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LR3 with SSD and HDD - looking for workflow ideas
James Hendrix, Photographer
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Olathe | KS | USA | Posted: 1:27 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> Using LR3 for my image processing.
My hard drive recently crashed and I replaced it with a 120G SSD (sold state drive) and also added a pair of 2T HDDs (hard disk drives), striped, giving me 4T to work with for storage.
Now that I have a fresh install and am starting over, my thinking was to do the entire image processing on the SSD and then when completed, move the images to the HDD.
I’m looking for smooth workflow ideas using LR3 to accomplish this. I have done some research but have not had much luck for the workflow part of moving images from the SSD to the HDD.
I create separate catalogs for different events, i.e. rodeo, football, baseball, etc. Wanting to make sure the catalogs keep everything in sync. |
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Thomas Boyd, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 2:18 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> I don't know the answer to your question but I do know this is where I'd go to find it.
This is Scott Kelby's Alltop page which every LR user should have bookmarked. He has a ton of LR online resources listed and the the page shows the latest articles posted on each site:
http://my.alltop.com/scottkelby |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 2:40 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> I'd just copy the folders you need back and forth during dead time.
My workflow sounds similar to yours with keeping everything in individual folders; I just have it import the originals into a subfolder of each project. When I move the project folder it just includes all the images, catalog, etc.
You'd probably notice the biggest speed increase just by moving your camera raw cache to the SSD and increasing its size a bit (it's in the LR preferences under file handling). |
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Peter Read Miller, Photographer
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Manhattan Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 3:00 PM on 03.23.11 |
| ->> I'd recommend checking out Seth Resnick's site D-65. I took his workshop last year it rocked. He also does frequent webinars on various aspects of Lightroom. He really knows his stuff. |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 3:55 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> D65.COM
NUFF SAID. Seth resnick has it dialed in and I am comfortable in my workflow. |
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Chris Hunt, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 4:34 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> Lightroom allows you to easily drag images from one folder to another while viewing your catalog.
When you import your images, import them to your ingest folder on the SDD and do your editing.
When you are done with the images and it's time to archive, drag the photos within Lightroom over to the external 4T storage.
Since you're moving the files within Lightroom, the images stay linked and all your edits/metadata is untouched. Easy and fast. |
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Kevin M. Cox, Photographer, Assistant
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Galveston & Houston | TX | US | Posted: 4:45 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> James, just a warning (that you may already be aware of but is worth repeating), by striping the two drives together to form a single 4 TB volume you risk losing everything on them if either disk fails.
"...a set of two disks is roughly half as reliable as a single disk."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_0_failure_rate
Unless you have an additional backup and don't need to worry about losing anything if these drives crash, it would be much safer (from a disk failure standpoint) to keep the two drives independent of each other as two 2 TB volumes. For increased protection you could mirror them into a single 2 TB volume. |
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Bob Leverone, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 5:16 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> James-I too, will echo that Seth Resnick and D-65 is a great resource when working with Lightroom.
I think Seth would ask you first why you have more than one Catalog. You need only one. Think of LR3 as a big library building full of books that are your photos. That library has just one catalog where everything is cataloged and easier to find. Having a number of catalogs just complicates LR3 even more. I think he might also tell you to have your Lightroom library-the actual photos on one of those 2TB drives which you back up often with an external source. (I agree that striping the two drives together isn't the best answer.)
Use the 120 GB SSD to run all your applications including Lightroom3 but store all the photos cataloged in Lightroom on one of those 2TB drives. You can keep your machine running smooth when that 120GB SSD isn't full of large RAW files. You can point the photos to be stored on that 2TB drive under preferences in Lightroom.
Sorry this is a quick answer and might confuse you even further.
Take one of the webinars that is offered at D-65 and you'll be amazed at how many of your questions will be answered. Good Luck, Bob |
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James Hendrix, Photographer
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Olathe | KS | USA | Posted: 5:57 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> Thanks for all the great advice.
I will check out D-65. I have Kelby's book on LR3 but am discovering the deeper I get into LR3 the more info I am seeking is not there.
I did increase the size of the camera raw to 50 gig. I failed to mention I have 2 SSD drives. The 2nd one is for the raw cache and also for the Photoshop scratch drive.
I have 2 external drives that I use for backing up my images. This is my 2nd hard drive to fail in the last couple of years and my backups saved my butt.
Once upon a time I worked for a backup company called Exabyte and saw firsthand the number of companies that lost data forever because the lack of a good, solid backup plan. |
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