Lightroom won't even run if the catalog isn't local. You can store files anywhere you want.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > Lightroom is very slow over a network has been my experience. You're better > off keeping your catalogue on your fixed disk. > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Larry Colen >> Sent: 01 June 2012 23:53 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: External storage of raw files >> >> I've got several related issues that may have a single solution: >> >> I've got about 4.5TB of raw PEFs on two drives. Both drives are >> starting to get full. >> >> I'm very tempted to convert my library of raw files from PEF to DNG. >> >> Zab's new laptop, a 17" macbook pro has more processing power than my >> iMac and my desktop LInux box combined. When we upgrade the memory, >> it'll have more memory than all of my computers combined. When it's >> available, or I have a large number of photos to process, it would be >> handy to be able to use it, rather than my iMac. >> >> I just changed to LR4, and LR4.1, so my system is somewhat in flux as >> I've got various catalogs that haven't been updated yet, and I will >> want to split sub catalogs (aikido, music, current working etc.) out >> from the massive "everything" catalog. So, if I'm going to make any >> radical changes, this is a good time to do so. >> >> My gut feeling is that the right way to do this is some sort of >> external drive that I can share between the two machines for storing >> all the RAW files. I suspect that I'll want some sort of box with >> gigabit ethernet on one end, and several sata drives on the other end. >> My current drives can become backups. As to the catalogs themselves, >> I'll just do something careful and clever so that I've got the >> necessary working catalog on whichever machine I'm using, and sync >> things up with import from catalog. >> >> I'm looking for suggestions as to general plan (for example, gigabit >> NAS), as well as specifics (Todd's Network storage and fish market has >> the whizzbo cottystack on sale for $200 this week) on how I should go >> about doing this. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
