AUGD: Re: Storage Options
AUGD: Re: Storage Options
- Subject: AUGD: Re: Storage Options
- From: claudia crask <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:13:54 -0800 (PST)
This is a 10% offer to User Groups from G Tech, they said I could post it "far and wide"
http://tinyurl.com/6q6q5p
Also the Final Cut Pro User Group Network invites everyone this year to the Eighth Annual Supermeet at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center Wed evening Jan 7, Doors open at 4:30, Show starts at 7:00. The first 300 in the door get a great Goodie bag, and the Raffle has $40,000 worth of stuff in it, including drive from HDD Global, and a RAID from CalDigit. G Tech will be there and you can talk to the main managers.
http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld09
Buy tickets online and in advance for $10.99, or on site for $15 cash while they last. Everybody gets two raffle tickets and additional tickets can be purchased on site.
This is just my anecdotal experience with storage drives since personally I have not had any drive die on me yet, though have experienced it working on projects.
Some common sense care and feeding rules:
Don't overload a drive, always remember that drives always need writing space, leave empty space on the drive.
If it is an active backup or working drive, back it up regularly - wipe it clean at a high level, and then reuse. This helps create large open contiguous spaces for files.
Be judicious in using "Drive Care Software", I hear more complaints than compliments in general
Give your drive(s) airspace, and buy ones with internal fans. Some people could give the "Tower of Pisa" a leaning contest for stacking drives, nestled in a shag run, next to the space heater, bent cables, all with kitty snuggled on top, fur fluffed out all around. If that description doesn't make you cringe, review your setup. If you need a lot storage, consider looking into a RAID solution, or maybe some rational archival scheme.
Use heavy duty solutions for drives you use constantly vs archival or nightly or monthly backup.
Regardless of what the drive says about "Hotswapable" follow a logical power up and power down sequence for your setup. Dismounting a drive by fully ejecting it BEFORE shutting down and turning off your computer, will go a long way to maintaining happy files.
Remember to save versions of your important projects with new version names. Back up off system on long projects, so you have something saved that will survive being fried during a power outage. Even good power setups seem to manage being fried in the Bay Area power fluctuations.
Claudia Crask
SF Cutters Ambassador/ Business Manager
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