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What should I get for a hard drive?

fuzzybabybunny

fuzzybabybunny

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Here are the choices that I can come up with:

Used 74GB 8MB cache Raptor - $95
Seagate 320GB SATA - $100
2x80GB SATA drives in RAID 1 on my mobo's Nvidia RAID - $90

I often edit 100+MB files, and sometimes even 800+MB files. I do not want to RAID 0 because of the increased risk of a drive dying, unless I can find a way to effectively back up my drive each and every night, which would require a third hard drive.
 
Agree with Blain on the big SATA drive.

But - how do you get such big files with a Rebel XT? I use a Canon EOS 5D, shoots 1.3+ megapixel images that in RAW are no more that about 25-30 MB. In JPG they average about 6 MB each. Are you making mosaics or collages?

Just curious. I archive all my originals on DVDs or CDRs by subject/shoot/location.
 
OP - I'd consider the raptor for speed, since you're not fond of RAID0. There's nothing more annoying than watching a save progress bar. Based on your backup comments, and depending on the value of your images ($ or sentiment - both are important) I'd consider a nightly backup scheme anyway. If that's not an option, I'd look at the added security of the RAID 1. As a side note, you've got some nice photography on your site.

Corky - your 5D images should be 36 MB open (she's probably not talking about saved file sizes) - or 72 MB if you're working with 16 bit channels. Add a mask or three, some clone layers, and you can easily end up with a 100 MB image without much trouble. Start compositing images and you can end up with a hulk pretty quickly. That's without taking advantage of better upsampling from RAW when converting.
 
Originally posted by: corkyg
Agree with Blain on the big SATA drive.

But - how do you get such big files with a Rebel XT? I use a Canon EOS 5D, shoots 1.3+ megapixel images that in RAW are no more that about 25-30 MB. In JPG they average about 6 MB each. Are you making mosaics or collages?

Just curious. I archive all my originals on DVDs or CDRs by subject/shoot/location.
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Here's a screenshot of one of my panos:

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/photos/80683465-O.jpg

Note the windows explorer window 🙂
 
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