RAID with partitions for Lightroom

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I have a 500gb eHDD that I would like to take on holiday so I can import my photos using lightroom on that eHDD. I also have a 2tb eHDD at home (needs a power plug so not for travel). I would like to have two copies of my photos that I can use in Lightroom without having to relocate my files everytime. I understand that in order to use RAID 1, you need two drives of the same size, so if I partition the 2tb HDD with a 500gb partition, will I be able to set up RAID so I can work with both drives using Lightroom, and whenever I edit a photo on one drive it is mirrored to the other?
Thanks for your help guys.
 
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Currently, I'm using SyncBack Free
Point it at a source and target folders, create a schedule, and it copies over any new or changed files to the target. It's not...
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1. Are you looking to have a real backup? Or a mirror? A RAID 1 will mirror. It will also mirror any accidental deletions, etc.

2. In a RAID 1, you and the system only see 1 drive. You don't work with both drives.

3. I would think RAID on 2 external drives would be an exceptionally bad idea, both from a speed and safety issue.
 
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Thank you for your reply, so how would you suggest I go about having two copies of my files that get updated automaticly whenever I edit a picture, and I can work with using Lightroom without having to relocate my files everytime
 
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Currently, I'm using SyncBack Free
Point it at a source and target folders, create a schedule, and it copies over any new or changed files to the target. It's not instant, but you could set it to sync up once an hour or so.

And a procedure like that has the benefit of the files being just regular files....not part of a RAID array. You can take that drive and plug it into any other PC, and everything is there.

Another good one is FreeFileSync. That does have a (mostly) real time function. It continuously monitors the source folder, and copies whenever it see a change. Again...the target stuff is just regular files.
 
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