Comments on: A home for all our photos (and videos) http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: My NAS box is boring | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-75960 My NAS box is boring | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:37:37 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=3129#comment-75960 [...] I’ve had my Buffalo LinkStation for a few days now and it certainly does what it says on the tin. I copied all my media across, [...] [...] I’ve had my Buffalo LinkStation for a few days now and it certainly does what it says on the tin. I copied all my media across, [...]

]]> By: Jack http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-75952 Jack Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:40:06 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=3129#comment-75952 I use Live Sync, a Windows Home Server, and SyncBackPro (www.2brightsparks.com) for "local" backups and Carbonite for an offsite copy too... so far I don't think I've lost anything.... but I'm still looking for other / better / cheaper / simpler options. I'll be interested to see what solution you go for Owen - but I'd suggest going for at least 2!! :-) I use Live Sync, a Windows Home Server, and SyncBackPro (www.2brightsparks.com) for “local” backups and Carbonite for an offsite copy too… so far I don’t think I’ve lost anything…. but I’m still looking for other / better / cheaper / simpler options.

I’ll be interested to see what solution you go for Owen – but I’d suggest going for at least 2!! :-)

]]> By: I’ve got me a NAS box! | Only Network http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-75932 I’ve got me a NAS box! | Only Network Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:50:42 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=3129#comment-75932 [...] looking forward to heading home tonight, as my wife has just told me that my Buffalo Linkstation has arrived. It’s a storage device which connects directly to the network (a class of device [...] [...] looking forward to heading home tonight, as my wife has just told me that my Buffalo Linkstation has arrived. It’s a storage device which connects directly to the network (a class of device [...]

]]> By: Playtime tonight | A bit of this and a bit of that http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-75930 Playtime tonight | A bit of this and a bit of that Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:41:10 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=3129#comment-75930 [...] playtime by my definition, as I have 2 gadget to play with at home. Camille just told me that my Buffalo Linkstation has arrived. It’s a NAS device with redundant storage, or in other words, somewhere I can put [...] [...] playtime by my definition, as I have 2 gadget to play with at home. Camille just told me that my Buffalo Linkstation has arrived. It’s a NAS device with redundant storage, or in other words, somewhere I can put [...]

]]> By: Dylan Smith http://www.u-g-h.com/2009/08/31/a-home-for-all-our-photos-and-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-75928 Dylan Smith Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:40:26 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=3129#comment-75928 What I do for my photos is this: I use rsync over ssh to upload the entire lot to my dedicated server. I have a 4 line shell script that does it all. It's offsite, it's simple, it doesn't use any proprietary tools or storage methods that would be hard to recover, and it's fast and easy to keep up to date given that rsync only copies things that have changed. Video is more problematical due to its size (raw DV is massive). But given I use a Mac for video editing, I just use Time Machine which is part of OS X. What I do for my photos is this:

I use rsync over ssh to upload the entire lot to my dedicated server. I have a 4 line shell script that does it all. It’s offsite, it’s simple, it doesn’t use any proprietary tools or storage methods that would be hard to recover, and it’s fast and easy to keep up to date given that rsync only copies things that have changed.

Video is more problematical due to its size (raw DV is massive). But given I use a Mac for video editing, I just use Time Machine which is part of OS X.

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