Raw files in the cloud
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- akiersky0
My suggestion to the team was to use our old server (18TB + MacMini) to locally serve the entire photo library, then we would be able to browse as before. Then the Egnyte copy would be merely for backup.
- < this. though option 1 is good for remote users...monNom
- agreed, way more practicaljaylarson
- this may be problematic for remote users though.Gnash
- This is what we have used for years with pretty good results. Even worked for offsite with VPN.akiersky
- They looked at me like I was crazy when I suggested it. another reason why I'm leaving soon...akiersky
- Gnash0
Option 2, from your original post, suggests that the problem is the size of the file and not the format. I'm wondering why Fiber internet would make a difference.
- we have Comcast 100mbps service now, fiber would be at (or near) 1000mbps, so it would be 10 times faster. That's the theory at leastakiersky
- so it's not that it's a RAW file, then. would huge TIFF or PSD have the same issue?Gnash
- It seems like TIFF's and PSD's do a little better for what ever reason. Maybe Bridge just handles them better?akiersky
- bridge is not a fan of raw - takes forever to load previews. tiff and PSD are better, jpeg the fastestGnash
- akiersky0
@Gnash - One thing I forgot to mention was we have 2 ways (3 with their web interface) of getting at & viewing files.
1. a 'sync' app that loads the file tree and downloads files on demand
2. a local copy current project files (we detrmine which ones) to a 4TB NAS onsite.Our photo library is not synced locally so option 1 is the only way to get to the files. This is why we think that a fiber connection would help loading large files.
- Gnash0
I use a wonky workaround to speed-up bridge previews on a server. I point the location of the "cache" that bridge creates to live on the server with the images. Once it builds the previews they live in that cache and don't need to be redrawn each time.
The problem is that link to the cache file is easily broken and needs to be reset. The server must be loaded before you launch bridge so it can find it.
- uan0
maybe some tool like this
http://michaeltapesdesign.com/in…- Interesting, still seems to take a while though. I'm guessing it has to download the file before processingakiersky