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From: Savageduck on 16 Nov 2009 16:20
On 2009-11-16 12:12:23 -0800, Wolfgang Weisselberg
<ozcvgtt02(a)sneakemail.com> said:

> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> What do you do for a redundant backup of that card
>
> use a camera that has 2 slots and allows simultaneous use.
> No other way (outside transmitting the image via WiFi or firewire
> or similar to a second location --- which can be hard in the
> field), if you always need a redundant backup.
>
> -Wolfgang

Nice thought, but my wallet is not quite ready for an upgrage from D300 to D3.
I was able to swing for the relatively inexpensive Colorspace UDMA 250GB.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

From: Филимон Лаковид on 24 Nov 2009 07:15

Does things aren't too bad, but $500 for the 500GB makes it a pony
show.
I would get an ATOM based Netbook that will give you loads of
options
and decent storage space in a very small package. You can always add
cheap external USB storage as well. Trust me, I've got the Epson
version of this thing and it just sits in the drawer after the one and
only time I used it.
From: -hh on 24 Nov 2009 13:44
ÄØÛØÜÞÝ »ÐÚÞÒØÔ <trebainetr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Does things aren't too bad, but $500 for the 500GB makes it a pony
> show.

YMMV as to how much storage you want, although since the internal SATA
disk being used is a marketplace commodity you're going to pay about
the same price for it no matter what is wrapped around it.

For example, the Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA is $250 without any
drive...add $50 for a 120GB from NewEgg or $100 for a 500GB as you
see fit...$300 to $350 total.


>  I would get an ATOM based Netbook that will give you loads of
> options and decent Backup 120GB on a single chargestorage space in a very small package.  

True in that an Atom does afford more options, but there's no such
thing as a free lunch. So while it might be "small enough' for your
interests, there are indeed smaller options.

For example, the aforementioned Colorspace is roughly 3"x5"x1" in size
(just over 15 cubic inches), has a transfer rate of 2GB/minute
("world's fastest"), can transfer 120GB on a single battery
charge...and at 9.5 ounces (270g), it is roughly 1/2 the weight (and
1/4 the size) of a typical Atom netbook, which means that if you
consider redundency to be a higher priority, you can do that within
the same envelope.

> You can always add cheap external USB storage as well.  

True, but you better have grid power available, due to the big hit in
transfer speeds you'll take.

> Trust me, I've got the Epson version of this thing and it just
> sits in the drawer after the one and only time I used it.

Perhaps because you bought the fancy Epson version? I have a pair
of the older Hyperdrive HD80's and they've gone with me on every
"Expeditionary" photo trip I take.


-hh
From: J�rgen Exner on 24 Nov 2009 13:53
-hh <recscuba_google(a)huntzinger.com> wrote:
>For example, the Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA is $250 without any
>drive...add $50 for a 120GB from NewEgg or $100 for a 500GB as you
>see fit...$300 to $350 total.

That's way overpriced! Shopping around it is not difficult to find 1TB
internal SATA drives for 90$ US and 2TB drives for 180$ US.

jue
From: nospam on 24 Nov 2009 14:10
In article <pkaog517v6h6fcq32nrq0v1fjp32u2rq2j(a)4ax.com>, J�rgen Exner
<jurgenex(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> -hh <recscuba_google(a)huntzinger.com> wrote:
> >For example, the Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA is $250 without any
> >drive...add $50 for a 120GB from NewEgg or $100 for a 500GB as you
> >see fit...$300 to $350 total.
>
> That's way overpriced!

not really.

> Shopping around it is not difficult to find 1TB
> internal SATA drives for 90$ US and 2TB drives for 180$ US.

shop around for some reading glasses and reread what he wrote. the
hyperdrive is a portable storage device, so he's talking about *laptop*
drives, not desktop drives.
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