backup drive

  1. C

    Photo storage setup

    I’m looking to upgrade my photo storage setup – exciting stuff, I know! Currently, I’m using two (very full) 10TB HDDs mirrored with CCC. My most important files are also in the cloud. I’m considering switching to a LaCie 2Big Dock 40TB with RAID 1 for redundancy. I’d love to hear about your...
    • chris_17
    • Thread
    • backup backup drive backup of photos das external storage file storage raid raid1 storage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Lounge
  2. K

    Mobile Backup without Internet

    While on vacation I will be taking 30k+ photos. I will have them on my ipad in LR Mobile and a backup of originals on an external drive. I will not have access to internet for 2 weeks. My original photos will be backed up on the external drive. Is there a way to backup the LR Mobile data to an...
  3. R

    Tether & backups

    Hi there, My current workflow is to shoot tether I to Lightroom with my raw files to be stored on an external hard drive. I only use LRC as a library and do all my edits in photoshop. My final edits are stored in the same folder as their respective raw files. I manually create backups of all...
  4. J

    Best backup strategy for Lightroom (cloud-based)

    I am using Lightroom v7.0 (cloud-based service) with a library containing 65,000 photos totaling 2.2TB, and everything is functioning smoothly in the cloud. However, I am concerned about having a local backup of all my photos. I've explored two options: 1. Enabling the 'store a copy of all...
  5. LloydPDX

    Yet another question about RAID 1!

    I'm interested in hearing from anyone regularly using RAID 1 as part of their backup/duplication strategy. Disclaimer..I know a bit about the benefits and pitfalls of some RAID arrangements, especially that RAID 1 should not be considered a complete backup system. (Personally, I use JBOD and CCC...
    • LloydPDX
    • Thread
    • #lightroomclassic backup drive mac raid1
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Lounge
  6. Califdan

    looking for suggestions/warnings on 16TB USB 3.0 drives

    Hi, I'm looking to replace a 8TB Seagate USB External Drive with a new 16TB device. This drive will be used as my backup drive to backup my internal C drive, External P (Photos and Lrc catalog) drive, External S (Music) drive, and will also house the Windows File History files and periodic...
  7. Mitchell Z

    Catalogs How to restore photos and edits from a backup drive?

    This seems elementary. But I have no idea how to do it, and would like to learn before I need to! Two variants of the issue: (1) How to restore entire collection of lightroom-edited photos from a backup drive: This is hypothetical. My Lightroom Classic application and the folder with the...
  8. G

    How to transfer old catalog into LR classic

    Hi, I just got an old hard drive out of storage and want to use some images for a project. I opened up Lightroom and see that I need to update my old catalog, but I'm worried it will corrupt my files. My question is how to back them up, and how to update the catalog. I don't know if my...
  9. U

    chronosync for back-up

    Hi all. I have chronosync, per LQ's suggestion, for backing up my images and catalogue. My back-up took 3.5 hours and showed that everything on my working drive was backed up. However, when I checked the GRAID, only a couple of folders showed in the back-up list. Anybody know what happened...
  10. R

    Can i designate one main disk in RAID 1 configuration?

    Hello, I am a hobbiest photographer and would hate to loose my collection (~650GB) for last 12 years due to the failure of external hard disk. I have tried multiple backup options and recently a photographer suggested me to use RAID 1 config. I was wondering if I use two 2TB HDDs as RAID 1 and...
  11. guido.coza

    will i find adjustments on backup ?

    Hi all As it looks I left my external drive with my pics in a hotelroom and the staff " did not" find it!! Luckely I have all pics twice backed up. The question is will the backup have all adjustments? I thought I could open a pic that is on the missing drive, LR will tell me it cant find the...
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