1. Understanding Hard Drives and Why They Fail
What is in a hard drive?
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Factors that can hurt a drive
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The dangers of hard drives on a shelf
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Obsolescence
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2. Formats for Hard Drives
Mac
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Windows
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Cross-platform formats
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3. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (RAID)
What is a RAID?
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RAID 0 is for speed, not storage
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RAID 1: Mirror, mirror
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RAID 5: Protected storage
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Proprietary RAIDs (Synology and Drobo)
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4. Organizing Data Workflow Strategies
Metadata vs. folders
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Folder structure approaches
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Keeping it simple
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Letting the computer sort it all out
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5. Digital Asset Management Tools
What is a digital asset manager (DAM)?
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Catalogs are databases
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Using a file browser
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Naming conventions
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6. Connecting Hard Drives
Megabits vs. megabytes
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Current connections
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Legacy connections
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7. Backups Are Mandatory
What is a backup?
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Backup vs. protected storage
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How many copies of a backup?
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How often to backup
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Local storage
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Offsite storage
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3-2-1 backup
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Long-term backups
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Migration
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