Thoughts on a portable disk "system"?

[Kayaker72]

Peety.....you are blowing my mind

As much as I value having photos backed up, I would favor a system that minimizes your efforts while on vacation. I would think having the photos saved on your cards and 1-2 drives would be sufficient. But that is me.

I recently picked up a 2 TB external hard drive USB 3 compatible that was advertised on this site. It is great to have the 2 TB, but transfer speeds are still around 40 MB/sec, I assume because of the write speed of the drive (USB powered). An SSD may be much faster, which would make your life easier while on vacation.

[Scott Stephen]

Peety.....you are blowing my mind

As much as I value having photos backed up, I would favor a system that minimizes your efforts while on vacation. I would think having the photos saved on your cards and 1-2 drives would be sufficient. But that is me.

I recently picked up a 2 TB external hard drive USB 3 compatible that was advertised on this site. It is great to have the 2 TB, but transfer speeds are still around 40 MB/sec, I assume because of the write speed of the drive (USB powered). An SSD may be much faster, which would make your life easier while on vacation.

Yes, to be sure Mrs. Peety is not getting ticked that you are spending too much cruise time with the camera stuff. I know that is a factor in my own vacation photography calculus, anyway!

Hope you have a great time.