I am a prosumer who just purchased a Western Digital external drive for archiving all my photos, Photoshop, MPEG renders, and assorted video clips.
Previously I've archived my final Vegas renders to tape/DVD and my photos/graphics to CD. I now have a span of material and thought that having an external drive would make things easier. I still plan on using tape for my DV backup but in addition could use the harddrive too.
Could someone suggest what strategies they use for archiving using an external harddrive. Having a solid strategy will help me from making some early misstakes. Also, do you compress your data in backup files or just copy the files without compression?
Thanks,
Marcs
Previously I've archived my final Vegas renders to tape/DVD and my photos/graphics to CD. I now have a span of material and thought that having an external drive would make things easier. I still plan on using tape for my DV backup but in addition could use the harddrive too.
Could someone suggest what strategies they use for archiving using an external harddrive. Having a solid strategy will help me from making some early misstakes. Also, do you compress your data in backup files or just copy the files without compression?
Thanks,
Marcs