Best practices for storing, archiving photos

Can anyone suggest some best practices for storing and archiving of digital
photographs? Specifically, I would be interested to discuss the following:

> Naming conventions: Do you give a unique name (i.e. Son's Birthday
> 001.jpg) or do you stick with the serialized filename given by the camera
> (i.e. IMG_9637.jpg). I have personally found that giving short names,
> like 'Ashley's Birthday.jpg' come back to bite me because next year I'll
> likely name those photos in the same way, so I'll end up with multiple
> file names with the same name more frequently than I would with the
> serialized approach. Of course, the serialized approach also gives
> non-intuitive names. What are your experiences?
> Storing conventions: Folders by date taken, date transferred, no folders
> at all, how do you name folders (see above)
> Archiving frequency: How often do you backup? Do you leave files on the
> PC as well as your backup optical or external HD (see my previous post...
> I think this is how I ended up with thousands of duplicates).

I'm getting to the point where I would like to have a standard. I could
definitely pick one and go with it now, but I thought I would ask here since
many of you may have already experienced the pros and cons of other ways,
and maybe I could use your experience to better organize my files.

Thanks in advance!
DF


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