I'm looking for advice on optimizing my system drive setup specifically for Lightroom editing. Over the years, I've gradually expanded my data pool, and this is my current setup. However, I'm hoping to avoid moving yearly or monthly catalogues due to the transfer speed.
Right now, I've maxed out my 4TB HDD and have started transferring years of photographs to the 1TB HDD to free up space for editing and viewing. It's also worth noting that I'm currently limited to PCIe Gen 3.
My current setup:
- Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - Boot Drive
- Samsung 850 Evo 500GB - Games
- Seagate Barracuda 1TB - Archive Drive
- Seagate BarraCuda 4TB - Catalogue Drive
- Kingston KC3000 2TB - Editing Drive
Backups:
- DS918+ - 40TB - RAID 5 (~29TB)
- Cloud backup
I also follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy.
I'm looking for recommendations on how I can optimize this setup to make Lightroom editing more efficient without the hassle of constantly moving files.
Got any tips or tricks? I'd love to hear them! And about that culling process—I'm ruthless with missed focus shots but can't resist holding onto my rejected pile. After all, we're data hoarders at heart!