Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #51605
From: Allen Ellis <allen.ellis@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Non cloud backup solutions for solo freelancers?
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:17:58 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

Where do you live Greg? Maybe we'll move ;)

In our building in Orlando we're stuck with an AT&T connection that gives us 900Kbps up, so any significant files simply cannot be sent over the cloud. Installing 15Mbps fiber requires $30k to tear up the sidewalk + $1,200/mo

At my house I get 90/10 for $100/mo. When we have large deliverables due to the client sometimes I take them hone or go to the library which has 100Mb symmetrical. Feels like the dark ages!

We have 9TB online with a ReadyNAS, backed up nightly onsite to an identical device. Anything older than 6 months goes to an external drive sorted by client.

I'm terrified someone will drop a client's drive walking back and forth with one of these cheap externals. All together we have about 30TB stored, and to get a NAS that large (plus a second to mirror it) would cost something like $20-40k. So for now we're just buying externals as needed and holding our breath...

 
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