This video is so great! I just bought a camera and while I wait for it to get here I've been bingeing Julia Trotti's videos and that's how I've found you and I've now watched so many of yours too haha. This one was particularly helpful! As with anything else in life it's easier to start with good habits then to break bad habits later one, so I will definitely be taking your advice :)
As a Software Engineer, wanted to mention that RAID is NOT a backup. It will just "help" you to automatically replicate corrupted files to all of your disks. The only thing it will help you with - mechanical issues with your drive. To do a proper backup your data should be in: 3 places, and at least 2 locations. Ideally with versioning - so if a file gets corrupted (and replicated to all of your backups) you'd be able to restore a previous version. That's why it's better to pay for backup software (or actually there a lot of decent free solutions as well).
Hi Mitch, thank you so much for sharing your tips. 👍 I really need to step up my backup game and this is a great start compared to investing in a massive Lacie system. One question I had after watching your video is: when you delete the files from your working drive, how do you then access the edited photos again in Lightroom. Is it as simple as locating the raw files in LR by pointing to the RAID drive instead of the working drive? Cheers
Yeah that's right. In the Library tab of Lightroom you can right click on the folder in the left hand side and click locate folder. It will update to the new files. Make sure you save your lrcat to the raid. Or you can just try to open the catalogue without the working drive plugged in and it will automatically prompt you to find the folder.
genuine newby question here, why do you need a working drive? couldn't one of the raid drives be used as a working drive? i'm sure i'm missing something here
Mitch, thank you for this video! I have a question though in regards to after your done editing. You delivered your album to the client and are ready to "archive" the files from your working drive. You already have the raw files on your backup drive. Do you copy the edited files over to the backup drive with .xmp files, or do you save a copy of your lightroom catalog with it? Do you also keep the original RAW files on the backup drive or do you replace the original raw files with the working set at the end and just keep the latest and greatest files on your backup drives? Just wondering what the best solution is for that...
Hey Mitch, great video. I've never used anything with the word RAID involved haha. Now to be clear you have to have BOTH drives plugged in at the same time. Doesn't that get annoying - say at a coffee shop - my laptop only have 2 USB ports - one is with the dongle with my mouse - I'm running out of ports. Can you use say a USB splitter and stack the 2 drives with a bit of gaff tape?? OR are you always at a power source with a nice USB powered splitter. The 2 USB port needs is what sounds annoying to me. Thoughts?
I've done the flood...as viewed on my videos. Haven't tried the fire disaster yet? Do you recommend it? tHanks for the video....I didn't realize your ideas was possible. Most videos address the RAID "boxes"
Could I set up the raid system following the same steps you showed with 2 identical ssd's, instead of these hdd's? Thanks so much for the video, it's really easy to follow.
Very cool tips Mitch. Didn’t know about all this and very practical. Although the life admin motivation for me to actually do it isn’t there currently. 😂
I did a video a long time ago on my desk and not much has really changed. I don't have a nice monitor its just a basic AOC IPS Panel- that is next on my list to upgrade so I'm currently researching usb-c panels. The speakers I have are Pioneer SDJ50X and they run through an M-AUDIO M-Track.
Thank you for making this video! Very informative. About the RAID, do you need to have two of the same memory? Like 2tb and 2tb or can it be 2tb and 4tb to make the RAID? Also, do you need to have both drives plugged into the computer for the RAID to work? Thank you.
So just to be clear RAID is a software? So if I have 2 Samsung T5 portable SSDs... I can do what u did with your two Seagates? Or you absolutely need Seagate for this to work. Could you use one Seagate one Samsung T5? Man this backup stuff is the bane of my existence lol. I really appreciate workflow pro tips so thanks!
Why is that my images are 5mb-11mb when I upload to Pixieset and my friend who also uses Pixieset showed me that her images are 1mb-3mb? What’s the trick?
No, they will last a lot longer than 18 months. However, unlike the backup drives my working drives are running almost every day for 8-12 hours as I work. For this reason they will experience quite a bit of wear and its a good idea not to run them too long in case they wear out (I might cycle the entire 2TB up to 20 times in a single year with the amount of work I push out). I really don't like losing my current projects so its worth it to me to retire them early. Sometimes I retire my working drives to archive drives so as to not waste them.
raid is not a back up system. at minimum you should have 3 copies. if a file gets corrupted in a raid then both files are corrupt. you didn’t mention cloud back ups such as backblaze. you also didn’t mention using a ssd drive as your working drive instead of a spinning disk. i really enjoy your content but this is incomplete and some of the advice is incorrect.
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Heyy, that RAID Assistant on MacOS was a super super helpful thing. Thanks man!!
I learned the hard way too! Thanks for the heads up on RAID - I've been doing it all manually.
These tips blew my mind 🤯 I need to up my storage & backup game ahhh!!! Thanks mitch for the help tips 😭
Glad you liked it Lizzy!!
This was such a GREAT explanation of a RAID system. I had no clue you could do that. Thanks!!!
This video is so great! I just bought a camera and while I wait for it to get here I've been bingeing Julia Trotti's videos and that's how I've found you and I've now watched so many of yours too haha. This one was particularly helpful! As with anything else in life it's easier to start with good habits then to break bad habits later one, so I will definitely be taking your advice :)
As a Software Engineer, wanted to mention that RAID is NOT a backup. It will just "help" you to automatically replicate corrupted files to all of your disks. The only thing it will help you with - mechanical issues with your drive.
To do a proper backup your data should be in: 3 places, and at least 2 locations. Ideally with versioning - so if a file gets corrupted (and replicated to all of your backups) you'd be able to restore a previous version. That's why it's better to pay for backup software (or actually there a lot of decent free solutions as well).
what’s the best free solution in your opinion?
Hi Mitch, thank you so much for sharing your tips. 👍 I really need to step up my backup game and this is a great start compared to investing in a massive Lacie system. One question I had after watching your video is: when you delete the files from your working drive, how do you then access the edited photos again in Lightroom. Is it as simple as locating the raw files in LR by pointing to the RAID drive instead of the working drive? Cheers
Yeah that's right. In the Library tab of Lightroom you can right click on the folder in the left hand side and click locate folder. It will update to the new files. Make sure you save your lrcat to the raid. Or you can just try to open the catalogue without the working drive plugged in and it will automatically prompt you to find the folder.
Great video, a lot of cool tips thks! Did you make a comparison between orignal raw and a (lossy) compressed one ?
genuine newby question here, why do you need a working drive? couldn't one of the raid drives be used as a working drive? i'm sure i'm missing something here
Great video, super helpful!
Thank you.
Thanks Mitch 🙏🏼 Do you use an SSD as your working drive for video projects, or do you use the rugged drive there too?
I used the rugged drive to work from. TBH I'm just waiting for the price of 2tb SSDs to come down.
Mitch, thank you for this video! I have a question though in regards to after your done editing. You delivered your album to the client and are ready to "archive" the files from your working drive. You already have the raw files on your backup drive. Do you copy the edited files over to the backup drive with .xmp files, or do you save a copy of your lightroom catalog with it? Do you also keep the original RAW files on the backup drive or do you replace the original raw files with the working set at the end and just keep the latest and greatest files on your backup drives? Just wondering what the best solution is for that...
Hey Mitch, great video. I've never used anything with the word RAID involved haha. Now to be clear you have to have BOTH drives plugged in at the same time. Doesn't that get annoying - say at a coffee shop - my laptop only have 2 USB ports - one is with the dongle with my mouse - I'm running out of ports. Can you use say a USB splitter and stack the 2 drives with a bit of gaff tape?? OR are you always at a power source with a nice USB powered splitter. The 2 USB port needs is what sounds annoying to me. Thoughts?
I've done the flood...as viewed on my videos. Haven't tried the fire disaster yet? Do you recommend it?
tHanks for the video....I didn't realize your ideas was possible. Most videos address the RAID "boxes"
Could I set up the raid system following the same steps you showed with 2 identical ssd's, instead of these hdd's? Thanks so much for the video, it's really easy to follow.
definitely using this. Good Shout bro
Need to do this!
Very cool tips Mitch. Didn’t know about all this and very practical. Although the life admin motivation for me to actually do it isn’t there currently. 😂
Hey man, nice video! Can you guide us through your office setup? I’m looking for a nice monitor for photo/video and also I love that speaker you have!
I did a video a long time ago on my desk and not much has really changed. I don't have a nice monitor its just a basic AOC IPS Panel- that is next on my list to upgrade so I'm currently researching usb-c panels. The speakers I have are Pioneer SDJ50X and they run through an M-AUDIO M-Track.
Can you do this RAID "combining/mirroring" with any HHS? Like maybe with two Samsung T5s?
You sure can!
@@MitchLally Thank you!!
Thank you for making this video! Very informative. About the RAID, do you need to have two of the same memory? Like 2tb and 2tb or can it be 2tb and 4tb to make the RAID? Also, do you need to have both drives plugged into the computer for the RAID to work?
Thank you.
this would be so helpful to know
how do I do this on Windows?
Amazing tips mate
Thanks Tommy! Legend!
So just to be clear RAID is a software? So if I have 2 Samsung T5 portable SSDs... I can do what u did with your two Seagates? Or you absolutely need Seagate for this to work. Could you use one Seagate one Samsung T5? Man this backup stuff is the bane of my existence lol. I really appreciate workflow pro tips so thanks!
Nope. Doesn't have to be the same brand - only the same size! You can absolutely use two T5 drives to make a RAID array.
Mitch Lally k dope
Why is that my images are 5mb-11mb when I upload to Pixieset and my friend who also uses Pixieset showed me that her images are 1mb-3mb? What’s the trick?
Wow
RAID 2, 3 ? ...
Why do you replace them every 12-18 months? They don’t last longer than that ? 😱
No, they will last a lot longer than 18 months. However, unlike the backup drives my working drives are running almost every day for 8-12 hours as I work. For this reason they will experience quite a bit of wear and its a good idea not to run them too long in case they wear out (I might cycle the entire 2TB up to 20 times in a single year with the amount of work I push out). I really don't like losing my current projects so its worth it to me to retire them early. Sometimes I retire my working drives to archive drives so as to not waste them.
Mitch Lally dude that’s brilliant. Appreciate you!
@@vishal_trivedi you're most welcome my man!
Thank you for asking, I almost did
BACKBLAZE. Plus some nice Samsung SSD’s. RAID is NOT a backup.
raid is not a back up system. at minimum you should have 3 copies. if a file gets corrupted in a raid then both files are corrupt. you didn’t mention cloud back ups such as backblaze. you also didn’t mention using a ssd drive as your working drive instead of a spinning disk. i really enjoy your content but this is incomplete and some of the advice is incorrect.
Why would I mention something I don't use? In Australia we have trash internet so Backblaze is not really an option otherwise I would use it for raws.
Oh my -too fast - I am confused !