Data Storage Continues to Grow

I’ll probably be in the market for some new external storage soon.  After adopting the photo workflow from The DAM Book (I can’t recommend this book enough if you are the least bit serious about photography, it’s the best workflow I’ve seen so far) coupled with the fact I’m shooting exclusively in RAW the second hard drive in my laptop is almost full of photos.  Today is see that a terabyte of data can be had for about $400.  Incredible.  I’ve always thought that was a lot, but according to Web Worker Daily, Microsoft Research says that is enough storage to archive audio of every conversation you have in your life.  Crazy.

I remember not too long ago when 1TB broke the $1000 mark.  I guess I missed it break the $500 mark.  I don’t know if I need quite that much storage for a photo archive, but I may pick up a second drive to have as an offsite backup (and put the free safe deposit box we get to good use). Since photos carry quite a bit of personal value for me, and as my photography business expands - there is some serious monetary value in those images now as well.  Time to get a serious backup plan in place.