Big Ga wrote:
Martin Ocando wrote:
Guy Parsons wrote:
Big Ga wrote:
Indeed!
I'm contemplating buying a new phone, and I notice that the latest ones support up to 2TB micro (let me say that again ... MICRO!) SD cards!
Yes, if it uses SDXC cards (whatever physical outline) then the standard allows up to 2TB on those cards. Many cameras could have that capacity as well when those size cards become available.
Lots to lose in one go.
Regards........ Guy
I would never trust one single card with all my photos.
Why?
And what type of duration are we talking about here. Photos from one shoot. Photos for a years worth of shooting??
Although, a RAID array configuration using 3 micro SD cards sound compelling. It might increase write speed a bit, and if one fails, you can replace it with another, and the array will rebuild itself.
RAID5 sounds a trifle extreme to me. What's wrong with RAID1? If one card fails, then as long as the data is mirrored on another one, you're fine. Just throw the faulty one away, put a new one in, reformat, and away to go.
I agree that RAID 1 would be better, and no performance impact due to parity checking.
But let me ask you something - if you say "I would never trust one single card with all my photos" (and I tend to agree with you BTW), why aren't you shooting with a camera with dual card slots? Surely with the gear you have now, every time you take a shot, you're trusting a single card with your photo !?!
Well, you are right. I'm trusting one SD card at a time. Although I have 5 8GB cards, that I swap every 100-200 shots, so if one fails, I'll have the images on the other cards, so the event won't be lost completely.
Until Olympus comes with dual SD card on the new E-M1 Mark II (wishful thinking, I know), there is nothing I can do with my current budget.
I have faith, though.
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"One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it" - Galen Rowell