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Pro Photographer Says “I Do” To Data Backup/Protection

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | Author: OWC Eileen

gmax-cakeWho do you trust when it comes to safeguarding some of the most irreplaceable, once in a lifetime images possible – the wedding day photos that become the first chapter in the story of every married couple just starting out?

For professional photographer Errol Colon, the answer was easy – he turned to the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus. “I can’t say enough how much I like both your customer service and the Guardian MAXimus,” Colon told us recently.

Mr. Colon continues in his blog:

“I gotta say I couldn’t be happier with the Guardian Maximus system … the new RAID configuration allows us to back up our files quicker, and with 1.5 terabytes per drive of space we have room to spare. The set up is a RAID 1 mirrored configuration so the redundancy is perfect … we picked up two of these guys — one that stays online and another that stays offline, that one not even plugged into the wall just in case of any power surges that gets by our power surge protectors.”

Errol Colon is a cautious fellow: he has a backup for the backup of his backup, saving his clients’ wedding images a total of four different ways, with the Guardian MAXimus being the first line of defense. “Call us paranoid, but we wouldn’t have it any other way when it comes to the safeguard of our clients photos,” said Colon. To us, his approach makes good business sense, as the average cost for wedding photography starts at around $2,000 to $3,000. But more importantly, what is the cost to a professional if they have to tell a client their images are lost?

On his website, beneath a montage of images of happy couples on their happy day, Errol Colon posted one more image that is just as important to him, as the protector of so very many wedding day memories: an image of the Guardian MAXimus.

Now that’s a pretty picture that leaves everyone smiling.

Over 1/4 Million views in a year!

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

globe-CameraHey video fans!

OWC’s Instructional Series of videos on YouTube reached a couple of milestones over the last week or so.

Last week, we celebrated our one year anniversary of offering our videos on YouTube. Around that same time, we hit over 250,000 individual views. That means, on average, we’ve been able to assist nearly 700 people a day since we started on YouTube, and that doesn’t even include the views in our Tech Center.

It’s nice to know that our efforts to make upgrading your Mac as easy as possible are reaching a growing audience.

We’re not going to stop there, though. We’ve got a lot of exciting things on the horizon, not only for our Instructional Series of videos, but other endeavors as well, so stay tuned.

Thanks for watching!

Inject Up to 8.0GB of RAM Into Your Mac mini Server

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | Author: OWC Chris S.

miniserv_needleWe hinted at this latest installment in our Instructional Video series a couple of weeks ago, but we had other things (such as Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials) on our plates which kind of delayed it. I am, of course, referring to the upgrade videos for the Mac mini Server. This installment covers the process for upgrading the memory inside.

I’m not going to go on and on about how adding more memory to your Mac improves performance; we’ve covered that topic quite extensively already. Though the Mac mini Server comes with 4GB installed by default, it is capable of handling twice that much. While you can’t get it from Apple, you can get up to 8.0GB from OWC. Once you get your OWC memory upgrade, our step-by-step video will walk you through the process of installing it. You can find the video (and all of our other install videos) both in our Tech Center and on our YouTube channel.

Of course, if after viewing the video, you decide that you’d rather not upgrade your mini yourself, you may want to check our our Installation Service. We offer quick turnaround (usually <24 hours from when it arrives here) and is a great option for those who want the benefits of the upgrade, but not the hassle of the upgrade process. Check out our Web site or contact one of our helpful sales staff for more information.

Either way you go, with more memory in your Mac mini Server, you’re going to enjoy increased performance – which is always good in a server.