Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, Thank you very much for your time and your kind details. I?ve had not yet the time to read and download the trial version. I have purchased a new external disc for my Time Machine Back Ups, once I have replaced the actual I will have the time to do some trials and see how can I have a second Back Up in other units. I keep your comments and as said to John I will do several trials once I?ve finished my first back up on the new disc and will continue commenting. Best! Lluis > El 8 febr 2017, a les 20:11, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> va > escriure: > > I?m a huge fan of ChronoSync by econ. You can read about it here: > > <https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html > <https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html>> > > It?s incredibly robust and flexible. > > That said I also use Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC to its friends) to make full > disk backups of my boot drives and repair partions. It?s good software, > well maintained. Because I got ChronoSync first I haven?t explored using > CCC to simply move directory portions. I have to feel it would do a good > job, however. > > One other thing: you want to know if your image files haven?t been > corrupted in some way. (It happens, has happened to me when a disk went > seriously amuck). So I use a utility from diglloyd called IntegrityChecker > that computes a robust checksum for each file in a directory or directory > hierarchy. It works just fine but I?m not a fan of the way its sold. > Unlike CCC or ChronoSync, which get continuous updates through major > versions, diglloyd has a limited window for updates. This stinks. BUT, > this is software that shouldn?t have to be messed with very often, even > with the upcoming change in the Mac?s file system. > > You can find the digilloyd tools at: <https://diglloydtools.com > <https://diglloydtools.com/>> > > II have a 2013 Mac Pro with a Promise Pegasus2 R6 RAID sitting on a > Thunderbolt external link where I keep non-working images. I have a couple > of SSDs in and OWC Thunderbay IV external Thunderbolt case along with two > other drives. I keep the catalog for Lightroom and my ?working? and > current (this year?s) images on one of the SSDs (a fast Samsung). For > backup purposes I have a drobo connected via FireWire. I use ChronoSync to > backup to the drobo on a routine basis. It just moves the files that have > changed. AND I use Backblaze to backup to their cloud storage (my off-site > backup). It took a LONG time to back everything up and I got stern > warnings about bandwidth use from Comcast while I was doing the backups. > If something goes amiss and you need to restore from the Cloud Backblaze > will send you your data on returnable hard drive(s). > > Now that you can buy 8TB of storage for less than $400 it?s silly not to > make a full duplicate of your image library even if making it takes a > weekend. > > Adam Bridge > > ps: I had to correct myself several times writing 8MB instead of 8TB. My > first hard drive was 10 MB. The CACHE on most hard drives is at least an > order of magnitude larger than that not to mention the caches in the > processor itself. The world has seriously exploded since I started with > computers in the late 70s. > > ab > > > >> On 2017 Feb 6, at 6:14 PM, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography >> at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I?m working with a iMac, I think it would be very interesting if it was >> available an app allowing to run Time Machine Back Ups sharing the >> information with two or more external discs, in a predetermined manner of >> the user (the folders A, B, C -> Disc 1, the Folders F, G, H? -> Disc 2). >> Any idea if this exists? I have asked an Apple dealer and said me that >> this doesn?t exist? >> >> Thanks in advance >> Lluis >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information