I store a lot of images, and need to back it up safely. I generally use HD and double it, two HD drives with the same images ... in the past I've occasionally lost one - drive fails in some way - and so, quickly copy the second disc, continuously keeping two back-ups, in addition to current images on my LT ... which for the newest means three copies, actually.I recently went to SSD on my Laptop, and it's great, very fast, and as I understand it, no moving parts to fail.SO, am considering buying a new back up SSD disk, and backing up all my data and images to it. Seems to be better security so it won't fail ---Can anyone comment on that? And which brand is the best? I'm less concerned about 'cost' as 'quality' and want the best brand not the cheapest ... I've been looking at Seagate website,? Also, is there something specific about back-up storage, as opposed to the same SSD that goes in a PC or LT? Seem like it's the same component, but has a case and transfer port instead of installing it in a LT / PC. Thx M44

I can't help with your question but when counting backups I have every SD card that ever came out of my camera. I have never erased one. They don't cost much and I haven't had one go bad yet

Hello,For large images, I would still recommend using spindle drives.You can't beat the the size of the disks for the money.Get two and set them up in RAID 1 for redundancy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDSSD drives fail all the time, but they are increasing in reliability.When installing them in your PC, they come with an adapter that allows you to install them in the 3.5" drive bay.Here's a picture of mine setup in RAID 1+0 mounted in the 3.5" bay.Good luck!

K Charles wrote:I can't help with your question but when counting backups I have every SD card that ever came out of my camera. I have never erased one. They don't cost much and I haven't had one go bad yetI shoot with a Canon 5DM3 and 7D DSLRS ...Cards I shoot cost $100 each -- and I shoot everything in RAW format, large files. Only get a couple hundred images on each card. That's would be too expensive to keep the cards. So, that would mean making a copy of each one, for safety and back-up - I ain't that rich. Plus, no way to catalog the images either, or process them, or copy them, and print.

If it is just images why no store them for free in the cloud. As long as no personal data is stored then you will be fine. Microsoft offers 15 GB for free and 30 GB if you own an IPHONE.Syncs automatically to your computer which can be a plus or minus depending on many factors

SSDs are much more expensive. And they do fail. They're not really cost-effective for simple file storage. I just saw a Newegg special for this weekend - 4TB spindle drive for $120. That same money will get you maybe 128GB or possibly 256GB in an SSD.I use SSDs for my system files (for the speed, and fast boot-up), and conventional HDDs for storage. I have 6 Corsair SSDs, in both 128GB and 64GB flavors for my various desktop machines. They seem to work well.Online storage companies like IDrive or Carbonite are probably the most cost-effective. I personally use SOS online, and I'm paying $75 a year for 100 GB.

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rodeoboy
Explorer
Sep 28, 2014
I would think using some sort of raid 1 or 5 setup would be best for you. Like they said SSD are very expensive and like all things, they can fail too.

Might I suggest a Buffalo Links station. We have 2 of them for datastores. Since the data is not that crucial, we only run a Raid 1 with Hot Swappable drives. But they do sell larger units as well. They are very easy to setup and seem to perform well. There also other brands that do the same thing.

If your files are extremely valuable, you could buy an removable sata device like a Removable SATA hard drive bay and do backups to the drive and take them offsite to a bank vault like I do.

Just some thoughts.
Rodeoboy
MrWizard
Moderator
Sep 28, 2014
You miss the point, he isn't interested in cramming the most images in the least space
Monkey44. Doesn't want to compress his images
He wants to save his backup files in the original RAW format that he takes the pictures in
This gives him the best quality for enlargements or any image manipulation he might choose to do in the future
He wants backups in the original format, not compressed
darsben
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2014
MrWizard wrote:
darsben wrote:
If it is just images why no store them for free in the cloud. As long as no personal data is stored then you will be fine. Microsoft offers 15 GB for free and 30 GB if you own an IPHONE.
Syncs automatically to your computer which can be a plus or minus depending on many factors

NOT FEASIBLE
Look up the data requirement and file size of images in RAW format
For example ... think bmp bitmap with 64 bits of color info for every pixel in the picture

The image files are extremely large, he's not using an iPhone
He's using a Canon dslr

Can't you do some sort of lossless compression as I did with medical images when I was in Radiology and O.R.?
MrWizard
Moderator
Sep 28, 2014
darsben wrote:
If it is just images why no store them for free in the cloud. As long as no personal data is stored then you will be fine. Microsoft offers 15 GB for free and 30 GB if you own an IPHONE.
Syncs automatically to your computer which can be a plus or minus depending on many factors

NOT FEASIBLE
Look up the data requirement and file size of images in RAW format
For example ... think bmp bitmap with 64 bits of color info for every pixel in the picture

The image files are extremely large, he's not using an iPhone
He's using a Canon dslr
intheburbs
Explorer
Sep 28, 2014
SSDs are much more expensive. And they do fail. They're not really cost-effective for simple file storage. I just saw a Newegg special for this weekend - 4TB spindle drive for $120. That same money will get you maybe 128GB or possibly 256GB in an SSD.

I use SSDs for my system files (for the speed, and fast boot-up), and conventional HDDs for storage. I have 6 Corsair SSDs, in both 128GB and 64GB flavors for my various desktop machines. They seem to work well.

Online storage companies like IDrive or Carbonite are probably the most cost-effective. I personally use SOS online, and I'm paying $75 a year for 100 GB.
darsben
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2014
If it is just images why no store them for free in the cloud. As long as no personal data is stored then you will be fine. Microsoft offers 15 GB for free and 30 GB if you own an IPHONE.
Syncs automatically to your computer which can be a plus or minus depending on many factors
monkey44
Nomad II
Sep 28, 2014
K Charles wrote:
I can't help with your question but when counting backups I have every SD card that ever came out of my camera. I have never erased one. They don't cost much and I haven't had one go bad yet

I shoot with a Canon 5DM3 and 7D DSLRS ...

Cards I shoot cost $100 each -- and I shoot everything in RAW format, large files. Only get a couple hundred images on each card. That's would be too expensive to keep the cards. So, that would mean making a copy of each one, for safety and back-up - I ain't that rich.

Plus, no way to catalog the images either, or process them, or copy them, and print.
AdamBryner2012
Explorer
Sep 28, 2014
Hello,

For large images, I would still recommend using spindle drives.
You can't beat the the size of the disks for the money.

Get two and set them up in RAID 1 for redundancy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

SSD drives fail all the time, but they are increasing in reliability.

When installing them in your PC, they come with an adapter that allows you to install them in the 3.5" drive bay.

Here's a picture of mine setup in RAID 1+0 mounted in the 3.5" bay.

Good luck!
K_Charles
Explorer
Sep 28, 2014
I can't help with your question but when counting backups I have every SD card that ever came out of my camera. I have never erased one. They don't cost much and I haven't had one go bad yet

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