Seriously, I would not be dropping portable drives 3m or 10ft. Most important is to have multiple drives. Electronic failure is more likely unless you are really an abuser.
EB-1 wrote:
Seriously, I would not be dropping portable drives 3m or 10ft. Most important is to have multiple drives. Electronic failure is more likely unless you are really an abuser.
EBH
Of course, but things happen, especially when traveling.
Abbott Schindl wrote:
I can't speak to packing frequently, but they move among my machines easily (no jostling or environmental challenges to deal with).I don't think the Acasis units are waterproof or drop resistant. Check the Acasis page I listed for that kind of info.
The Acasis enclosure is more rugged feeling than the Sabrent USB enclosure, but neither are sealed against moisture. You can pop off the lid of both and there is no gasket, for example. But other than the lid, the Acasis chassis is one piece of machined aluminum that is a good thickness. It feels solid. The printed circuit board onto which the SSD mounts is screwed directly into the aluminum chassis. There does not appear to be shock mountings (I haven't unscrewed one to check), so I suppose with extreme impact, the force will transmit from the case through the PCB and SSD. But with thermal pads applied to the SSD, it's sandwiched in without any room for movement. If the enclosure is damaged and fails, chances are the drive will still be OK, and you can swap it to another enclosure, which you can't do with a sealed pre-made unit. I don't think I've ever dropped an external drive in 20+ years and would consider this an edge case. I have carried the Acasis enclosure in cargo pants pockets while traveling, so that I'd have at least one copy on me at all times. That pocket also would carry my wallet, car key fob, loose change, etc.
chiron wrote:
Of course, but things happen, especially when traveling.
That's why I like to have 4-6 copies and in different locations. For example 1-2 inside the computer, one in the underseat bag, one in the photo pack, and 1-2 in checked luggage. When traveling with others you can mix the spare backups. On the plane I have one SSD in a pocket in case of emergency evacuation.
EB-1 wrote:
That's why I like to have 4-6 copies and in different locations. For example 1-2 inside the computer, one in the underseat bag, one in the photo pack, and 1-2 in checked luggage. When traveling with others you can mix the spare backups. On the plane I have one SSD in a pocket in case of emergency evacuation.
EBH
Yikes! Really? How do you ever, while traveling, make sure that all 4-6 copies have the same files on each?
I download from cardreader to three drives at a time with BreezeDownloader, so those are all the same. Then I use a filesynch software to copy from the 2 internal drives to 2 externals in parallel and repeat as needed. I could also run a bytewise comparison between the 2 internal datasets or any others if needed.
Modern SSDs are so fast that it's all relatively quick, and most importantly, a low cognitive load activity so there is a low chance of screwups when tired and stressed. I don't delete files in the field either, but I do sometimes tag or star rate images (one copy in the computer). I can get 130-160K RAW files on each 8TB SSD. That's 2-4 weeks for me in the field.
