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Lesson 1, Module 6: Storage, Organization, Backups, Proxies, and Archives

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Storage and Backups for Editors

Lesson 1, Module 6: Storage, Organization, Backups, Proxies, and Archives

Building a reliable storage and backup system: organization, proxies, and archiving for real projects.

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About Storage and Backups for Editors

Inside Storage and Backups for Editors

This zip download focuses on practical design skills you can study at your own pace.

  • — Storage and project organization
  • — Backups, proxies, and archives
  • — Downloadable lesson materials

This is a self-paced zip download for learners who want a focused introduction to design without a subscription or cohort. Use the included material as a practical reference while you work through your own projects.

Created with AI assistance.

What you receive with Storage and Backups for Editors

  • — 32-page Reader, supplied as PDF and HTML
  • — Fillable PDF workbook with 10 exercises
  • — Answer key and evaluator guide for checking your work
  • — Reference sheets: Module 6 Decision Matrix; Module 6 Quick Reference
  • — 10 practice files (PNG, JSON, TXT, CSV, MP4) made for the exercises

Topics covered in Storage and Backups for Editors

  1. Understand why media management matters
  2. Know the main types of storage
  3. Understand speed, capacity and connection types
  4. Plan capacity before you shoot
  5. Design a folder structure that scales
  6. Create naming conventions
  7. Ingest media safely
  8. Use metadata, ratings and catalogues
  9. Understand proxies, caches and scratch files
  10. Follow the 3-2-1 backup principle
  11. Automate and schedule backups
  12. Verify integrity and test restores
  13. Handle drives, cards and hardware safely
  14. Manage storage in a team or studio

The practice project

1. Copy the archive to a writable location. 2. Open project_manifest.json. 3. Confirm source path. 4. Verify source.png.

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