RE: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

let's say the average single CD ends up as about 400-500MB ripped to FLAC, with artwork, etc. in the folder. So 1,000 CDs will need about 500,000MB, which is 488GB. So you could likely get 2,000 albums on a 1TB disk.

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary, at the moment I have NO back-up! I am tempted to store on the C-drive of my home PC once I can estimate how large the end result will amount to. Then I can listen to my music, via Foobar, and without the need for an external HD. Paul

No backup is not good. As they say, it's not a matter of *if* a hard-drive will fail, but when. After you've ripped a few hundred CDs and dealt with making your tags and art perfect, you'll be VERY unhappy to see that work disappear. External USB drives are dirt cheap. Seems like I can even get 4TB USB drives from local big box store for < $100.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

No matter where you store, you still need a backup somewhere else.

Gary, at the moment I have NO back-up! I am tempted to store on the C-drive of my home PC once I can estimate how large the end result will amount to. Then I can listen to my music, via Foobar, and without the need for an external HD. Paul

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary, I have about 900GB free on my home laptop. I was considering storing my music FLAC collection on there. But it is impossible to predict how large the end result of my ripping is going to be, and so I sticking to saving everything onto my Dell external-HD. Paul

No matter where you store, you still need a backup somewhere else.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Hi,

I have d/l the TRIAL of PerfectTUNES and dBpa today onto my home PC. And connected the Dell external-HD. It is ripping better than my work PC but I don't think I have properly configured the string/pathway between the two devices. It is not always placing saved items where I would like.

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

dont get me wrong. I like cloud storage. I have 1TB on dropbox. Useful for sharing files. Accessing files from multiple locations, etc. But I don't use this as permanent backup or archive for my music files.

Gary, I have about 900GB free on my home laptop. I was considering storing my music FLAC collection on there. But it is impossible to predict how large the end result of my ripping is going to be, and so I sticking to saving everything onto my Dell external-HD. Paul

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary, I do use Google Drive (for PDFs etc); but only within the FREE 15GB limit. I have found sharing documents via Drive to be very useful. I hate - and have disabled - MS OneDrive (as it keeps trying to sync. with all the files on your PC!). At the moment - for my FLACs - I am using the 1TB Dell External HD, and the 200GB SanDisk Micro-SD card. Paul

dont get me wrong. I like cloud storage. I have 1TB on dropbox. Useful for sharing files. Accessing files from multiple locations, etc. But I don't use this as permanent backup or archive for my music files.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

I don't use cloud storage. I'm referring to external USB 3 or 4TB drives stored at home, at work, and at the weekend cottage.

Gary, I do use Google Drive (for PDFs etc); but only within the FREE 15GB limit. I have found sharing documents via Drive to be very useful. I hate - and have disabled - MS OneDrive (as it keeps trying to sync. with all the files on your PC!). At the moment - for my FLACs - I am using the 1TB Dell External HD, and the 200GB SanDisk Micro-SD card. Paul

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary, but doesn't it cost a lot of money to rent all of those cloud storage sites? I mean, you must have a lot of data size for the amount of music you own! Paul

I don't use cloud storage. I'm referring to external USB 3 or 4TB drives stored at home, at work, and at the weekend cottage.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

You really should look into getting another optical disk drive or two. It seems to me like you're having a far greater number of re-rip events than you should.

JH, I am thinking of having dBpa on a second laptop. I am in comms with Mr Spoon about the best way to go about it. If I do, then I will have an alternative drive to rip from. Cheers

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary, but doesn't it cost a lot of money to rent all of those cloud storage sites? I mean, you must have a lot of data size for the amount of music you own! Paul

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

And don't forget about the need for backups. I suggest at least 2, stored in at least 2 different locations. I have 9 copies of my music. 5 are on servers that are at least sometimes used. 4 are pure backups that are not connected to anything except when updating. And these are all at 3 different physical locations. Only a nuclear attack in the southeast United States would wipe out everything. &*55357;&*56883;

[Jailhouse]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

So would you say you might have about a TB if you were to rip everything else? Cheers.

Only if I were to quit buying CDs and digital files.

You really should look into getting another optical disk drive or two. It seems to me like you're having a far greater number of re-rip events than you should.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

For comparison: So far, I have 1280 CD titles (I've lost count of the number of discs), roughly 350 files from Beatport and BandCamp, and some other miscellaneous files, for just under 17,000 tracks in my digital library, adding up to 411GB. I've ripped maybe 45 percent of my CDs (I've lost track of how many of those I have, too.)

Hi JH - I would be getting through them a lot quicker if it was not having rip so many of them by frames!

So would you say you might have about a TB if you were to rip everything else? Cheers.

[Jailhouse]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

For comparison: So far, I have 1280 CD titles (I've lost count of the number of discs), roughly 350 files from Beatport and BandCamp, and some other miscellaneous files, for just under 17,000 tracks in my digital library, adding up to 411GB. I've ripped maybe 45 percent of my CDs (I've lost track of how many of those I have, too.)

Come on, Paul, get crackin'! (Something I'm certain a lot of dBpa users can say to me!)