Comments on: A database and spreadsheet of your equipment.

By: Joe from GigPay

Joe from GigPay — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:12:45 +0000

Good idea. I normally keep all my software CDs in one box.

I think I’ll now maintain this spreadsheet on my computer with an up-to-date hard copy in the box as well.

By: Cornerman

Cornerman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:29:02 +0000

Very good idea indeed, I only have the information on paper, most of it anyway. Never considered saving it digitally. Stupid since I keep most of my administration digital these days.

By: ksandvik

ksandvik — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:13:54 +0000

Good idea, indeed. What do with my SW and registrations is to maintain a folder with the installation SW downloaded (in case we are dealing with non-DVD material). I also include a README file with the registration info. This is then also as a backup on a DVD.

If I ever need to reinstall I just go to this folder and do the job in less than a minute or so. In addition I keep new versions in this folder, sometimes old ones in case I need to roll back.

By: mrtunes

mrtunes — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:09:18 +0000

good idea oliver! as we purchase more and more gear we always overlook the idea of organizing it all

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:34:57 +0000

THanks… Yeah I agree totally… auto backup in the cloud if you can.

By: ManicAudioKinetics

ManicAudioKinetics — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:13:06 +0000

Great article.

I think it’s worth mentioning that this sort of record won’t do you any good if it’s not stored somewhere off premises.

Google docs is one easy way to get a spreadsheet going. If it’s super sensitive personal data than maybe keeping that data on a local machine (like at work) is a good idea. But I personally would have no problem putting this kind of data up on a google spreadsheet. The database you keyed in isn’t going to be useful if it also went up in flames.