The way I think about it, there are three configurations for basic one-way file synchronization. I have made up names for the three. Push file synchronization. The files to be backed up are on computer A. The disks that the files will be backed up to reside in or on computer B. the software doing… [Read More]

There was a product announcement today that’s relevant to the posts on backup that I’ve been doing: http://iosafe.com/products-n2-overview I have been a big fan of the Synology NAS operating system, and this announcement says that it will be available on a third party NAS box that’s fire, shock, and water resistant. That’s good news. However,… [Read More]

Here are my specific recommendations. Local storage. If you can, keep all your images on internal drives on your main workstation. If you have several networked workstations, use file synchronization software to keep all copies in synch (be careful of two way file synching; done wrong, it can turn a small error into a big… [Read More]

How to move your data around among disks. You could move images from your primary storage to your backup storage simply by dragging changed files over. I don’t recommend this; you want to use a method that keeps your backup data current automatically. You don’t want to have to remember which files you changed, and… [Read More]