Backblaze should NOT be your safety net. It should be the pillows on the floor, 50ft below that will prevent you from dying if the safety net and the backup safety net fail. You should expect broken bones.
Organize your data so that it logically follows the actual needs for backup and you\'ll be able to sleep a lot easier.
For instance I\'m not as concerned about the data for clients whose images I have already processed and uploaded to Zenfolio as I would be about the data for a client I shot yesterday.
I divide my data in these zones:
1. OS/Applications <--- these can be reinstalled, I don\'t give a crap about them
2. Business data <--- this is critical, scanned contracts, graphics I create, promotions etc.
3. Data for clients whose images are unprocessed <--- this is critical
4. Data for clients whose contracts aren\'t fulfilled but whose images are processed <--- less critical than the above, images are at Zenfolio already.
5. Archive data, for clients with completed contracts.
I physically partition that data into 4 zones:
Zone A: 1
Zone B: 2,3
Zone C: 4
Zone D: 5
Zone A is only one HDD as are Zones B and C, Zone D is more than one HDD
Zone A is the only one that I ONLY backup on backblaze. I don\'t really give a crap about it.
Zone B is syncd to a passport drive I carry with me in my eurotrash bag, it\'s also syncd to a 3 disk backup setup that provides offsite/car/location backup for the data
Zone C and Zone D are backed up to a 2 disk backup setup that provides offiste/location backup
When client images go logically from 3 to 4, I physically move their folder to the appropriate zone drive, freeing up space for new fresh images.
If you operated in a similar way you would NOT have to be freaking out about a >month long backblaze backup.
I would simply enable backup only for my ZONE A HDD, once that\'s done I\'d open up the other zones. If while the other zones are still not fully backed up I shot a new session I\'d again disable backing up the other zones (data is retained for up to 30 days I believe) for the day... and once the new session is backblazed I\'d re-enable the other zones.
Works well, give it a try.
But yeah build your safety nets over the floor pillows. Sync software, internal HDDs, Internal HDD -> ESATA adapter is what I use.
Ciao!
Alessandro
May 10, 2012 at 09:23 AM
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