Sending p2 files via DVDs

[agcohn]

I don't think this is stupid at all as harddrives fail and it happened to me way back in the beginning. At the end of every job, I back it up to DVD and just consider it part of the job.. and I have duplicates.. one on DVD and one on a drive. I find that to be some level of comfort and come on people. It would take him maybe an hour or so to do this.. and charge a full hourly rate.


I typically don't try and nickle and dime for this stuff, but you should be making it worth your time. Either a set fee to archive and if it goes over that amount additional prices for each. If you also put it on the better DVD media it should last 50 years or more

DVDs don't actually last much longer than HDDs. If the guy is bound and determined to have his content backed up to something other than a HDD, tape is the only real solution.

 

[TedRR]

We normally charge $35 per DL DVD. I usually have a PA do it in thier spare time on a laptop so it doesn't tie up our edit bay.
This might be too small of a charge to be honest and I might raise it, but we're gettign a good rate on the shoot so it's sort of a service for the customer.

 

[David Saraceno]

DVDs don't actually last much longer than HDDs. If the guy is bound and determined to have his content backed up to something other than a HDD, tape is the only real solution.

I kinda of believe DVDs do last longer that HDDs.

DVDs are optical and cannot be erased.

HDD are magnetic and prone to failure.

I recently used some CDs that i created twelve years ago. Other DVDs are about six years old

 

[Justyn]

I think the same thing too. Tape is good.. but you'd have to have the tap machine.. in say 20 years. and if they are rare now, they will be even more so then. DVDs should be around, even if it's in a museum somewhere.. or that there's some adapter or stock player...

 

[agcohn]

I think the same thing too. Tape is good.. but you'd have to have the tap machine.. in say 20 years. and if they are rare now, they will be even more so then. DVDs should be around, even if it's in a museum somewhere.. or that there's some adapter or stock player...

Tape machines are going to be around a lot longer than DVD. Tape is THE standard for backing up data. With all of the banks / credit card companies / businesses backing up to tape, you can bet that it is going to be around for a very, very long time.

 

[David Saraceno]

Tape is THE standard for backing up data.

Really?

Where do I find whomever decides what is the standard?

Seriously, what business people do to back up data is entirely different than what we all do to backup high definition video files.

 

[agcohn]

Really?

Where do I find whomever decides what is the standard?

Seriously, what business people do to back up data is entirely different than what we all do to backup high definition video files.

Why would there be a difference? It's data.

LTO tapes are what they are using to back up 4K material shot on the Dalsa. LTO3 tapes hold 400/800 gb of data, and cost only $35-50 a piece. They are cheaper than DVDs per gb, and they last about 3 times as long.

 

[Arson]

tell him it will be $50/DVD and that it will be at least 15 DVDs.
Or
you can ship him a drive for less than $200 for the drive AND shipping.