Hi All,
This is my first post, so let me know if I need to be in a different spot. I work for a mapping company that sends people abroad to rural places around the globe to drive around a car and take pictures. Currently, we back up the Micro SD cards in the cameras at the end of the day onto one San Disk Extreme Portable SSD before wiping them and reusing them for the next day. However, they've been having problems which has created an opportunity to implement a better workflow. Some considerations for the new solution...
We collect around 50 GB of data per day for all of our cameras
Trips are around a week long but can be as long as 2 weeks
Whatever solution I suggest, I'd like to be less than 1000 dollars
The solution needs to be small, portable, and durable (able to get tossed around in an airport)
The options I've come up with
Option 1: Replace the San Disk SSDs with the Samsung T7 Shield
Product Page: Link
Cost: $120 for 2TB
Pros
No longer using drives that are known to fail
Easy to implement
Cons
Only one copy of all the data for a trip
Option 2: Get multiple Samsung T7 Shields
Cost: $240 for 2 2TB
Pros
Multiple backups of the trip data
Cons
Team members in the field would have to backup to multiple drives daily
Option 3:Get one Samsung T7 Shield and have one SD card for each day
Cost: $640
Pros
Multiple backups of the trip data
The team would only have to do one backup to the SSD
Cons
Lots of small, easy to lose micro SD cards
Option 4:Get one Samsung T7 Shield and have one SD card for each camera for the entire trip
Cost: $620
Pros
Multiple backups of the trip data
The team would only have to do one backup to the SSD
Cons
SD cards would need to go in the same camera every day
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you!