I need some ideas for mass local data storage.
My sister is a professional photographer and with multiple 10-12MP cameras the size her photo archive grows insanely fast.
She might come back with 3-5GB of pictures from a single job.
And everything needs to be archived for future use/purchases.
These pictures are her life, so secure data storage is a must.
Right now this is her current HDD setup:
3x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 in AMS Venus External Case
1x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 in AMS Venus External Case
1x 500GB WD MyBook
1x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 Internal
1x 160GB Maxtor Internal for OS/Programs
And a 750GB Seagate 7200.10 on the way.
She's pretty good at keeping everything backed up on DVD, but still single drive and only DVD backup for such important/mass files is just DEATH.
I've been telling her for years she needs some kind of professional storage/hardware RAID file server with remote backup but she hasn't wanted to spend the money on it. I'm going to force her to do it now though because its getting out of hand.
We've done software RAID from the motherboard/controller card in the past when her archive was smaller, but that was a headache to begin with and now its just much too large for that, and expands too fast.
Need some type dedicated NAS with hardware RAID thats expandable / hot swappable. Connected to her desktop by fiber/gigabit/firewire something.
With some type of remote backup.
So I need some ideas from you guys that have experience in this. Needs to be cost effective and expandable.
Thanks
My sister is a professional photographer and with multiple 10-12MP cameras the size her photo archive grows insanely fast.
She might come back with 3-5GB of pictures from a single job.
And everything needs to be archived for future use/purchases.
These pictures are her life, so secure data storage is a must.
Right now this is her current HDD setup:
3x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 in AMS Venus External Case
1x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 in AMS Venus External Case
1x 500GB WD MyBook
1x 500GB Seagate 7200.10 Internal
1x 160GB Maxtor Internal for OS/Programs
And a 750GB Seagate 7200.10 on the way.
She's pretty good at keeping everything backed up on DVD, but still single drive and only DVD backup for such important/mass files is just DEATH.
I've been telling her for years she needs some kind of professional storage/hardware RAID file server with remote backup but she hasn't wanted to spend the money on it. I'm going to force her to do it now though because its getting out of hand.
We've done software RAID from the motherboard/controller card in the past when her archive was smaller, but that was a headache to begin with and now its just much too large for that, and expands too fast.
Need some type dedicated NAS with hardware RAID thats expandable / hot swappable. Connected to her desktop by fiber/gigabit/firewire something.
With some type of remote backup.
So I need some ideas from you guys that have experience in this. Needs to be cost effective and expandable.
Thanks