u/iamfearless66

My external Western Black P10 SMR hard drive just failed, and I want to replace it with a 4TB IronWolf Pro as an external drive for storing and editing my raw photos in lightroom. I’m not a professional. I’m okay with the speed, but is there any downside to doing this? I want a CMR hard drive; apparently, they are better and fail less often compared to SMR ones
Any advice?.

Hello everyone,

I am planning to buy the UGREEN DXP4800 Pro NAS, but I am a bit confused about the best way to connect it to my setup for optimal speeds. My usage is editing and cutting huge raw images.

The NAS has two LAN ports: one 10GbE port and one 2.5GbE port. I will be accessing it primarily from my Mac Studio, and I am trying to figure out which of these three scenarios makes the most sense:

1. Connecting the NAS directly to my router: If I plug the NAS into a standard home router, will it be fast enough to handle my workflows, or will the router slow things down?
2. Connecting the NAS directly to my Mac Studio: Should I run a single Ethernet cable from the 10GbE port on the NAS straight into the 10GbE port on my Mac Studio instead?
3. Connecting to both simultaneously: Is it possible to plug one port into the router (for internet access) and the 10GbE port directly into my Mac Studio at the same time? If I do this, how does the Mac know to use the fast 10GbE cable for file transfers rather than the slower router/Wi-Fi connection?

I am a bit stuck on how the networking logic works here and would really appreciate some guidance on setting this up correctly.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello everyone,

I am planning to buy the UGREEN DXP4800 Pro NAS, but I am a bit confused about the best way to connect it to my setup for optimal speeds. My usage is editing and cutting huge raw images.

The NAS has two LAN ports: one 10GbE port and one 2.5GbE port. I will be accessing it primarily from my Mac Studio, and I am trying to figure out which of these three scenarios makes the most sense:

1. Connecting the NAS directly to my router: If I plug the NAS into a standard home router, will it be fast enough to handle my workflows, or will the router slow things down?
2. Connecting the NAS directly to my Mac Studio: Should I run a single Ethernet cable from the 10GbE port on the NAS straight into the 10GbE port on my Mac Studio instead?
3. Connecting to both simultaneously: Is it possible to plug one port into the router (for internet access) and the 10GbE port directly into my Mac Studio at the same time? If I do this, how does the Mac know to use the fast 10GbE cable for file transfers rather than the slower router/Wi-Fi connection?

I am a bit stuck on how the networking logic works here and would really appreciate some guidance on setting this up correctly.

Thank you in advance for your help!

I was curious why this subreddit isn't like other photography communities where people usually mention their gear and settings when posting an image. I find it a bit odd that no one does this isn't it sort of an unspoken rule in the photography community? Specifically to help others? 1 word when you ask about the gear people answer like Sony 6700 and that's it why?