Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My personal system has all the images on a group of SSD's.? They are the real "masters".? The NAS (HDD base) holds backups, and thus can be slower. The FASTEST solution is a bit nerdy and quite expensive and you need the right motherboard to achieve.? All at a $$$ cost.? It would use SSDs.... You will spend significantly more time editing rather than retrieving,so I think that a compromise is in order .... Cost per TB is $10-15 for HDD, $100 for SSD. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com On 10/26/2022 8:54 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > The advantage is with Solid state memory these days. Spinning rust, as > a friend of mine used to call it, has slower access times. However if > you go that route then, as a sometime disk buyer in quantity, my > personal recommendation would be Seagate as the most reliable (IMHO). > > If you go the spinning rust route then go with a RAID implementation > (e.g. RAID 10) which will enable you to recover your data if one disk > goes down. The same actually goes for SSDs too. > > Peter > > On 25/10/2022 19:50, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: >> HDD are now selling for under $12 per TB. Thanksgiving is the time of >> year when HDD go on real sales..... >> >> If you are going to get a NAS, get the biggest NAS marketed HDD you >> can afford.? 16TB is the current sweet spot.? ($$$ per TB) >> >> The Seagate EXOS series are currently the most modern and cheapest. >> >> The WD RED and Seagate Ironwolf series include post mortem data >> retrieval, for which you pay dearly..... at time of purchase. >> >> Perter is right, it takes a while to get them working the way you >> want, especially since the while field of IT and especially NAS >> systems is a bit of a nerdy trip. >> >> But it is pretty easy to get them working.... about as hard as a DIY >> USB configuration >> >> But I have found that Synology has lots of you tube and other videos >> and articles to help us mere mortals..... >> >> >> or. if you are fearful of getting stuck in a IT nightmare, get a big >> external USB Drive (12- 16TB is available) and live with it.... it >> will work. >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> BMWRed735i at gmail.com >> >> On 10/25/2022 11:26 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: >>> That's fascinating. I would agree about Synology as a bought-in >>> option. There are alternatives though such as using memory sticks >>> with a Raspberry Pi. That will get you a NAS, with RAID if you want >>> it, for less than $150. YOu can easily get multi-TB storage at that >>> price point. >>> >>> All the options take a bit of work to get working as *you* want them >>> but are what you need for storage of large volumes of images/ >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On 22/10/2022 23:49, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: >>>> Here is a reasonably easy to understand ways to pick a NAS... >>>> something to hold all your images without a lot of trouble..... >>>> >>>> I remind anyone that there are other specifics if you are using >>>> Lightroom ..... you can NOT put your catalog on a non-"internal" >>>> storage location.... >>>> >>>> The recommendations are for both MAC and PC o/s.. as well as >>>> others.... >>>> >>>> https://nascompares.com/2022/01/17/best-nas-for-photography-to-buy-in-2022/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >