Steve Ickes
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winzphoto wrote:
Steve Ickes wrote:
I've never used the Drobo so cannot comment directly about its operation. However, personally I'd much rather prefer to use NAS-based solution rather than USB. For the past two years I've been using a nice little "box" from BitLeap which sits on my network.
Steve- What other NAS boxes did you look at when you purchased? I've been seriously considering one of these in order to access files when on the road. What is the total cost, including your monthly services?
Anyone else out there working with NAS?
PShiz- Does photoshelter accept Tif or RAW files? I have JPG's backed up on my smugmug account, but they don't accept any other file types.
It's been a few years since I went through the process but I pretty much looked at all disk-based systems, comparing price and feature set. For me BitLeap really did offer everything I needed at a price point I could afford. For instance Cisco offers the same type of product/service but their cost of offline storage is like 200% more than BitLeap's. I finally decided on BitLeap after meeting and talking with their president and other employees. They just really seemed to have the focus and plan that I was looking for. They have a great plan for future growth and lots of ideas for adding additional functionality to their system. It is incredibly flexible and extensible.
With regard to your other question....BitLeap's backup service is automated to check those file folders you've marked for backup and copy all files that have changed since the last backup. The one thing I really like though is that they maintain a revision history. Let's say you make some changes to one particular image and save it. It gets backed up. You decide to go back and make more changes a week later. It gets backed up again. But a week later your client decides they want the first revision but you've already made changes to that. With BitLeap, every single revision is saved as a separate file. You can go back and restore just that particular revision because every revision has been saved. Pretty sweet.
They offer several different products with different capacities and configurations. Additionally, for those who don't necessarily want to buy one more computer, they do offer the option to lease a backup appliance. If you lease, they will automatically replace your unit with an updated version at the time of contract renewal. Additionally, they automatically update all software on the unit as improvements are made. Beyond all the hardware and software, the strength of the company is that it is a Managed Service. They have a fulltime staff that constantly monitors backup jobs and is quick to respond to any issues they see but you may not even know about.
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