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Safely Recording and Storing Video Footage (and stills): a Few Pointers

2014-05-17 • SEND FEEDBACK |

Related: 4K and 5K display, backup, computer display, RAID, SSD, video

Video files can be large, particularly if usage extends into the 4K UltraHD realm with formats like 10-bit 4:2:2 (very high quality) or HD video at 60 fps or similar.

A few quick tips on storage particularly applicable for video shooters:

Fault tolerant RAID is well advised for professional use, particularly on a deadline or working with a crew where the footage has to be accessible continually: a RAID-1 mirror or a RAID-5 or RAID-6 or RAID-1+0) lets you keep working even if a drive fails (keep a cold spare on hand in case of drive failure). SSDs for capture are all well and good but even SSDs can fail, and some capture devices support
RAID fault tolerance is not a backup. RAID is not a backup. RAID is not a backup. RAID is not a backup!!!
Don’t assume that SSDs are fail proof. Don’t assume that SSDs are free of performance drop-outs: choose gear carefully and pre-flight all, including pre-testing to full capacity and considering a data integrity validation process.