Finally have the new file server working!

If you noticed from last week’s posting, I’ve been dealing with adopting some new technology. Since I use several computers in the studio, I finally determined that networking them together and sharing a central file server would be a good idea. The server has 4 drives configured in a RAID 5 configuration so that if a drive fails, data is not lost. This should offers the benefits of file sharing along with data protection.

Now that everything is up and running, I wish I would have done this sooner. I can print to a central printer from any computer in the studio without switches or moving cables. One of the huge benefits is that, since I shoot tethered to a notebook computer on my mobile shooting station, I can now route the photos real-time to the central server. This means that image files are immediately available to all the computers as I am shooting. This saves a lot of time in that it eliminates downloading memory cards after a shoot, plus the photos are automatically backed up!

Isn’t technology wonderful!! 🙂

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Also, been working on a re-write of this website. I’m gonna leave the blog the way it is… for now. But the rest of the site, particularly the galleries, is getting a massive make-over that will organize the photos better, make them easier to view, and simplify adding and moving photos around.

Stayed tuned, the new site should be up and running in the next week or so!

Thanks for reading!