Studio Cloud Storage
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- slappy
I think our studio is reaching the point where we need to use cloud storage as the primary source of truth for our client/project folders rather than having a server within the studio that backs up to the cloud (and VPN access for remote working).
Interested to know how other studios and agencies are managing this, and which platforms they use.
We have thought about using Google drive shared folders however we will need a large amount of space for our archive (50+ TB). I don't know much about AWS but maybe there is a process there we could setup so designers don't end working locally and forgetting to backup their files.
Any pointers would be great if you know a system that works for our industry.
- mort_0
I recently got stuck in a google account reset password loop and was seriously worried I’d get locked out of everything. I read a few stories of this happening. For that reason alone, I would look at Dropbox or another solution.
- scruffics0
we had the exact same situation as OP in our agency a few years ago and we went with Dropbox. Not had any issues so far.
before that we tried Adobe as they used to have cloud storage “for free” as part of the plan, and that worked reasonably well too, but they’ve fucked it up like they’re known to do and it’s no longer available.
- Thanks Dropbox is an option. I'm interested in knowing what people chose and how its been going. Once we go down this path it will be a pain to change platformsslappy
- ********0
Is it just storage or you need DAM too?
"designers don't end working locally and forgetting to backup their files" <- this only depends on the methods implemented into the workflow, using external storage doesn't gives you instant solutions to these issues.
back in 2016 i did a lot of research how to do this and we ended up using adobe cloud + secured local server + AWS backup only, made an interface to present the products and share assets with 3rd parties. this allowed a lot more flexibility with far less cost on the long run
and i still think its more reliable and faster than anything what can be cooked with 3rd party cloud services.it took 2 months to develop and this system worked until we closed shop in 2022, our only issue was the constantly growing AWS S3 bill but we had years of backups in there.
- slappy0
We manage all our external client assets via Google Drive already where we have version control and sharing permissions sorted.
So really we need to house all the current client folders with open jobs for internal use, probably 600-1000 job folders and around 20TB.
Each year we will archive all the client folders and start new ones as we go, some carry over. We can probably keep the archive within the server / VPN framework we have now.
A long way of saying we want to work they way we do now but with our server infrastructure in the cloud for current clients.