using two workstations with network drive

[far2canadian]

Quick question, does anyone foresee any issues with using two stations(one PC, one Mac) to read off one network drive to access both image files and catalog files? I wouldn't ever use the two computers at the same time, but do you think that if I have each instance of LR pulling info from the same catalog, it would update seamlessly at both the PC and the Mac?

 

[Brad Snyder]

Adobe highly recommends against it. Specifically, don't access the catalog file on a network share.

For more info, read this, from Forum Guru Denis Pagé.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Also be aware that keeping the image files on a network drive increases corruption rates (not just for LR), so make sure you've got backups as standard.

 

[far2canadian]

any foresee-able problems(other than annoyance) in running the same setup with an external drive, going from one station to another?

 

[Victoria Bampton]

No, not really. I worked that way for quite a while, although I tend to live on my desktop these days. Only issue you'll find is that external drives can be a little slower than internal desktop drives (although sometimes faster than internal laptop drives), but unless you're working all day every day, it's probably a reasonable trade-off.