- Sep 19, 2012
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Hi There,
I'm looking for some recommendations on external hard drives.
Things I'm looking for:
-Raid 10
-Hot Swappable
Things I need:
-Can use mainly with my PC, but also have access with a Mac computer
-3TB to 6TB hard drives
I would like this to be network accessible. However, I feel like it will suffer with speed and accessibility in only being able to connect via Ethernet. Also wondering if I have a Thunderbolt port if anyone knows if a TB 1 or 2 would be compatible to a TB3 enabled PC? (I know this is a separate question, but I'd love to know if anyone has had experience with this) Is there an adapter/way to make a normal storage array also a network array?
This is mostly for backups of a extremely large number of photographic images. My dream is to get the tens of thousands of photos organized via Lightroom and have access to them. Also, I work with video sometimes. I don't plan on using this to be able to access 4k video files (those I'll have locally to work with) but access to HD video files.
I don't have a ton of money to put down on this (love to keep the actual unit under $500), but I don't want to cheap out and get something I'll regret later.
I'm looking for some recommendations on external hard drives.
Things I'm looking for:
-Raid 10
-Hot Swappable
Things I need:
-Can use mainly with my PC, but also have access with a Mac computer
-3TB to 6TB hard drives
I would like this to be network accessible. However, I feel like it will suffer with speed and accessibility in only being able to connect via Ethernet. Also wondering if I have a Thunderbolt port if anyone knows if a TB 1 or 2 would be compatible to a TB3 enabled PC? (I know this is a separate question, but I'd love to know if anyone has had experience with this) Is there an adapter/way to make a normal storage array also a network array?
This is mostly for backups of a extremely large number of photographic images. My dream is to get the tens of thousands of photos organized via Lightroom and have access to them. Also, I work with video sometimes. I don't plan on using this to be able to access 4k video files (those I'll have locally to work with) but access to HD video files.
I don't have a ton of money to put down on this (love to keep the actual unit under $500), but I don't want to cheap out and get something I'll regret later.
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