Yes, you're right. I was imprecise - I found it very slow when I had my photos on a network drive.
B > > 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. -- 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.
