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I don't even pull drives from enclosures at this point. Smaller data files (Non audio and video stuff) is backed up locally to a time machine backup on each of my machines as well as being backed up to iCloud.
A/V files for projects are backed up short term to a local Time Machine drive in the studio, and then when projects are completed they are backed up to a network Drobo. As I need more space I swap larger drives into the Drobo.
Media files like the iTunes library and a few other things are stored on a local Drobo connected to the iMac on my desk in the office and then I also pay for iTunes Match so that they are backed up in the cloud.
So, but when you swap out the smaller drives from the network Drobo, are you retaining those? Or you've just got enough capacity in the network Drobo that you just expand the volumes and then leave everything on there?
Incidentally, the Synology is well and truly dead, it seems, and the old old Buffalo Terastation did not survive the move. Neither did my Roland monitors, but that's another story.
So I guess I'd buy another Drobo for the long term storage, maybe?
I have a 5 drive Drobo that currently has a totally of 9 TB of storage and I'm running two drive redundancy so I can have complete failure of a drive and when it's replace all my data is restored. I think my last drive was a 6 TB mechanism, so when I do the next replacement I'll gain at least a couple of terabytes of space.
Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the help again!
Question! I have an iPhone 5S that is starting to crap out. I like the size and the phone in general, and I am cheap. Should I just get an iPhone SE and call it a day?
That's what I did in the same situation and it's worked out well for me.
Sweet, thank you for the confirmation!
I love my iPhone SE because of the size and because I, too, am cheap.
It's looking more and more that I'm going to get a smartphone so I can access work messages away from my desk, most everything goes out to Slack. I'm thinking a Samsung, but I make very few phone calls and I don't need huge data. What should I look at?
