Backup – where do you stop?
11th November 2007
I want to backup all the camcorder video I’m doing, currently on mini DV tape – firstly, I don’t want to keep buying new tapes and end up with hundreds in a cupboard, secondly I want it backed up as it’s all precious family stuff. Online storage is the obvious answer but when it comes to video there’s nothing free due to the upload limit for individual files, unless you upload stuff scene by scene which would be a chore. The Mediamax Elite deal is not bad, having as it does 250GB of storage and no individual filesize limit – pretty good for $10 a month, however I think even an advocate of online storage like myself feels the need for a physical copy of my kids growing up on video. Therefore I guess it should be one of the 500GB USB 2.0 drives on offer these days for anywhere upwards of £60-70, stick all the raw video on there (apart from obviously binnable stuff) and then backup up the edited highlights on DVD as well.
Check out the page on physical memory in the main site for the best places to buy memory…