Comments on: Brainstorm: server and backup http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/ Eric Cheng's Journal Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: echeng http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111602 echeng Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:49:15 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111602 <p>We just did a group buy via Wetpixel and COBA and got a discount on a bulk order, so it was good (for an Infrant NAS box).</p> <p>I'm on a gigabit network and get throughput of 26-27MB/s. It's fast enough for me to edit 100 megabyte images directly from the server, although I'm not saving every few seconds like some people do.</p> <p>I save RAW files offsite every once in awhile, but fire isn't an issue here because my building is live/work and has sprinklers in every unit! And all of my machines are elevated a few inches off of the floor in case of flood. :)</p> We just did a group buy via Wetpixel and COBA and got a discount on a bulk order, so it was good (for an Infrant NAS box).

I’m on a gigabit network and get throughput of 26-27MB/s. It’s fast enough for me to edit 100 megabyte images directly from the server, although I’m not saving every few seconds like some people do.

I save RAW files offsite every once in awhile, but fire isn’t an issue here because my building is live/work and has sprinklers in every unit! And all of my machines are elevated a few inches off of the floor in case of flood. :)

]]> By: HWH http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111444 HWH Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:53:35 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111444 <p>A related suggestion: Do you ever store any offsite backups? Even annually would be a good idea, given the amount of energy that is invested in your work. (God forbid, if your home ever catches fire, etc. I think you mentioned you live in an apartment? So even your neighbors could cause disaster.)</p> A related suggestion: Do you ever store any offsite backups? Even annually would be a good idea, given the amount of energy that is invested in your work. (God forbid, if your home ever catches fire, etc. I think you mentioned you live in an apartment? So even your neighbors could cause disaster.)

]]> By: Andi Voeltz http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111289 Andi Voeltz Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:28:21 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/07/18/brainstorm-server-and-backup/#comment-111289 <p>Hi Eric,</p> <p>just a few days ago I was in the same evaluation. I was happy to find that NAS Drives became a lot more affordable nowadays. I choose an Maxtor 500 GB solution and as this turned out to be nice and reliable I might go for their 1 TB cubes. However I must state that I will still need FireWire attached hard drives for my HD Video and 12mpx RAW photos. The speed of NAS can only be considered as backup solution. That's what I decided. Maybe it helps a little bit. Good thoughts however!</p> Hi Eric,

just a few days ago I was in the same evaluation. I was happy to find that NAS Drives became a lot more affordable nowadays. I choose an Maxtor 500 GB solution and as this turned out to be nice and reliable I might go for their 1 TB cubes. However I must state that I will still need FireWire attached hard drives for my HD Video and 12mpx RAW photos. The speed of NAS can only be considered as backup solution. That’s what I decided. Maybe it helps a little bit. Good thoughts however!

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