![]() ![]() Time Machine Drive – Simple Samsung 2Tb USB3 drive, connected directly to the iMac This could potentially be an images folder in the Root Area of the main hard drive or even better on a separate external hard drive. as you’d simply be duplicating things.Īs you don’t want TimeMachine to backup your images, it makes sense to store them in a separate place on your system to all of your other files. I exclude backing up any of the Archive Drives, Backup Drives etc. I currently exclude my main LR catalogue previews, but do allow it to backup the LR previews from my current working weddings. You could of course simply get a bigger TimeMachine disk – but it’s not very practical. For this reason, I would not recommend using TimeMachine to backup your images. That would make the backup very large, very quickly. then it will constantly be making new backups of these files. The only problem with TimeMachine is because it is always copying versions of files, if you have files (large files) that change often – your images, Lightroom Previews files etc. It’s set to backup constantly, all day long as my day to day files change. I have a dedicated external hard drive attached via USB3 that is solely for TimeMachine. This means, if you ever lose that file, you can go back in time and find the version that you wish to restore. That means, it not only takes one copy of a file, but if you change that file, it will then take another 2nd copy (and 3rd, 4th etc.) each time you change the file. It not only backs up your files, it also copies sequential versions of them. Video Drive – 4Tb WD drive for keeping videos off my internal drive TimeMachine Drive – External Hard Drive – I currently use a 2Tb Samsung drive connected via USB3īoot Drive Backup – Clone – Currently a Samsung T7 (originally a 1Tb Lacie RAID (SSD) as shown in image below) Working Images Drive – ToughTech Duo 3SR RAID – with 2x Samsung EVO850 SSD inside (originally used 2x 1Tb WD Blue) Internal Computer Hard Drive – in my own case a 1Tb NVMe inside a 27″ iMac (2020 model) Types of Drive (in relation to their task regarding backup/working procedure) ![]() A copy of the file in a location away from your workplace (to cover against fire, flood, theft etc.)Īrchive – A copy of a file that’s not on your main computer system, but is kept live on an external drive. Sequential Backup – incremental copies of the same file, as it gets changed over a period of time (TimeMachine & CrashPlan) Four types of Backupīasic Backup – An exact copy of an original file. Most things should apply to any OS to be honest. I’m Mac based, so apologies if I talk about things that are Mac specific. I’ll try and break things down into stages to clarify each part and the reasons I have them set up this way. That means getting up and running again as quickly as possible from a drive crash, computer crash, house burning down etc. Not only do I need to backup my work, I also need a system that can cope with a system failure. I’m a working professional wedding photographer. The principles in that book are solid and logical. ![]() Much of my current set-up was founded on principles spoken about in The DAM book by Peter Krogh. Feel free to take bits from it that you feel may suit your own set-up. However, it is fairly solid (fingers crossed). I don’t claim that it’s perfect or that it suits everyone. This is a guide to how I currently do things (backup and archive wise). Since I started shooting digital way back in 1999 it introduced a whole new set of rules and problems on how to backup and archive my work. However, that used to involve buying archival film sleeves and the like. So, I’ve always been interested in preserving my work. I started shooting seriously when I was 18 years old (that was 35 years ago), then working as a photographers assistant for 7 years and finally turning professional and shooting for myself 23 years ago. I’ve been a photographer for a very long time now. ![]()
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