I am using a Microsoft Surface Laptop and currently the internal SSD has everything on it - Windows, apps, iMatch Catalogue and photos/videos. So far I have no issues but I will be ramping up my photo volume and also making the photos accessible to others - thus I need to add some storage. (It will likely still be less than 1 TB)
I will get a NAS to simplify others getting access to the photos and videos (as well as potential to use the TV for video streaming). I will make all of these photos/videos a copy of those that iMatch is managing - this will make sure there are no conflicts and puts a protective bubble around my iMatch managed folders.
A couple questions:
1. Is it a good idea to have iMatch managed folders on the NAS or is it quite a performance hit when writing metadata and/or viewing in iMatch (all jpeg and no cached images)?
2. Is it better to add external storage for the laptop (through USB connection)? Should I be looking for a disk enclosure and put in a SSD drive or is a simple credit card sized, USB cable connected 500 GB external SSD going to be about the same? (So many options online I have gotten a little confused).
Thanks in advance.
Michael