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1/ Clients with budget constrained feature documentary projects consistently hand me drives that are overpriced overkill for their projects.
So it& #39;s time for a mini-rant on how independent documentary filmmakers can save money on storage.
So it& #39;s time for a mini-rant on how independent documentary filmmakers can save money on storage.
2/ It& #39;s totally unnecessary to keep all of the camera original files for a feature documentary on a single large RAID and is simply a waste of money (and RAID 5 is not a safe form of backup anyway, despite what many think).
3/ Don& #39;t do the creative editing using the original files, make small ProResProxy files and use only those files for the edit. Never put the camera original files into the edit project.
4/ As long as you make sure the proxies have full original LPCM audio in them, you simply don& #39;t need the camera original files in the edit. They just get in the way and slow you down.
All the proxies for a whole film can easily fit on a small portable HDD or SSD.
All the proxies for a whole film can easily fit on a small portable HDD or SSD.
5/ ProResProxy files take little bandwidth, so the drive doesn& #39;t even have to be very fast.
6/ The camera original files can be stored on individual cheap bare hard drives and stored in cases like this:
https://www.amazon.com/CRU-DriveBox-Anti-Static-Storage-3-5-inch/dp/B004UA9G56
And,">https://www.amazon.com/CRU-Drive... when needed, connected to a cheap dock like this: https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Dual-Bay-Docking-Function-FD2002/dp/B00N1KXE9K">https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-D...
https://www.amazon.com/CRU-DriveBox-Anti-Static-Storage-3-5-inch/dp/B004UA9G56
And,">https://www.amazon.com/CRU-Drive... when needed, connected to a cheap dock like this: https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Dual-Bay-Docking-Function-FD2002/dp/B00N1KXE9K">https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-D...
7/ At the conclusion of the edit, you just media manage from the bare drives to copy only the files that are used in the locked cut to a fast SSD to hand over to your colorist.
That& #39;s how to stop buying those big expensive unnecessary RAIDs.
That& #39;s how to stop buying those big expensive unnecessary RAIDs.
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And
BTW
For all the cloning/backup/archiving of the original media
I& #39;d recommend using @hedgeforvideo
It& #39;s fast, simple to use, and I sleep well at night knowing that all my drive/folder clones are accurate
I have no direct connection to them, I just love the app!
And
BTW
For all the cloning/backup/archiving of the original media
I& #39;d recommend using @hedgeforvideo
It& #39;s fast, simple to use, and I sleep well at night knowing that all my drive/folder clones are accurate
I have no direct connection to them, I just love the app!
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And
For easily keeping track of what is on all those individual external drives, and to make them searchable even when they are sitting on the shelf
I use Neofinder https://cdfinder.de"> https://cdfinder.de
And
For easily keeping track of what is on all those individual external drives, and to make them searchable even when they are sitting on the shelf
I use Neofinder https://cdfinder.de"> https://cdfinder.de
