Return-Path: Received: from host.sv2studios.com ([72.52.130.157] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4562386 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:21:27 +0100 Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=59275 helo=Neptune) by host.sv2studios.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaYwh-0006E2-H4 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:27:27 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] RAID vs non-RAID Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:27:21 -0500 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <00b001ccb9d5$9f104d00$dd30e700$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CCB9AB.B63DEE80" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQIIMQ6RCjazoPnAj9l0kJKgvdCNzZVjRs2g Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host.sv2studios.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CCB9AB.B63DEE80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Backup is a strategy, a plan and a process. I do the following: (1) Image system/boot drives nightly (2) Mirror application/file data across my machines multiple times daily (3) Increment/save project files (4) Mirror all data to RAID 5 server stores nightly (5) Backup that data as much off site as possible - the new twist is the Time Warner upgraded speed to support 5 Mb/s uploads and currently uploading 4TB to Crashplan to see if that's feasible for additional offsite storage. Initial backup obviously will take a couple of months but after that should keep speed. (6) Own advanced undelete and recovery file utilities that support RAID recovery, removable media recovery etc. - these have saved my bacon as well as for colleagues several time. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ http://www.stephenv2.me/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CCB9AB.B63DEE80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Backup is a strategy, a plan and a process. I do the = following:

 

(1)    Image system/boot drives nightly

(2)    Mirror application/file data across my machines multiple times = daily

(3)    Increment/save project files

(4)    Mirror all data to RAID 5 server stores = nightly

(5)    Backup that data as much off site as possible – the new twist = is the Time Warner upgraded speed to support 5 Mb/s uploads and = currently uploading 4TB to Crashplan to see if that’s feasible for = additional offsite storage. Initial backup obviously will take a couple = of months but after that should keep speed.

(6)    Own advanced undelete and recovery file utilities that support RAID = recovery, removable media recovery etc. – these have saved my = bacon as well as for colleagues several time.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/=

http://www.stephenv2.me/

 

A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

 

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