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Network Attached Storage Workflow

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Mon 29-Aug-16 08:39 PM

The post about what happens when you die got me to thinking about my backup strategy. I just got a QNAP TS-451 to help with reliable backup and file synch of my photos for my PCs and mobile devices, and share with family and freinds. I set up the QNAP with three WD 4TB reds (for now) in a thick volume using RAID 5. I am not sure how to go about this workflow:

Download photos from Camera to main PC then copy the Raw files to the TS-451 - these become the untouched originals
Then copy the originals on the PC to another folder or directory and those become the working copies
Synch the working copies with the QNAP and other PCs and devices
I will then import the files to lightroom on my main PC, use photoshop and other editors, all in the working copy folder
Synch the lightroom catalog, and other working copies with the QNAP and other devices. In this way, edits made on one PC don't need to copied or exported to be able to work on them from the other PCs?
Back up the QNAP originals and working copies to an external drive
Back it up to a portable drive for offsite storage.

I know it's a lot but hope you can help with which apps to use for which steps so that it is as automated as possible.

I'm not sure if I'm over complicating but I am getting tired of copying files from one Device to the other, and having to move or export edits from one device to another. There are three PCs in the equation that I would like to keep in synch.



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