Jack Schofield said, “Data doesn’t really exist unless you have at least two copies of it.”
This post was written by Hendrikus De Vaan.
Back when everyone was still shooting on film, you’d occasionally hear horror stories of a lab fire destroying part, or all, of a film’s negatives—with all of the work lost forever.
But now with digital, the risk of losing all of your work is still very real, and it’s important to familiarize yourself with some storage and backup best practices.
I see so many people with a giant pile of miscellaneous drives of different sizes, speeds, and connectors—most not backed up, and no real way of knowing what’s where. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be a big post house to be able to implement a solid data management strategy.
I created the following video guide to act as an introduction to principles and terminology, as well as to be an actionable roadmap to building and implementing your own storage and backup strategy.
Author: Guest Author
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
