So many stories of data loss. And so many people are oblivious with the risks. It’s just a matter of time before they will lose their photos and videos. I warn everyone around me but no one takes me seriously. It kind of feels wrong, but I hope they lose their data sooner rather than later to learn their lesson… Because learning it later is more painful and it’s bound to happen to everyone eventually.
When traveling, I shoot with redundant cards and usually find opportunities throughout the day to download JPGS to my phone to upload lower resolution backups to Google Photos. Then, I make a copy on a flash drive each night and begin uploading to my NAS at home. Internet connection at hotels is sometimes slow, so I have a travel router that stays at the hotel and keeps uploading even when I’m out the next day. My NAS has 2 disk redundancy and runs nightly off-site backup to a local drive and to my other 2-disk redundant NAS at my parents. My always-on desktop also automatically pulls from the NAS and uploads image backups to my unlimited Amazon Photos account and to SmugMug constantly. Ever since Google cracked down on the unlimited Drive storage with the business accounts, I need one more cloud storage solution, but haven’t made that decision yet. When I get home, I triple check everything is saved and backed up before mentally feeling settled. Still, I won’t clear the SD cards for as long as possible.
So many stories of data loss. And so many people are oblivious with the risks. It’s just a matter of time before they will lose their photos and videos. I warn everyone around me but no one takes me seriously. It kind of feels wrong, but I hope they lose their data sooner rather than later to learn their lesson… Because learning it later is more painful and it’s bound to happen to everyone eventually.
When traveling, I shoot with redundant cards and usually find opportunities throughout the day to download JPGS to my phone to upload lower resolution backups to Google Photos. Then, I make a copy on a flash drive each night and begin uploading to my NAS at home. Internet connection at hotels is sometimes slow, so I have a travel router that stays at the hotel and keeps uploading even when I’m out the next day. My NAS has 2 disk redundancy and runs nightly off-site backup to a local drive and to my other 2-disk redundant NAS at my parents. My always-on desktop also automatically pulls from the NAS and uploads image backups to my unlimited Amazon Photos account and to SmugMug constantly. Ever since Google cracked down on the unlimited Drive storage with the business accounts, I need one more cloud storage solution, but haven’t made that decision yet. When I get home, I triple check everything is saved and backed up before mentally feeling settled. Still, I won’t clear the SD cards for as long as possible.