Hello,
I'm planning on getting new Mac mini 2018 next year (Feb/March). It will replace my current Mac Pro mid 2010 which has served me well for the last 5 years. I'm donating Mac Pro to a friend who is in a bigger need for it then me and I need an alternative.
My current work is all Photoshop and Lightroom on High Sierra. Large photos, especially when edited with lots of layers. My husband does try some video editing from time to time (just personal video from GoPro). No gaming.
I have huge collection of large pdf books (Some of them 3-4 GB) and over 20,000 pdfs. It's about 500 gb. Music library rather small (100 gb). My photo library is fairly small as I do only 10-15 projects per year and I tend to get rid of things older than 2 yrs. Just checked and it's about 3.12 Tb.
I have macOS and all apps on 1 Tb Samsung SDD; I also keep there all pdfs and most books.
I keep all photos and music on 8Tb SeaGate Barracuda HDD.
I have back up on second 8Tb SeaGate Barracuda HDD (Time Machine)
Additional backup of the photos on external drive (kept on the shelf)
I also have Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SDD (currently empty, I used to use it as an external portable drive)
I would like to get advice on the best storage options once I get Mini. So far I came up with this idea and would love to hear opinions from gurus here:
OWC Thunderbay 3 enclosure
* Two Samsung 2TB SDD (I would buy second one) in RAID0 for all the photos (3.12 Tb) -- I know the risk of RAID0 but I have good backup; I think I can keep the library below 4Tb for another 2 yrs. Then buy 2 x 4tb SSD at reasonable price (hopefully )
* SeaGate Barracuda discs used as double backup (Time Machine and ChronoSync)
* macOS on 1tb internal drive in the Mini + all music and pdfs
I also looked into Drobo but it seems too much for what I need.
Still reading on new Mini and waiting for more data before deciding on the options.
Questions: above set-up is too slow? too much? there are better alternatives?
Thanks!
I'm planning on getting new Mac mini 2018 next year (Feb/March). It will replace my current Mac Pro mid 2010 which has served me well for the last 5 years. I'm donating Mac Pro to a friend who is in a bigger need for it then me and I need an alternative.
My current work is all Photoshop and Lightroom on High Sierra. Large photos, especially when edited with lots of layers. My husband does try some video editing from time to time (just personal video from GoPro). No gaming.
I have huge collection of large pdf books (Some of them 3-4 GB) and over 20,000 pdfs. It's about 500 gb. Music library rather small (100 gb). My photo library is fairly small as I do only 10-15 projects per year and I tend to get rid of things older than 2 yrs. Just checked and it's about 3.12 Tb.
I have macOS and all apps on 1 Tb Samsung SDD; I also keep there all pdfs and most books.
I keep all photos and music on 8Tb SeaGate Barracuda HDD.
I have back up on second 8Tb SeaGate Barracuda HDD (Time Machine)
Additional backup of the photos on external drive (kept on the shelf)
I also have Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SDD (currently empty, I used to use it as an external portable drive)
I would like to get advice on the best storage options once I get Mini. So far I came up with this idea and would love to hear opinions from gurus here:
OWC Thunderbay 3 enclosure
* Two Samsung 2TB SDD (I would buy second one) in RAID0 for all the photos (3.12 Tb) -- I know the risk of RAID0 but I have good backup; I think I can keep the library below 4Tb for another 2 yrs. Then buy 2 x 4tb SSD at reasonable price (hopefully )
* SeaGate Barracuda discs used as double backup (Time Machine and ChronoSync)
* macOS on 1tb internal drive in the Mini + all music and pdfs
I also looked into Drobo but it seems too much for what I need.
Still reading on new Mini and waiting for more data before deciding on the options.
Questions: above set-up is too slow? too much? there are better alternatives?
Thanks!
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