When collecting a quantity of images one can store them on different media to preserve them against fysical loss. Ok so did I. But when it comes to a quantity of a few terrabytes most among us can loose the secure attitude to backup the images. Some have (like myself) only one big storage containing years of photographs. <\/p>\n
And then, one day comes Murphy… Not one single picture left over from a crashed hard disk. <\/p>\n
Lucky I have a brother in crime, he really is the great magicien Merlin from the Dark ages. He was capable to recover 100% of the lost images. It took him six days to restore them all on different hard disks and it took me an additional two weeks to rebuild the catalog. <\/p>\n
On his advice I bought a portable 4 TB SSD and set up a synchronisation with an existing 4TB NAS drive. To economise space and time on the NAS drive I only synchronise the last year (in my case 2023). The earlier years are stored on two different hard disks. <\/p>\n
I learned my lesson ! Take the time needed to backup your images. It’s no waste time at all! This horrible nightmare resulted in a reorganistation of my website. I hope you find your way out.<\/p>\n
Enjoy and keep photographin’<\/strong><\/p>\n Specially thanks to my brother!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When collecting a quantity of images one can store them on different media to preserve them against fysical loss. Ok so did I. But when it comes to a quantity of a few terrabytes most among us can loose the secure attitude to backup the images. Some have (like myself) only one big storage containing … <\/p>\n