Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My LR catalogs are on separate SSD external hard drives connected to my computer by USB, so that should not be a problem. The Synology box will be used for storage of my more than 1,000,000 photo files. Tina Sent from my iPhone > On May 18, 2024, at 1:38?PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > ?I have a memory that Lightroom doesn?t support NAS storage. I have no > idea why that might be the case but I have a vivid memory that it?s the > case. > > After my Drobo started to go off about six years ago I replaced it with a > Promise Pegasus RAID that is still working quietly well. I?ve had to > replace one drive. > > Since then I have used an OWC 4 drive box and populated with 4 drives to > yield about 35 TB. I have a MacPro and have two internal very large single > disks that I use as a local backup to the RAIDs. All of these are > connected with Thunderbolt. And I have an OWC box with four very fast > SSDs. I use SoftRAID to manage the disk arrays. I?m very pleased with the > performance. I backup everything to the cloud using BackBlaze. I have 1Gig > AT&T fiber so it makes good sense to me. I?ve never had to replace a whole > drive using BackBlaze but it?s a terrific deal. And I backup my primary > drive to an external drive with TimeMachine. My catalogs for both Capture > One and Lightroom live on my Mac Pro?s internal SSD. I back those up > additionally to the SSD RAID. > > I?ll be interested to know how you?re connecting the NAS to Tina?s box. > > Drobo was a good idea but it just didn?t perform well. It did make > replacing drives incredibly easily when something went wrong. > > Adam Bridge > Davis, CA > >> On May 16, 2024, at 12:12?PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> >> Yes, I am helping Tina with her file system. She is replacing her Drobos >> with a Synology NAS. I "am" her tech support person. >> >> Why? Because Drobo is out of business. Who cares? SHE AND YOU SHOULD >> CARE! >> >> How old is your Drobo, in terms of development..... look at this chart.... >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobo >> >> It tells you when your Drobo model was first introduced to the marjket... >> assume it took at least 1 year to design... Your Drobo was designed in >> roughly 2010., or even earlier That was the year Windows 7 was in >> vogue..... Windows 7. That was when the various software was written to >> run the box and interface with Windows. Windows 7, not Windows 11. >> Things have changed.... >> >> /If you have a Drobo, it will eventually fail/. Let me explain.... >> Windows is not a fixed immovable O/S. It changes ( somewhat at the whim >> of Microsoft.). >> >> Drobo Software ( yes, it does run on software) is not and will not change >> to accommodate Windows changes. The company no longer exists. The SW is >> frozen. ( probably some amateur code writer will fix this, but if you >> are not willing to take this chance on code written by some 16 year old >> who lives on Pizza and Energy-Caffeine drinks being responsible for >> taking care of everything on your Dobo, read further....).. >> >> An analogy is for SW written for Windows 3.1 and using that SW on Windows >> 11.... Some of it just will not work. >> >> Your computer gets Windows updates all the time, and implements them. >> sometime, either now or "tomorrow", some change in Windows will not allow >> your Drobo Software to perform as it did yesterday. YOU WILL HAVE NO >> WARNING>>>>. It will be a brick. It will not be reversible ( almost). >> EVERYTHING on your Drobo will be permanently inaccessible. >> >> No you can not just remove the HDD from the Drobo and put them into >> something else and they will work..... THEY WILL NOT. >> >> Your data may be safely ON the Drobo, but unless you can get to it, >> ....... and eventually you will not be able to,,,,,, you own a brick. >> >> It is time NOW to fix this situation you are in, before Windows and Drobo >> no longer work together. >> >> You do have choices.... replace the Drobo boxes with large external HDD >> boxes that work on USB. They can be bought for a few hundred dollars. >> Probably the lowest cost and fully equivalent to what you have now, but >> since the USB box is modern and built to work with WIndows, and uses no >> SW on your computer, it will last a LONG time..... >> >> Replace the Drobo with a LAN box... called NAS ( Network Attached >> Storage). Same as above only it works on a network connection to your >> computer rather than USB. There are a bunch of differences, but in >> essence, for very large file systems ( Tina has about 1 MILLION images), >> this solution will provide faster response time for search and other >> functions. But you must deal with the LAN issues.... Not so easy.... not >> terrible, but not easy. They are more expensive. >> >> There you go.... if you use Drobo HDD enclosures, do something NOW. >> >> If you are running your BUSINESS on a Drobo, you are living a nightmare >> in the making... You want the IRS to permanently live in your office, >> demanding you get old records from your now dead computer because the >> Drobo is dead? Want/NEED the email address of that 16 year old that >> lives on Pizza and Energy-Caffeine drinks? >> >> I want to point out that this is NOT a hardware issue.... the HDD and the >> box will probably work for a long time in the future,,,, it is an issue >> of incompatible software. >> >> But you will not be able to access it...... >> >> If you have questions, you may email me directly and I will help you to >> make decisions and, to the extent I can, I will help you implement those >> decisions. >> >> No, I do not charge. >> >> Frank Filippone >> BMWRed735i at Gmail.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