Hi all,
I'm researching hard drive solutions for my photography business. I run it out of my home and currently archive about 6TB of CR2 files a year. I've been using 2TB drives in Startech 4 drive bays and just switching them out as they fill up. But recently I nearly lost a drive (luckily rescued the data by safe boot and transferred images onto new drive) and have been thinking about using a more central drive dump over my wireless network. I know its not the fastest way to access or archive data, but I often keep the most recent work on my laptop and only use the drives to archive raws. I also run a photo shelter account to deliver jpegs to clients and that works as another access point or backup of final jpegs.
I'd like a drive system that does not use RAID but can dupe drives for secondary backups that can be moved offsite and is functional over a home wifi setup. It seems like the Sinology DS1515+ is the best option with 5 x 6TB drives. Does anyone have any experience with this system used at home with your photography archive? Any thoughts or experience greatly welcomed.
I've owned a drobo before but it didn't seem to work very well and I sold it on eBay a few months later. But that was maybe 5 years ago and I know they've improved somewhat.
Does the DS1515+ work well with an additional drive attached for more space or backup/clone?
Can I load 4TB drives with data on them without issue?
Do you use any other system you can recommend?
How long does it take to archive 10GB of data across my wifi (roughly)?
Does a NAS make much noise in your living space? Do the drives spin much? Does that up the risk of drives failing
I'm researching hard drive solutions for my photography business. I run it out of my home and currently archive about 6TB of CR2 files a year. I've been using 2TB drives in Startech 4 drive bays and just switching them out as they fill up. But recently I nearly lost a drive (luckily rescued the data by safe boot and transferred images onto new drive) and have been thinking about using a more central drive dump over my wireless network. I know its not the fastest way to access or archive data, but I often keep the most recent work on my laptop and only use the drives to archive raws. I also run a photo shelter account to deliver jpegs to clients and that works as another access point or backup of final jpegs.
I'd like a drive system that does not use RAID but can dupe drives for secondary backups that can be moved offsite and is functional over a home wifi setup. It seems like the Sinology DS1515+ is the best option with 5 x 6TB drives. Does anyone have any experience with this system used at home with your photography archive? Any thoughts or experience greatly welcomed.
I've owned a drobo before but it didn't seem to work very well and I sold it on eBay a few months later. But that was maybe 5 years ago and I know they've improved somewhat.
Does the DS1515+ work well with an additional drive attached for more space or backup/clone?
Can I load 4TB drives with data on them without issue?
Do you use any other system you can recommend?
How long does it take to archive 10GB of data across my wifi (roughly)?
Does a NAS make much noise in your living space? Do the drives spin much? Does that up the risk of drives failing