Apr 26, 2012, 05:27
I am with you on this Adrian. Just add to it plug-ins. I do like NIK, but this is yet another area of potential incompatibility. Upgrading to 36 megapixel camera and its huge files which grow with each added layer my new computer has become slow. A predictable but strangely unexpected consequence of an upgrade.
Storage is really cheap. Drobo is wonderful - provides bays for 5 drives (you can mix and match). The data are spread on all the drives inserted into the bays. If one fails, orange light appears. You place in a replacement drive and the system will restore itself. It is connected by E-SATA to my computer and it is quite fast. 10 terrabytes space. If it ever becomes too little, I just pop in bigger drive
Storage is really cheap. Drobo is wonderful - provides bays for 5 drives (you can mix and match). The data are spread on all the drives inserted into the bays. If one fails, orange light appears. You place in a replacement drive and the system will restore itself. It is connected by E-SATA to my computer and it is quite fast. 10 terrabytes space. If it ever becomes too little, I just pop in bigger drive
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or at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavel_photophile2008/ (all photos)