Comments on: Importance of backups http://www.birdphotographyblog.com/2010/04/importance-of-backups/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diondi Tan http://www.birdphotographyblog.com/2010/04/importance-of-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Diondi Tan Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:18:34 +0000 http://www.birdphotographyblog.com/?p=354#comment-61 Greg, unfortunately you found out the fact that the 7200.11 1.5TB models are unreliable drives. :( There's been a lot of issues with these particular models throughout the computer-modification areas, and people generally steer clear of the 7200.11 series entirely. I agree completely with you, but since I'm an amateur photographer with one paid job to my credit, I do not back-up as seriously as you do. My set-up consists of a mirrored pair of 1.5TB drives (Western Digital Green series) and a remote backup 2TB network drive, which acts an an impromptu file server for my home network. I can't justify an off-site backup, but I do put my finished work onto my Flickr in full JPEG resolution, so at least that's there. Greg, unfortunately you found out the fact that the 7200.11 1.5TB models are unreliable drives. :( There’s been a lot of issues with these particular models throughout the computer-modification areas, and people generally steer clear of the 7200.11 series entirely.

I agree completely with you, but since I’m an amateur photographer with one paid job to my credit, I do not back-up as seriously as you do. My set-up consists of a mirrored pair of 1.5TB drives (Western Digital Green series) and a remote backup 2TB network drive, which acts an an impromptu file server for my home network. I can’t justify an off-site backup, but I do put my finished work onto my Flickr in full JPEG resolution, so at least that’s there.

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