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(*) NOTE: those high transfer rates for SDD or HDD occur with large files. I have the OS + apps, and, LR catalog and previews on the SSD. For the SSD, it's over 300 MB/s, R+W (*). For HDD, it is about ~200 MB/s to 110 MB/s (depending on the tracks, outer vs inner, I guess). The transfer rate seems to be limited by the SATA drives themselves. Since late 2016, I use a Thunderbolt 2 enclosure, with 4 slots, as 4 independent drives, "JBoD". And, since then, I never used RAID-0 or any RAID what so ever (at home). After that, I bought 4 TB and 6 TB drives, with 3 or 5 years warranty. Since I already a good enough back up routine, I did not loose any pictures because of that failure. But, all data was lost on the dead 6 TB RAID-0. At first, the 6TB looked convenient as I needed more than 3 TB. I had 6TB as RAID-0 over 2 x 3TB, in an off the shelf external drive unit (firewire 800). Indeed, I meant RAID-1 as you have guessed.Īnd, I was once burnt by a RAID-0 installation. On the contrary, it's the least reliable. The simplest RAID, RAID-0, is most probably more reliable (if it is not dependent on the controller of the enclosure). It is a lot more predictable, efficient and manageable than Time Machine.
#Mac nas storage review how to#
You will not regret learning how to use rsync. If you are afraid of Terminal, you can look at "AR rsync" (GUI) or "grsync" (GUI, open source, but, not supported now).
#Mac nas storage review software#
Just calculate $/TB and you will see.Īs a software person, I recommend using " rsync" to backup data files (pictures, multimedia, etc).
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Most RAID solutions are not recoverable if you do not have an identical RAID drive enclosure to put the disk drives in. Each step in the chain of a data storage solution is one more possibility of failure.
#Mac nas storage review mac#
I've upgraded the mac's internal storage from a 1TB HDD to a 500GB SSD and the mac works really quickly now. My recent acquisition of a 5D4 with its large files and my 2010 iMac with USB2 and firewire 800 has highlighted how slow moving files from mac to external storage can be.