What is the most secure way for production companies to store their files? External HD x Cloud

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What is an external hard drive?

The external hard drive is nothing more than the same equipment that we know as an HD, which comes inside computers, but “packed” in a case that protects it and allows it to be outside.

So we can't think that keeping our files backed up on external hard drives is leaving them in a safer place. It's extra security, but still, we run the same risks as computers that can stop working and lose all our files.

Since “hard drives” (hard drives) are hardware that is extremely sensitive to falls, dust and heat, in addition to having physical parts that, if damaged, impair the functioning of your hard drive, and may even render it useless.

And for an audiovisual producer, losing files is extremely undesirable, agree?

The savior of the fatherland: SSD. Will it be?

Over time, SSDs have emerged as much safer and more durable alternatives to HDDs, since they are not as sensitive and have a longer lifespan.

They are faster and consume less energy than traditional hard drives, but like all electronic equipment, they tend to deteriorate over time. The estimated lifespan is 5 to 10 years.

Both HDDs and SSDs are efficient ways to store files, but are they the most effective?

Imagine some of the situations:

You left late and forgot your external SSD at home.
You lost your device and with it all your files.
It consumed all the space on the external hard drive and now you will have to buy another one.

You, who work with a large amount of files, videos, photos... you have certainly experienced one of these situations or know someone who has experienced it... These were very common situations before there was what we know today as the cloud.

After all, what's the best alternative for storing my files?

The cloud!

The best alternative to local storage is remote storage in a cloud environment.

Some of the benefits are:

Reduces equipment purchase costs
Brings security to your files and media
Can be accessed remotely via an internet connection
Borrowed extremely robust servers

The cloud is not a single physical space, but rather a vast network of remotely connected servers scattered around the world.

What does that mean? This means that your files will no longer be on a single physical device subject to the situations we described earlier.

And the best part: the cost-benefit of this service is extremely advantageous thanks to technological advances.

Some platforms that offer the cloud service and are extremely secure and reliable are:

Google Drive
DropBox
Wolkie (Uses AWS servers - Amazon Web Services)

I invite you to take a look at the plans of Wolkie , if you work with many media and are concerned about their security, subscribing to the platform can be extremely advantageous.

And for those who work with audiovisual, that is, projects that require client approval, for example, we have features that specifically meet this need, allowing your client to access the media directly from the browser and make comments frame by frame.

What's up? Do you still store your projects and your clients' media on external hard drives?