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The idea of partnering w/ someone using the same ISP is interesting. It's really offsite that's the whole challenge. If it takes three days to get 60g uploaded

The idea of partnering w/ someone using the same ISP is interesting. It's really offsite that's the whole challenge. If it takes three days to get 60g uploaded (setting aside the nuisance of saturating our bandwidth for doing things like making Skype calls), then I effectively have close to no solution.. because during a busy season I have at least one job exposed for half of most weeks. House burns down, and I lose recent work.. which is the most important work since it hasn't been delivered. Really, I need something that gets a copy of the images away from my home within a day to have something I'd be comfortable with.

superuser2 13y ago
Sounds like you need something based on mailing drives.
- famousactress 13y ago
  Or Google Fiber!! Really, I think it makes sense for someone to prepare for the future and assume this will be feasible for upload in the not-crazy future.. unless more hobbyists keep deciding we need exponentially larger RAW files.. It's a crazy race :|
scarecrowbob 13y ago
Would it be feasible to simply dupe the drive and find a secure off-site place within driving distance to store it or a storage machine, and then mail drives to glacier (Amazon will import a HDD via mail for around 100USD) as the storage machine fills?
- famousactress 13y ago
  effectively this is already what I do, except that you added a step of sending the data to AZN which doesn't help me any if the data is already offsite. Once I've driven somewhere, we're done.
- xanderstrike 13y ago
  I worked at a wedding photography/videography place a few years ago and we did a lower tech version of this. The owner had a storage array at the office and at home, and he'd cart an external back and forth daily. This way there were two copies of all work, and three of the most recent: one at the office, one at his home, and the most recent work (that which hasn't been delivered) on the portable drive.

superuser2 13y ago

Sounds like you need something based on mailing drives.

famousactress 13y ago
Or Google Fiber!! Really, I think it makes sense for someone to prepare for the future and assume this will be feasible for upload in the not-crazy future.. unless more hobbyists keep deciding we need exponentially larger RAW files.. It's a crazy race :|

scarecrowbob 13y ago

Would it be feasible to simply dupe the drive and find a secure off-site place within driving distance to store it or a storage machine, and then mail drives to glacier (Amazon will import a HDD via mail for around 100USD) as the storage machine fills?

famousactress 13y ago
effectively this is already what I do, except that you added a step of sending the data to AZN which doesn't help me any if the data is already offsite. Once I've driven somewhere, we're done.
xanderstrike 13y ago
I worked at a wedding photography/videography place a few years ago and we did a lower tech version of this. The owner had a storage array at the office and at home, and he'd cart an external back and forth daily. This way there were two copies of all work, and three of the most recent: one at the office, one at his home, and the most recent work (that which hasn't been delivered) on the portable drive.