Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Be very very diligent about making regular complete backups, preferably on various brands of external hard drives. I understand many people are saying many bad things about these MyBook drives and I would be hesitant to rely on one for much of anything that could be mission critical. --Bob ==On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:00 AM, J. Newell <john.o.newell at comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks, Ric. The technical conditions that might lead me down this path > are that both PCs have USB 3.0 and I found some WD MyBook 3TB USB 3.0 > drives for $110. Firewire or Thunderbolt might be better, but the PCs > don't have those and the drives would be much more expensive. I bought > these drives for backup but they run fast enough that I think I cold move > the catalog to one of them and run LR that way... > > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 8:50:09 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lightroom Catalog on External Drive > > I run my LR main catalog (38000 files) off my Drobo on firewire 800 > > works fine for me > > My understanding of the USB's disadvantage is that it uses the main > processor to do its work, here as firewire has its own dedicated > processor, so does not cut into computing cycles. > > ric > > > > > On Jan 7, 2012, at 8:34 AM, J. Newell wrote: > >> I am looking into moving my Lightroom catalog to an external drive that I >> can edit from multiple computers (both Win7 PCs). I'd be interested in >> any real-world feedback from anyone else who's doing this. The drive is >> USB 3.0, and both PCs have USB 3.0 ports, which in my informal testing is >> a big step forward from USB 2.0, which is the reason I'm once again >> thinking about this. >> >> >> Thanks for any experiences. >> >> >> John Newell >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information