| Author | Thread |
|
|
12/10/2003 10:25:59 AM · #1 |
Always a good idea, especially with images that aren't easily replaced. (like anything you've taken probably)
How much of a backup strategy does dpchallenge have in place ? The complete death of //www.betterphoto.com and their apparently losing all of the submitted photos (but still having the web site infrastructure other than images) prompted the question... |
|
|
|
12/10/2003 11:05:45 AM · #2 |
I'm looking at Archive Creator. Generic in nature, but specifically designed for the digital photographer. Each CD-R/DVD-R has an HTML index of the image files within the archive set, and is written to all of the discs in the archive set, making it easy to pop any disc in to any computer that can view HTML and locate a photo. Handles RAW files as well.
Message edited by author 2003-12-10 11:06:18. |
|
|
|
12/10/2003 11:13:29 AM · #3 |
| I've experimented with using a program that came with a Fuji camera to print a proof sheet of each folder of shots to an Acrobat PDF document. But I'm not consistent with it. I usually burn my folders by month to CD. If they don't fit, I put the captures on one disc and the edited pics on another. |
|
|
|
12/10/2003 07:42:39 PM · #4 |
That's the chaotic part of life...
I am shocked to see what happened to BetterPhoto and, well, I just cannot believe it...
I mean, such a big site, with so many initiatives and an already large repository of past submissions.. blew away???
That's pretty strange.
Photournament.com gets a back-up three times a day but that is made possible just because of the little image repository currently on the site.
However, I cannot really believe that they do not have a back-up of, at least, some days before...
A pity. I must admit BetterPhoto was my second favourite site after DPC and there even where some aspects of it that I liked more.
Still I cannot believe they blew it that way.... |
|
|
|
12/10/2003 07:46:01 PM · #5 |
There was another {?} site that went belly-up about two years back. Gone with all the photos that had been posted. I remember because people were so outraged.
Just one more good reason to back up your photos.
I try to at least once a month if not twice. However, you know the road to good intentions is paved with......... |
|
|
|
12/11/2003 11:50:57 AM · #6 |
| Anyone care to comment on if dpchallenge is backed up at all or not... ? |
|
|
|
12/11/2003 10:45:37 PM · #7 |
what i do is when i download the pictures from my camera, i immediately burn them to cd-rw... after i process them and make changes, i re-burn it to cd. when the CD-RW has enough photos on it to be full, i burn it to a CD-R, then start over with my running backup. at least, this is a pretty simple way to keep your backups current. given the cost of CD-R's nowadays, it's pretty efficient.
Also, if you use software like Adobe Photoshop Album, it gives you the option to back up your image library...
|
|
|
|
12/11/2003 10:59:37 PM · #8 |
Here's my setup:
Anything pulled off of my camera is then uploaded to my online photo album. I have a weekly backup job that then puts this album repository onto tape. I would like to do it more often, but it's a smaller tape drive (10/20 GB).
I'm also considering setting up one of my other machines to mirror this data, as well as doing a remote backup to a friend's machine. That way, my data will even be safe from a fire. |
|
|
|
01/05/2004 07:27:52 PM · #9 |
The code, database structure, and data are backed up off site to two locations on a nightly basis. The challenge images are backed up weekly, and print and portfolio images monthly.
In the event of a complete failure, we may partially lose 1-3 challenges and 1 month worth of portfolio/print images. Ideally once we recovered, we would write some scripts where users could fill in the missing pieces (any portfolio images, print images, and challenge images that are missing)...
Rather, ideally we won't ever need to resort to this.
|
|
|
|
01/06/2004 03:22:32 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Always a good idea, especially with images that aren't easily replaced. (like anything you've taken probably)
How much of a backup strategy does dpchallenge have in place ? The complete death of //www.betterphoto.com and their apparently losing all of the submitted photos (but still having the web site infrastructure other than images) prompted the question... |
When did this happen at betterphoto? Interested becasue all my photos are all ok on this site.
Thanks
Mike
|
|
|
|
01/06/2004 03:28:05 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by chinstrap:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Always a good idea, especially with images that aren't easily replaced. (like anything you've taken probably)
How much of a backup strategy does dpchallenge have in place ? The complete death of //www.betterphoto.com and their apparently losing all of the submitted photos (but still having the web site infrastructure other than images) prompted the question... |
When did this happen at betterphoto? Interested becasue all my photos are all ok on this site.
Thanks
Mike |
Just before christmas - they did manage to recover the data from the discs, but I think that was more luck than good planning. |
|
|
|
01/06/2004 03:56:37 PM · #12 |
|
|
|
01/06/2004 04:27:47 PM · #13 |
I have had my website at BetterPhoto for two years...it was pretty scary for about 6 days but everything was recovered and is running well
edit for typo
Message edited by author 2004-01-06 17:41:39. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/14/2025 05:41:56 PM EDT.
