Elliott
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There are 2 G-Technology external 4TB drives that are FireWire 800 daisy chained off of a iMac 27. The 1st drive is my working drive and the 2nd drive is a backup of the 1st drive. I am on LR CC. My catalog, develop presets all sit in my Library Folder on the 1st drive. I've used this setup for a long time and it works for me. I've inherited another 27" iMac. In my office I also have a MacBook Air and and iPad. I want to be able to have all these Mac's access a NAS (network access server) at any given time. I realize that LR is not networking s/w. I am the only one that works on LR & PS CC or any one of the Mac's at any given time. My objective is that if I sit down at any Mac, I can bring up LR or PS and access anyone of these drives that contain images and work on them. All of these Mac's are pumped out with RAM, Graphic Processors, and CPU processors so performance is not an issue. I do use a lot of plug-ins and many of these manufactures store their plug-ins on the local drive but I can duplicate this on all the computers so it is the least of my concerns.
The interfaces on the G-Tech drives are 2 FW ports, 1 eSata port and a USB port. According to G-Tech, what ever daisy chain configuration I use must be constant across the 2 drives. In other words, I can't use FW to daisy chain the 2 drives and then use USB to Ethernet adapter to go to an Ethernet hub. I want to keep the drives daisy chained if I can because it makes backing up easy to do.
I've researched cable interfaces but haven't come up with any firewire to Ethernet adapters?
Does anyone have any idea how I can preserve my existing equipment and still achieve my objectives? Or, will I have to bite the bullet and go buy an NAS w/drives?
Would appreciate all and any input.
The interfaces on the G-Tech drives are 2 FW ports, 1 eSata port and a USB port. According to G-Tech, what ever daisy chain configuration I use must be constant across the 2 drives. In other words, I can't use FW to daisy chain the 2 drives and then use USB to Ethernet adapter to go to an Ethernet hub. I want to keep the drives daisy chained if I can because it makes backing up easy to do.
I've researched cable interfaces but haven't come up with any firewire to Ethernet adapters?
Does anyone have any idea how I can preserve my existing equipment and still achieve my objectives? Or, will I have to bite the bullet and go buy an NAS w/drives?
Would appreciate all and any input.