My use case:
I have quite large collection of photos (2TB+) in single Lightroom catalog. I don't access many of those photos but still want to have search capability over their metadata. I usually access only few last collections.
My HW:
I'm considering going laptop only and using NAS or DAS as the main storage for photos as there is no way I could get all of them to affordable laptop.
My question:
Is there a solution which would work like a write through cache on the laptop and allow me to access full photos from the cache while not connected to NAS/DAS?
It means that laptop will have specified size of disk space - eg. 128GB for storing photos locally. When I import new photos, they will be loaded to the cache (deleting least recently used photos to make space) and simultaneously to NAS / DAS. When I open a photo for edit, it will read it from the cache if available (not going to NAS/DAS) or read it from NAS/DAS storing it in the cache (again making space if necessary).
The cache must be accessible while not connected to NAS/DAS - that is one of the main reasons I want this solution and it must be somewhat transparent to Lightroom.
Bonus points, if I can import to cache when not connected to NAS/DAS and synchronization happens when I connect NAS/DAS while making sure that it will not allow me import more when cache is full of photos which haven't been yet synchronized.
So what I generally want is something like one drive client for my own NAS/DAS
I have quite large collection of photos (2TB+) in single Lightroom catalog. I don't access many of those photos but still want to have search capability over their metadata. I usually access only few last collections.
My HW:
I'm considering going laptop only and using NAS or DAS as the main storage for photos as there is no way I could get all of them to affordable laptop.
My question:
Is there a solution which would work like a write through cache on the laptop and allow me to access full photos from the cache while not connected to NAS/DAS?
It means that laptop will have specified size of disk space - eg. 128GB for storing photos locally. When I import new photos, they will be loaded to the cache (deleting least recently used photos to make space) and simultaneously to NAS / DAS. When I open a photo for edit, it will read it from the cache if available (not going to NAS/DAS) or read it from NAS/DAS storing it in the cache (again making space if necessary).
The cache must be accessible while not connected to NAS/DAS - that is one of the main reasons I want this solution and it must be somewhat transparent to Lightroom.
Bonus points, if I can import to cache when not connected to NAS/DAS and synchronization happens when I connect NAS/DAS while making sure that it will not allow me import more when cache is full of photos which haven't been yet synchronized.
So what I generally want is something like one drive client for my own NAS/DAS
