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Afternoon all,
I am looking for a backup solution for 3yrs worth of RAW files, and need something around the 4TB size, so when in RAID would be 2TB mirrored.
At the moment, I have a single drive Synology DS110j which has a 2TB drive in it, and this drive backs up to a 2TB USB drive plugged in the back of it overnight. The problem is that this drive is also used for a music server, document server, and a host of other things - so it is not purely for my photo backups.
Ideally, I would like to keep this drive and use it purely for music, films, docs, and have another system for my photos - which are now very important to my business.
My current workflow is this:
Import RAW files to PC (internal 2TB SATA drive)
Work on RAW files from internal 2TB drive.
SyncToy sync from internal drive to Synology 2TB drive, daily upon system shutdown - this is copy 2
Synology backs itself up daily to 2TB USB drive - this is copy 3
So far, this system has been faultless... but I cant shake the feeling that I should been keeping my RAW files and photos isolated from my other stuff, and it should be self maintained on a RAIDed enclosure, ideally with a USB daily backup too.
So... seems I have quite a few options, but just wondered if anyone could recommend me anything?
There is no specific need for the photos to be on my network, so a USB 3.0 enclosure would also be considered, but there seem to be many more NAS options these days..
Thanks
I am looking for a backup solution for 3yrs worth of RAW files, and need something around the 4TB size, so when in RAID would be 2TB mirrored.
At the moment, I have a single drive Synology DS110j which has a 2TB drive in it, and this drive backs up to a 2TB USB drive plugged in the back of it overnight. The problem is that this drive is also used for a music server, document server, and a host of other things - so it is not purely for my photo backups.
Ideally, I would like to keep this drive and use it purely for music, films, docs, and have another system for my photos - which are now very important to my business.
My current workflow is this:
Import RAW files to PC (internal 2TB SATA drive)
Work on RAW files from internal 2TB drive.
SyncToy sync from internal drive to Synology 2TB drive, daily upon system shutdown - this is copy 2
Synology backs itself up daily to 2TB USB drive - this is copy 3
So far, this system has been faultless... but I cant shake the feeling that I should been keeping my RAW files and photos isolated from my other stuff, and it should be self maintained on a RAIDed enclosure, ideally with a USB daily backup too.
So... seems I have quite a few options, but just wondered if anyone could recommend me anything?
There is no specific need for the photos to be on my network, so a USB 3.0 enclosure would also be considered, but there seem to be many more NAS options these days..
Thanks