File Sizes

[Chad 73]

I was wondering how some people are handling the storage of thier files. I have notived in the past year since i've been high speed machining my network drive has 7 Gig used up. I can't imagine what this will mean 10 years from know! We are not a small company but are not that large either. I'm considering changing a parameter in the sequence so that the toolpaths will require updating then saving it like that (unupdated). Does you people have any other solutions? (CD-R , Tape, Zip Drive??)

 

Thanx

 

Chad Perkins

ABA-PGTinc.

10 Gear Dr.

Manchester, CT 06040

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

We use CD-R for backup.

 

If I had lots of large files to deal with, I'd save them without the toolpath in them. This requires a regen if you need to post it again, but it saves a TON of space.

 

JM2C

[cadcam]

I use CDR and Tape. The SCSI backs up preaty fast.

I did about 5gigs in 15min not to bad.

 

I also have sever with a dedacated hard drive for files.