DATA STORAGE & BACKUPS: strategies for Filmmakers & Photographers

Backup Trees and itemised lists available here: hendrikusdevaan.com/2021/11/29/data-storage-and-backups/

An actionable guide that's both easy to follow, but also gives enough context to empower people to make their own decisions to suit their own storage and backup needs.

0:00 INTRO
0:33 TLDR
0:55 PHYSICAL LOCAL BACKUPS (HDDs vs SSDs, RAID etc)
5:11 LOCAL BACKUP MANAGEMENT (File Syncing)
7:44 OFFSITE BACKUPS
12:21 OPTIMISING (designing your backup routine)
12:54 MY SETUP
16:31 RECOMMENDED SETUP
18:11 Q&A
19:35 FINAL THOUGHTS

Backblaze: www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html#af9x6d
disclosure: hendrikusdevaan.com/backblaze/

Free File Sync: freefilesync.org/

Recommended Setup (update):
1. 1x Samsung T5 2tb: https://amzn.to/3GrSztw
2. 1x OWC ThunderBay 4 RAID 5 4-Bay External Enclosure: https://amzn.to/3upd2gy
3. 2-4x Seagate Exos 16tb drives: https://amzn.to/3oqovZd

This video was shot on a Panasonic Lumix S1 in UHD Vlog with a Contax Zeiss 35mm 2.8 aeg lens and Lumix S 50mm 1.8
Sound is from a Rode Wireless Go II and Sanken Cos11d
Edited in Davinci Resolve

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