We've had a video production studio for about 6 months, and we're revisiting how we should back-up/archive our client files and in general what our workflow should be with about a 8K limit on hardware. We've sketched out a couple options for what hardware and procedures we're using.
Here is one:
- Transfer RAW footage (we're shooting DSLR) to portable bus powered HD
- Import RAW footage into FCPX using Ext. Drive for Scratch Disk (here we have RAW footage and FCPX project files separated) Step
- Delete SD Cards
EDIT Footage
Move FCP Projects files to RAID & Delete bus powered HD that had raw footage Step
Delete Scratch Disks
Here is possibly another option:
- Transfer RAW footage to Scratch Drives
- Copy RAW Footage to RAID
- Delete SD Cards
EDIT Footage Step
- Move FCP Projects files to RAID
- Delete Scratch Disks