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Chapter 5 The Image Archive > Archive Hardware - Pg. 89

FIVE An onlinearchive ofselectedhigh-value images, ora largercollectionofselectedJPEGfiles,however,may be an entirely reasonable solution for someone who cannoteasilymaintainanoffsitebackup.Ifyoulivein a geologically challenged location subject to earth- quakes,floods,orothernaturalorman-madedisasters, thenareasonablysizedonlinearchivethroughoneof theseservicesmaybeaviableoption. ARCHIVE HARDWARE Since digital imaging workflow is done primarily on harddrivemedia,itmakessensethatharddrivestorage isthecorearchivingchoice.Earlyonwediscussedthe conceptoftheworkstation(evenifthatisalaptop)as a process only tool. Additional internal or external drives are used to store the working files and the beaddedinsomecasesbyreconfiguringthehardware, we do not think this is a great practice for several reasons: · Itcreatesasinglepointoffailurewithregardtothe powersupply. · Ittaxesthecoolingcapacityoftheenclosure. · Itcreatesadditionalrisksintheeventoffire,theft, flood,earthquake,orothernaturaldisaster. TripWire When using external drive enclosures, be careful to dis- tinguish between those designed strictly for maximum throughput using two or more drives in a RAID 0 configu-