That's the beauty of Raid 5! I did a Macrium Reflect Image Restoration from my Raid 0 storage drive this morning to go back to an earlier version of my computer security system and things went very well in that it restored in a record fast 4:35 minutes. Everything goes better with Raid in every way you use it.
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I have several folders full of pictures that my daughter has sent me since moving to Italy. I think that the pictures from her visit to Menorca are particularly interesting...
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Hello ukgovsucks,Wow! Nice camera there mate. You definitely have got yourself a good setup.
I will be investing in a Drobo FS shortly for my Media Centre. It runs as a Hybrid Raid 5, with up to 5 hard drives (any size and make - must be SATA) and plugs into your router. It has a built in fan to keep the drives cool. It allows for up to 2 drive failures without losing any data. As it plugs into the router this will allow me, my Mrs and my step-son access 24/7 to all movies/tv series stored on the drives and also allow them to upload their own precious photos to it for secure storage. The Drobo FS is around £500-550 here in the UK, probably cheaper in the U.S. as it's usually the case!
Might be a lot, but for piece of mind this will be priceless to us.
You understated the benefits of the DROBO that I had completely forgotton about saving your post in my OneNote, until I went out and bought a 2TB External HD for $100. I regretted my purchase, and was trying to figure out backup solutions that would work with it. Then I remembered your post, searched my OneNote, and there it was!!! Thank you so much for the DROBO recommendation. It is a remarkable product that one must see to believe!
Take good care!
Just my experiences, but for me, the 64 bit Lightroom version 3 has been very useful and it's fast. I also have Elements but that program is so crippled compared to Lightroom. I use it for Jpeg and Nef's (raw). Both programs need lots of CPU horsepower if you have a lot of photos (70,000 in my case) :):):)
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