Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, it's an external drive for my laptop and plugs into the eSata port. As far as I know, there is not room inside my laptop for another hard drive. This is the only machine I work on so working on different computers is not a problem. I have installed the beta LR5 but am just using it with a temporary catalog. Thanks! Tina On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Tina there is some confusion sorry. I thought that you were talking about > adding an SSD internally to your desktop not to a laptop? > > With either you can have your LR catalogue on an external drive, including > all of your image files if you want. As far as I know you cannot use the > same catalogue in two machines and you cannot have it on a network > drive.You can merge a catalogue from one to the other computer though. > > One of the new developments in LR5 may be of interest to you when it is > released in its official form (don't do this with a beta). > There is a new capability to use smart previews of your images on a > different computers and be able to edit and later transfer those edits to > another computer with the actual files. These are lossy (and hence much > smaller) DNG versions of the originals you can choose to create on import > or later. You probably would not want to do this with your entire library > for size reasons though. You can just work on some folders of current stuff > perhaps. > > This discussion has the potential to get bigger and bigger, sorry. I can > send you some links to Lightroom resources that may be helpful if you like. > > > *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 27 May 2013 07:01, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > Thanks, Geoff. That's very helpful. I'm printing out the article. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Frank that is not all correct. Information written to an SSD does not > > > disappear when you power off. They certainly can be used as swap drives > > > though, They certainly do read and write faster. That is what they are > > for. > > > Perhaps you are referring to using a USB flash drive as a RAM addition > > for > > > the ready boost function in Windows? > > > > > > Tina in simple terms a Solid State Drive (SSD) is effectively a much > > faster > > > to access version of your standard hard drive. They are now commonly > used > > > by enthusiasts especially instead of a traditional type as the main or > at > > > least first drive in your computer.For example the current fast and > light > > > laptops called ultrabooks typically have only an SSD. > > > In an enthusiast photo computer you can use multiple drives, one for > your > > > operating system, another for the swap files of Windows or the camera > raw > > > cache for,Photoshop and Lightroom etc another perhaps for bulk storage. > > > SSDs still cost much more per Gigabyte than traditional hard drives > > though. > > > > > > It really depends on how comfortable you are inside your computer. I > > would > > > suggest for most people it is best to have professional help although > > just > > > adding an SSD and setting the camera raw cache to it is not too > > difficult. > > > The drive is usually put in an adapter that lets you put it in a spare > > bay > > > in your case and connected with a single data cable and a power cable. > In > > > Ps and Lr preferences you then point to the new drive instead of the > > > default that was created in your main drive. > > > You may want to review your whole system though. To give you some ideas > > > what is possible, here is an article by a local professional expert. > > There > > > is a lot of other useful information on his site too. Be warned this > > > article is abut a real enthusiast level computer specifically for hard > > core > > > image professionals ;-) > > > < > > > > > > > > > http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/questions/141/Build%20a%20powerful%20PC%20for%20Photoshop%20and%20other%20imaging%20applications > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > On 27 May 2013 05:29, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > I reviewed the specs and manual that you got with the drive..... > > > > > > > > First,, let me ask you what about your computer is "slow"? Opening > > > files? > > > > Saving files? LR4 or PS (whatever) version is slow to act upon > > commands? > > > > Other? > > > > > > > > Another way to ask that question is to ask you what did you expect > this > > > > product to do for you? ( same possible answers as above) > > > > > > > > The item you bought is a SSD, Solid State drive. Its purpose is to > > speed > > > > up > > > > the OS, speed up frequently used files, etc. It replaces the > > mechanical > > > > HDD > > > > with a solid state one.. My understanding ( and I could be wrong) is > > that > > > > upon starting up the computer, the CPU takes files from your regular > > old > > > > boot HDD, and copies them over to the SSD. Then, when needed, the > CPU > > > > accesses the files not from the mechanical HDD, but rather this SSD. > > > > Significantly shorter delays, significantly faster speeds of those > > files > > > on > > > > the SSD. > > > > > > > > Having said that, the SSD does NOT save any files permanently. Shut > > off > > > > power, and it goes blank. Nada. Nothing. Saving or accessing files > > will > > > > be > > > > as slow as before. They will be saved on the mechanical HDD. > > > > > > > > What I would say is that the SSD will accelerate the CPU operations > > that > > > > are > > > > cached, including applications like ( and I say MAYBE here) LR4 or PS > > > > whatever, and OS, but ( in your specific case) also including those > > parts > > > > of > > > > a file that are cached during image processing. > > > > > > > > It will NOT speed up the storage of files. Either write or read. > > > > > > > > Does this help you to understand what you bought? > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LI7CTY/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UT > > > > F8&psc=1 > > > > > > > > I thought it would be an external drive that I could hook up to USB > but > > > > it's > > > > not! There are evidently ways to install it in a drive bay, which I > do > > > > have. What do I need to do that? Is there any way to use it as an > > > > external > > > > hard drive or would that defeat the purpose? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com