonny,
I have two LaCie ready for the field. I haven’t used them yet, but my idea is to download for duplicated, in one disk the just dragging the files from the SxS card and in the other disk with the Transfer Software. I’ll plug the SxS cards to the MBP slot and FW800 for the disks.
This machine from Sonnet looks better than the LaCies:

https://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusionf2.html

But still a bit expensive.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Arnie Schlissel]

[Zak Mussig] “You could also find some utility ( which automatically backs one drive up to the other as it’s modified using watch folders or some such thing. “

Check out Carbon Copy Cloner. I used this for backing up P2 to a 2nd hard drive. Works quite well.

Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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[Jeff Coleman]

https://www.wiebetech.com/products/RTX200.php
https://www.wiebetech.com/products/specsheets/RTX_200H_QR_spec.php
RTX200H-QR by Wiebe Tech looks interesting to me. Plenty of interface choices. I thought people were using one of their RAID 1 products pretty regularly in field for Panasonic P2.

Run it at RAID 1. Pop out the bare drive and put it on the shelf in one of their $5 boxes. You don’t have to use their drives. You might call ’em and see if they have a better reco.

Let us know what works.

[Jim Kinsey]

We just got our Ex1 and the new Sonnet fusion F2 (640 GB) and raided it in the disc utility app ( comes with the instructions ). So our work around since the drive connects via the express card port (eSATA) basically it takes up the express card slot.

1.) Copy your BPAV folder from your SXS card to your Macbook pro desktop first.
2.) Eject your card
3.) Insert express card/esata adapter for the fusion F2 and hook up your drive with the esata cables ( the F2 is powered by a supplied firewire 400 cable.
4.) Copy BPAV folder from desktop to F2 raid
5.) Erase folder from desktop
6.) eject F2 fusion disc
7.) insert SXS card and erase with piece of mind knowing your files are safe.

This might seem extreme but it could potentially save you from a drive going down and for same day editing this baby is faster than any bus powered drive in its class.

jim kinsey

[Jonny Filsinger]

Thanks everyone. You’ve given me some great information as usual.

Jonny Filsinger
Master Video Productions, Inc.
2832 Bartlett Rd.
Memphis, TN 38134
901-372-7012