After resisting for some time, this ol' tape hound is switching to flash memory. I'm looking for some advice on the best way to store and manage the files, as I've historically had horrible luck with drives dying on me. What's practical and what is the best workflow for this new medium? P.S. - I'm new to this site, so be gentle with me. ;)
Post-Production : Advice needed: Flash Memory Workflow by Brian J. Cano
Advice needed: Flash Memory Workflow
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The obvious answer not really being the crux of the question; I was looking more for tips on how to manage files (since there will be a ton), if anyone had suggestions on good brands of drives and preferred connectors (is eSATA still a player or is Thunderbolt the way to go), etc etc. Any apps I should get to help? Hardware to make things smoother?
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Esata 6Gbps is fine if you hook your SSD's to them. Hope you have a 3.0 USB in and get a 3.0 card reader for fast input. Externals are usually slow unless you "pop' for Thunderbolt. I prefer money on the SSD's considering I can get 3tb of internal HDD for 100. bucks. For 300 I can get two 250gb SSD's. So for 400. My computer is FAST and with ample storage instead of an external Thunderbolt array. Although an array is faster as is a two lane hwy opposed to a single lane. Yet if you write in one direction and read in another with different drives you wont notice. IE: 250gb SSD is your Read drive, the 7200 3tb is your write drive, the other SSD is your OS and Software Drive.
Brian, you need a fast new computer to handle a sata-iii 6.0 Gbs controller. The best way is to get a computer with it on the board. Don't think that flash will save you from disaster though, as it fails too, and cannot be recovered. It is a good idea to get a hot swap or external hard drive to back up your flash files to. This way you can easily restore them if needed. No one expects a crash but it always happens. I am the CEO of Your Data Center in New York. This is my field, along with teaser sites and online promos. Any questions feel free to ask. You can also get me from your cell phone using the star star method.. **CallYDC or **WebHOST will do it. The old (800) 651-YDCI (9324) will work from any phone. Best, Al
Brian, You may need to provide a few more details on the kind of project your looking to do with the new drives. A :30 commercial is far different than what's needed for a 13 1 hour show series. That said I would suggest you look into getting a multi-drive system that can provide you Raid-5 protection. That way if a drive ever did fail you can put a new one in it's place and have the other drives re-create the media lost. There are some great programs out there like ShotPut Pro that will make multiple copies of your media to several drives while checking the media bit by bit for a exact copy. Then there are programs like Cat DV which allow you to create a metadata rich library that you can find any shot you have ever cataloged. As I said the workflow you develop really depends on the type of projects you are doing. Good Luck.