Saving our precious moments - cloud or local

[Atolavisuals]

Currently everything is shoved in my Gdrive, but I'm wondering if local storage and local backup is better than constantly upgrading storage. I'm one to NOT delete anything so, just curious what everyone is doing for their file management? 

[Drew_Geraci]

I highly recommend investing in a solid NAS (Network Attached Storage) system for archiving, backup, and even operations. It's a great way to store files locally but also be able to access them from anywhere in the world. 

[tonygale]

I use multiple local backups, plus a set of drive that I take home from my office. I also have cloud backup for finished files

[LensBrew]

The ideal is the 3-2-1 rule, but to many it is costly myself included. I use a small local NAS and a synch cloud service that works with my NAS. But until all the files are transferred to the NAS and backed up in the cloud, they are kept in my SD cards and portable external drive.

[Atolavisuals]

I highly recommend investing in a solid NAS (Network Attached Storage) system for archiving, backup, and even operations. It's a great way to store files locally but also be able to access them from anywhere in the world. 

I've looked into a NAS system forever. I think it's time to finally take the plunge. Thanks for confirming! 

[Atolavisuals]

I use multiple local backups, plus a set of drive that I take home from my office. I also have cloud backup for finished files

cloud backup for finished files seems like a good call

[Atolavisuals]

The ideal is the 3-2-1 rule, but to many it is costly myself included. I use a small local NAS and a synch cloud service that works with my NAS. But until all the files are transferred to the NAS and backed up in the cloud, they are kept in my SD cards and portable external drive.

what NAS do you have? 

[LensBrew]

what NAS do you have? 

Synology DS1621+. It's a 6-bay and You can increase the RAM and add a cache dedicated memory. Also, You can add a 10-Gig ethernet card for faster connection. The setup for all that has a hefty price tag, but it's well worth it. Seagate Iron wolf 16TB drives are on discount at B&H (almost 50%) which will end on Friday afternoon. This, in my opinion, is a great deal (which I couldn't get since I already purchased my drives months ago).

[Gomisan]

I've looked into a NAS system forever. I think it's time to finally take the plunge. Thanks for confirming! 

Indeed, me too forever debating a NAS backup but now doing it. from what everyone is saying, this is the way to go. You can still use cloud for low res, but all my raws going into NAS drives/safe storage..

[Annette75]

Both! 

[Terrywarfield]

NAS here. For what we do its necessary if you want to keep and protect older footage 

[jasonvong]

Oh boy...file management is fun LOL just spent a whole day figuring out dropbox. Since we're traveling we're trying to put everything on the cloud but we also had to buy extra hard drives too to have a physical backup in case too.

[Gomisan]

Lol, and all while we don't really have anything else to do.

 

Happy Hunting J.

[Atolavisuals]

Oh boy...file management is fun LOL just spent a whole day figuring out dropbox. Since we're traveling we're trying to put everything on the cloud but we also had to buy extra hard drives too to have a physical backup in case too.

Curious...why dropbox over google drive? 

[Atolavisuals]

NAS here. For what we do its necessary if you want to keep and protect older footage 

Any specific NAS brand you recommend? 

[CarolineJensen]

Both cloud and backups! 

[Drew_Geraci]

I've looked into a NAS system forever. I think it's time to finally take the plunge. Thanks for confirming! 

Definitely, a great time to do it! Media is cheap, and you can make a 100TB+ system for under $2k.