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Best Way to Back Up Photos and Video?
jsalbre writes "I do a lot of digital video work, and my wife is a professional photographer. With raw DV from the video camera using up 11GB/hr, and raw images from the digital SLR using 7MB I'm quickly using up a lot of space. I currently back up all my important files each night from one harddrive to another, but I now have over 200GB of irreplaceable data (more than just DV and photos, but those make up the largest chunk) and I'm having to exclude the "less important" irreplaceable files as my backups have started failing. Several people have suggested backing up vital unchanging files to DVD (video, images,) and continue backing up frequently accessed files to harddrive, but with recent studies showing that optical media doesn't last very long I don't want to come back in a few years and find that all my backups are useless. Not to mention that some of my DV files are larger than even a dual-layer DVD, and it would be near impossible to automate backup to DVD. How do other Slashdotters back up their important data? I'd appreciate distinction between methods for frequently accessed files and for infrequently accessed files. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated!"
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ALAN THICKE WEDS
US TV
LATEST: Beloved US TV dad ALAN THICKE married for the third time at the weekend (07MAY05) when he exchanged vows with 30-year-old TANYA CALLAU.
The former GROWING PAINS star, 58, and his new bride were married in a beach ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, northern Mexico.
The bride, groom and ushers all wore white, while Thicke's wedding band was the same one he wore on TV hit Growing Pains.
He explains, "My ring wasn't engraved on time."
Thicke's pop star son ROBIN performed at the reception.
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