Pro photographer/videographer here and looking for help with my backup strategy.
Current setup:
- DAS working drive has projects currently working on in folders with this folder structure (PHOTOS > 2024 > 20241001_StarrFamily)
- ChronoSync does a backup every night that sends NEW and UPDATED files/folders to my NAS
- It does NOT delete files/folders on the NAS because my DAS is much smaller than my NAS and I can’t mirror them.
- When I’m done with a project, I delete its folder from the DAS
- My NAS ends up filled with files that I delete from the DAS and duplicates of folders I’ve renamed on the DAS because of this setup
- Example: I ingest my raw video footage into a folder called CAPTURE inside a project folder and it backs up to the NAS over night. The following day, I rename the folder to SELECTS. After the backup runs, I will have two folders on my NAS with the same files in them and this is a waste of storage and would make recovery in the future disorganized.
I’m trying to figure out if there is any way I could make ChronoSync match my changes (including deletions/folder renames) on the DAS to the NAS without deleting project folders I delete from my DAS working drive…
Thanks!