Firstly a bit of background information to give some context to my question. My wife and I are embarking on a multi year Round the World trip by motorcycle starting this June. We only have 1 motorcycle so space is limited (understatement). We will use LightRoom 5.3 running on Windows 8.1 as our starting configuration. We have purchased a Lenovo Yoga 11.6 (remember space is limited :grin running a 4th Gen i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. Machine has a USB 2 and USB 3 port as well as an in-built SD card reader. I currently have a 1TB external USB 2 Lacie HDD.
My plan is to keep the internal SSD for OS and applications only. Data will reside on a yet to be purchased external USB 3 SSD and backed up to the Lacie drive. Rationale here is that I want to physically separate our precious photos, videos and documents from the laptop so that we can always be in direct possession of all copies i.e. we don't want to always be carrying the laptop if we're out and about exploring the sites.
My plan is to place the LR catalog (I'm sticking to 1 catalog) on the external SSD. On import from the SD card, files will be copied to the SSD and a backup copy made to the Lacie drive. Periodically (weekly ?) I will backup the LR catalog to the Lacie drive. Once import is complete and I have all new photos in 2 physical places then I can format the SD card in the camera/s (we will take 2 cameras).
I've ruled out using an online solution for backup/storage due to the fact that many parts of the world that we visit just don't have the kind of connectivity required for such online services. We've been in situations where you simply can't get a connection or it's so poor that even Skype voice calls fail.
So to my question, at last I hear you say :grin: Given the constraints we'll be under, does my approach make sense? I think my biggest long term concern is one of performance with the LR catalog on the external SSD.I've spent the last couple of months on and off trying to fully get my head around LR (beginner here) and given what I've managed to learn this is what I've come up with.
Thanks in advance
Steve
My plan is to keep the internal SSD for OS and applications only. Data will reside on a yet to be purchased external USB 3 SSD and backed up to the Lacie drive. Rationale here is that I want to physically separate our precious photos, videos and documents from the laptop so that we can always be in direct possession of all copies i.e. we don't want to always be carrying the laptop if we're out and about exploring the sites.
My plan is to place the LR catalog (I'm sticking to 1 catalog) on the external SSD. On import from the SD card, files will be copied to the SSD and a backup copy made to the Lacie drive. Periodically (weekly ?) I will backup the LR catalog to the Lacie drive. Once import is complete and I have all new photos in 2 physical places then I can format the SD card in the camera/s (we will take 2 cameras).
I've ruled out using an online solution for backup/storage due to the fact that many parts of the world that we visit just don't have the kind of connectivity required for such online services. We've been in situations where you simply can't get a connection or it's so poor that even Skype voice calls fail.
So to my question, at last I hear you say :grin: Given the constraints we'll be under, does my approach make sense? I think my biggest long term concern is one of performance with the LR catalog on the external SSD.I've spent the last couple of months on and off trying to fully get my head around LR (beginner here) and given what I've managed to learn this is what I've come up with.
Thanks in advance
Steve