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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo
Today is World Backup Day and B&H Photo has every external hard drive, hard drive array an USB flash drive for sale today.

Here are the links:

External hard drives on sale:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/External-Drives

Hard drive arrays on sale:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Hard-Drive-Arrays

USB flash drives on sale:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/usb-flash-drives



Mar 31, 2020 at 03:04 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


For those of you out there that don't have a reliable backup plan...might be a good time to create one for your images given many have spare time on their hands these days.


Mar 31, 2020 at 03:20 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


Anyone having issues with the links? I got a report they are not working but could not replicate the issue.


Mar 31, 2020 at 04:25 PM
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All links produced nothing found messages for me.


Mar 31, 2020 at 04:35 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


It worked for me.


Mar 31, 2020 at 04:40 PM
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How does everyone here handle their RAW files? My 3 TB internal drive is getting full and I am trying to think about longer term back up solutions. I can afford saving all my RAW files by picking up storage every couple of years, but I don't want storage drives stacking up that never get used over time. Of course I want the ability to re edit raw files, especially for prints, but I am thinking I will have to decide which RAW files I can see myself getting back into, and which ones are absolutely not necessary (like the dinner outing from a couple months ago? Probably won't re-edit). Does anyone strongly recommend keeping ALL RAW images? Sounds kind of excessive...

And then comes the question of what to keep on the HDDs plugged into your computer, vs what to keep on unplugged HDDs. Older RAW files, edited JPEGS, and unedited JPEGs will be backed up to the unplugged HDD, but I am thinking I will still carry over the edited and unedited JPEGs with me at all times in the plugged HDD.

Cloud storage is a must too. Google Photos is good for free compressed online back up, but I am thinking of subscribing to Google or Amazon to store all JPEGs full resolution in case of physical damage to my back up. I pay $20/year for 100 GB on Google Drive and I think that's a fair rate. Does anyone have experience with online cloud storage for full res JPEGS and/or RAW images?



Mar 31, 2020 at 05:07 PM
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chez wrote:
For those of you out there that don't have a reliable backup plan...might be a good time to create one for your images given many have spare time on their hands these days.


I have nothing to back up for at least 6 months due to virus.

The prices of items I'm familiar with are still higher than last year even with the sale.

EBH



Mar 31, 2020 at 05:42 PM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Anyone having issues with the links? I got a report they are not working but could not replicate the issue.


They are fine for me.

EBH



Mar 31, 2020 at 05:43 PM
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Maybe mobile issue? Wouldn’t open on iOS Firefox.

Fred Miranda wrote:
Anyone having issues with the links? I got a report they are not working but could not replicate the issue.




Mar 31, 2020 at 08:13 PM
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Works in Safari and Chrome on my Mac, doesn't work in Safari on my iPhone.

Fred Miranda wrote:
Anyone having issues with the links? I got a report they are not working but could not replicate the issue.





Mar 31, 2020 at 08:37 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


I ordered via the link with no problems. My order confirmed with little delay.
B&H are warning that given the conditions they may not meet usual delivery times, understandable.



Mar 31, 2020 at 08:39 PM
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AdaptedLenses wrote:
Maybe mobile issue? Wouldn’t open on iOS Firefox.



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tsdevine wrote:
Works in Safari and Chrome on my Mac, doesn't work in Safari on my iPhone.



Thanks for letting me know. I will fix it.



Mar 31, 2020 at 08:44 PM
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Works on my android tablet.


Mar 31, 2020 at 11:28 PM
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akashyap wrote:
How does everyone here handle their RAW files? My 3 TB internal drive is getting full and I am trying to think about longer term back up solutions. I can afford saving all my RAW files by picking up storage every couple of years, but I don't want storage drives stacking up that never get used over time. Of course I want the ability to re edit raw files, especially for prints, but I am thinking I will have to decide which RAW files I can see myself getting back into, and which ones are absolutely not necessary (like the
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For more than a TB I use idrive. Excellent system; backups have always been there, and I have needed them more than once. For my working files (<1000) that are on sale online I use Google drive. They're there on any computer in any place I might be, ready to be sent to my print shop in minutes.



Mar 31, 2020 at 11:35 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


akashyap wrote:
How does everyone here handle their RAW files? My 3 TB internal drive is getting full and I am trying to think about longer term back up solutions. I can afford saving all my RAW files by picking up storage every couple of years, but I don't want storage drives stacking up that never get used over time. Of course I want the ability to re edit raw files, especially for prints, but I am thinking I will have to decide which RAW files I can see myself getting back into, and which ones are absolutely not necessary (like the
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I built a NAS that has room for 12 hard drives (currently only 5 bays populated) to store my photos, videos, and other media. The hard drives RAIDed to guard against drive failures. All photos are being backed up to Amazon Photos (free unlimited photo storage if you have Prime) and Crashplan.com ($11 / month for unlimited storage). This combination of redundant local storage and offsite backup works well for me.

I also use external hard drives for occasional backup / cold storage, but I must admit that I forget to do this regularly.

I run Plex server on my NAS so all my content is available for me anywhere on almost any device.



Apr 01, 2020 at 02:27 AM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Anyone having issues with the links? I got a report they are not working but could not replicate the issue.



link to hard drive array does not work for me. remaining links are working for me



Apr 02, 2020 at 03:21 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


wich colors do u have?


Apr 06, 2020 at 08:05 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · World Backup Day sale at B&H Photo


... just to demonstrate the value of a backup ...

I have a "dual" backup system for my photos, a 6 TB NAS, and burning DVDs and (these days) Blu-Ray disks. I should have a third "offsite" backup, but I figure if my house gets destroy so badly my local backups are lost, I've got way more serious problems than my photography hobby.

I had been seeing "strange" behavior from one of my hard drives (not one I store photos on) for a few weeks, and just before my employer told everyone to work from home (a few days before the local government made it mandatory), I ran some tests that confirmed the drive was failing and ordeedr a replacement. It arrived a couple days later. I was fortunate to be able to copy most of the data from the failed drive onto my 3 TB primary photo storage drive that had lots of free space, and I had backups of data that I couldn't copy.

Based on the size of the new drive and my other, still working, drives, I decided, rather than replacing the failed 1 TB drive with the replacement 2 TB drive I would move the data from my nearly full 1.5 TB drive, to the replacement drive and use the 1.5 TB drive to replace the failed 1 TB drive. I spent most of a day opening up my computer several times to remove/add drives and rebooting to copy data from its original location to its new location. I was almost done when my computer failed to boot (even the BIOS screen didn't appear. While trying to remove the coin cell batter from the motherboard to reset the BIOS, I broke the battery socket, rendering the computer unusable. A replacement has been ordered, but isn't schedule to arrive until the 17th. I ran out and purchased a 2-drive USB dock, so along with the 1-drive USB dock I already had I was able to temporarily connect all the drives to my "beefy" work laptop. Unfortunately, I discovered that with all the data copying I somehow clobbered my 3 TB primary photo storage drive that I was using as temporary storage space during this process. I'm not sure exactly how that happened, but obviously I mad a mistake.

That's a long story to demonstrate why I'm really happy I have multiple backups of all my images. It will take a little time, but once my replacement computer arrives, I'm confident I will be able to restore my photo storage drive.

PS, if that's not enough, a few days later I attempted a repair (remove and clean chocolate sauce from the keyboard) of my laptop, and, according the repair shop to took it to, in the process of reassembling it I shorted out the system board, making it irreparable. This sheltering in place is turning out to be very expensive , not that I have anyone to blame but myself.



Apr 06, 2020 at 11:04 PM





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