Chapter 5. Choosing Hardware for Image Storage
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In this chapter, we’ll look at how to set up your computer system to host your working image files and your image archive. We will first take a look at the fundamentals of storage technologies and get an understanding of how they work and how to choose the right one. We will then look at some different generic configurations. Finally, we will look at some specific configurations that I use.
The methodology that I outline in this chapter will provide for a scalable system (one that can grow with you from a single hard drive of images up to many terabytes stored on a client/server network) that protects your photographs and provides you with quick and reliable access to your images.
Choosing the Appropriate Storage Media
Hard Drive 101
Purchasing a Hard Drive
Hard Drive Handling
Drive Configurations: JBOD, RAID, Drobo, or NAS?
Other Storage Media
Media Cards
Network
Monitors
Uninterruptible Power Supplies
System Configurations
Choosing the Appropriate Storage Media
You will need to configure hardware to store and back up your working files and your permanent image archive, and you will need to choose components to connect your system together. For maximum protection and cost efficiency, you’ll want to choose the right configuration for the task at hand. We’ll discuss the following components of your system in this chapter:
Working file storage. As we’ve ...
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