Storage Solutions For Your Videos

Hello All -

After you shot a number of videos, even short ones, and converted them to MP4s for display on the Internet, you will notice that they are starting to take up a lot of space on your computer. Even though disc space is cheap these days, I find there is never enough. Eventually you will want to take your videos off your computer and park them somewhere else for long-term storage.

I found a lot of information for today's article here:

You can go crazy with storage solutions, but don't. Here are a few simple ideas.

Cloud storage: Google Drive, Drop Box, and others provide Gigs of storage for a monthly fee. The advantage here is if you suffer a catastrophe (fire, earthquake), your footage is safe and sound. The downside is monthly fees can add up, to access your footage you need Internet access, and still, if you shoot a lot of video or shoot in 4K (or higher), you still need a boat-load of cloud-based storage.

Local storage: A device attached to your computer (network attached storage [NAS]) is an easy, affordable idea. This is essentially a box designed to hold multiple hard drives. You can purchase a NAS pre-populated with hard drives or add them on the go. One thing to be aware of is that they are still disaster and theft prone.

Perhaps the easiest idea is a portable drive. I was in a big-box retailer today and saw an 8TB portable drive for $150. For those of you not good with big numbers 8TB is eight thousand Gigs of room. Even for me, 8TB is enough breathing room for a while. Be sure to stash it in a secure place.

The big take away here: You work hard on your videos and computer drives crash every day. Have a backup plan and stick to it.

In other news, over the summer I had the pleasure to film a fund raising event for Open Doors to Future Possibilities.

They are a worthy nonprofit and you can see that video here:

As always, if you have any questions about your video, if you need tips, or if you would like to engage me in your video production, please let me know. You can contact me in San Jose at 415-720-9551 or by email: [email protected]

Happy shooting!

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