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Alexander Herring
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October 20, 2013
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TO NAS, or not, TO NAS

  • October 20, 2013
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I'm setting up my digital eq work flow(chain).

Been reading the DAM book.

Peter Krogh says that he doesn't personally recommend using NAS as primary storage

as of the writing of the last version of the DAM book....2009.

I bought a Synology 1813+ to handle all the digital files in my life 8tb total.

I want to put my photo library on there and run lightroom and photoshop.

I will keep the lightroom catalog on the local drive...my smoking fast macbook pro SSD.

Used to use the 1st gen intel tower but the laptop just blew its doors off.

Is this safe?

or should I use a NON-NAS primary external?

Ultimatley, one of the following two set-ups were what I had in mind...

NAS>local back up & glacier

OR

External NON-NAS > NAS > glacier

Thank you for any advice and opinions,

Alex

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    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    October 20, 2013

    I don't have my copy of his book to hand - does he give a specific reason?

    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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    Alexander HerringAuthor
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    October 20, 2013

    From what I've gathered so far as of the book last publish...he says he simply doesn't recommend it.

    I'm curiuos if in the last 4 years things have become more stable on that front.

    Do you use a NAS for your primary?

    Jim Wilde
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    Jim WildeCommunity Expert
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    October 20, 2013

    Others may not agree with me, but my view is that the primary purpose of a NAS is to enable sharing of data across a Local network. So if there's no requirement for that level of sharing of original image files, what's the point of putting them on a slower (and possibly less reliable) medium?

    I keep all my image files on internal drives, but even if I couldn't do that I'd use fast external drives (eSata or USB3). I do use a NAS, but it's only used as one of my several external backup devices, plus some file sharing between the family members.

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