colleague’s, enabling multiple copies of files to be
produced.Anumberofwebsitesofferthisback-upsystem,
such as buddybackup.com and crashplan.com.
SSD Solid State Storage
Currentlythefastestsystemtostoreandretrieveimagesto
andfromanexternalsourcearesolidstatestoragedevices
suchasflash drives.Theyaremoreexpensivethanother
systemsmentionedherebutarethoughttobemorerobust
and resilient to changes of environment and humidity.
Solid State storage is in theory more stable than the
externalhard drive, and with nomoving parts itis less
vulnerabletophysicaldamage.Withoutmovingpartsthey
are also silent in their operation.
EDH (External Hard Drive)
Externalhard drivesarea convenientand comparatively
fastwayto backupyourdigitalfiles.Connectingto the
computerviatheUSBorFireWireporttheycantransfer
and store a large amount of images relatively securely,
usingarotatingmagneticdiscandmagneticheadstoread
and write the information.
However,aswithallformsoftechnologytherearecertain
drawbacksandlimitationstothesystem.Harddrivesneed
tobetreatedwithacertainamountofcareortheybecome
morelikelytofail.Withthelargenumbersoffilesthatcan
be stored on an EHD this can be devastating to the
photographerifasuitablealternativeisnotinplace.Hard
drives are known to be sensitive to heat, moisture and
movement and should be stored in the most stable