Now there's an option I hadn't thought of, will look into it, thanks. Steve.
On 17 Sep 2013, at 20:25, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: Why not get the iMac with 3TB fusion drive, then just back up to an external usb3 hard drive? It's the simplest way of storing your data and making sure everything is backed up properly. The fusion drive makes everything snappier, and you'll get a speed boost from the iMac's processor and graphics card anyway. Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:50, Steve Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > I have a 2008 iMac which I updated with 4 GB of Ram and a 1TB hard drive. > > I have almost 2000 music albums and 24,000 images in iPhoto / Aperture. > > The system is getting a little sluggish and I am about to buy a new > replacement iMac. > > When I get the new machine I want to limit the amount of data I hold on the > hard disk buy purchasing a Drobo, (Or equivalent.) and have my iTunes and > iPhoto libraries funning on the Drobo? > > Questions. > > 1.) Is what I am proposing, (To manage these libraries off the main machine.) > possible / realistic? > > 2.) If the answer to 1.) Is yes, then is Drobo my best option? > > * I used the name Drobo, as it is the only system I have heard of, as I > understand it the Drobo has built in redundancy / swappable hard drives, that > ensures you never loose any data even if a drive fails. > > Any guidance here would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Steve. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
