Q: Guid Partition or Apple Partition?
Hey there,
my goal is to set up several Hard Drives to be daisy chained for using them to organize Pictures using Lightroom and backing it up. Just one HD I want to be connected via FireWire 800 to the iMac. Before I start adding the Files to the new Drives I have some questions.
What partition map should I choose for that? Guid or Apple Partition Map? I won't be using PCs just Intel Macs.
When I was at the store I told them how I want it to be set up and daisy chained. So I was told to buy Ultra Max Plus from Iomega which have some option about Raid. Actually I don't know anything about Raid.
Is there anything I have to be aware of or to adjust? or can I make the workflow somehow better using Raid?
I want one drive (2TB) to be the master and the other 2 TB the Backup using time machine. Further on I want to daisy chain two more 400 Fire Wire Drives through the Iomegas as Workflow Drives and two more via USB as monthly backup for the Workflow Drives. Do they all need to be GUID or is mixing with Apple Partition ok?
thanks
Dakota
my goal is to set up several Hard Drives to be daisy chained for using them to organize Pictures using Lightroom and backing it up. Just one HD I want to be connected via FireWire 800 to the iMac. Before I start adding the Files to the new Drives I have some questions.
What partition map should I choose for that? Guid or Apple Partition Map? I won't be using PCs just Intel Macs.
When I was at the store I told them how I want it to be set up and daisy chained. So I was told to buy Ultra Max Plus from Iomega which have some option about Raid. Actually I don't know anything about Raid.
Is there anything I have to be aware of or to adjust? or can I make the workflow somehow better using Raid?
I want one drive (2TB) to be the master and the other 2 TB the Backup using time machine. Further on I want to daisy chain two more 400 Fire Wire Drives through the Iomegas as Workflow Drives and two more via USB as monthly backup for the Workflow Drives. Do they all need to be GUID or is mixing with Apple Partition ok?
thanks
Dakota
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
Posted on Mar 17, 2011 9:58 PM
by MartinR,Solvedanswer
TM is a form of backup, but it is always online and it is not for archival purposes. It runs on a fixed schedule and will back up every modification you make to any folder or file. With image files it will chew up time and hard drive space faster than you can imagine. And as the drive fills and your backups age, TM prioritizes them lower & lower until it gets to the point that it drops (erases) the oldest backups.
A true backup should be under your full control. And the backup drive should not normally be online, as that exposes your backup to system, software and power threats which happen much more frequently than drive hardware failures.
I have used the Finder, CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper, Intego Backup Assistant and EMC Retrospect at one time or another. All work fine but you may find some of them more to your liking than others. I mostly use CCC and the Finder.
A true backup should be under your full control. And the backup drive should not normally be online, as that exposes your backup to system, software and power threats which happen much more frequently than drive hardware failures.
I have used the Finder, CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper, Intego Backup Assistant and EMC Retrospect at one time or another. All work fine but you may find some of them more to your liking than others. I mostly use CCC and the Finder.
Posted on Mar 18, 2011 10:18 AM