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1. #Nas vs external hard drive connected to router plus#
2. #Nas vs external hard drive connected to router mac#

If you do want another enclosure a TB, TB2 or USB 3 model won't give any difference in terms of reliability or speed of the backups. The Drobo has a gigabit ethernet port so just plug it into your late 2012 Mini for a very fast and reliable connection. I'm not sure why you'd need another external enclosure. If you want to share files with others on the network then 1) either keep your computer on always (Macs are pretty much designed to be always on, though it should be possible to set it to wake up from sleep if accessed) and share a folder - easy and safe, or 2) attach a drive via USB to the Extreme and transfer jpgs of the photos you want to share (making an extra "share jpg" is a quick step and can be automated). Simplicity is key for a good backup routine.

#Nas vs external hard drive connected to router plus#

Plus it was unreliable as I quite regularly had to start all over again because the Time Machine messed up the symlinks or whatever it's called so the whole backup had to be ditched. I tried Time Machine for a long time but found the snapshot function unnecessary for my needs (ymmv). For me the easiest and fastest is a simple Super Duper "smart backup" clone scheduled at regular intervals. Not only don't they give the speed advertised, but they are very difficult to get to work at all.īut I wouldn't use Time Machine at all. I've tried them and found that they don't work. The one exception to wired backup is powerline adapters. Wireless seems great but I've just read too many stories over the years at Apple Discussions where wireless Time Machine backups fail or are too slow. I would always use a wired connection for an external backup. Just do Time Machine on your internal drive relying on the RAID for external redundancy (but no revision to older files). The next step up solution might be to get an external USB 3 drive with a hybrid drive (SSB buffer drive transferring to a hard drive like newer Drobos) and move the files to the NAS Drobo RAID when you are done working with LR. The cheapest / fastest solution is to just work on your internal drive and move the files to the NAS Drobo RAID when you are done working with LR. Newer Drobos accommodate an SSD buffer drive to get very high speed even with slow hard drives. Hard drives are slower to substantially slower. Samsung EVO 850 solid state drives do random read / write at about 540 giga BYTES per second or 4.3 giga bits per second these are state of the art for speed. Also you didn't say what drives you are using.

#Nas vs external hard drive connected to router mac#

You don't say which Mac Mini you are using.

The current Mac Mini has gigabit ethernet (1 gbps). Thunderbolt is 10 giga BITS per second, Thunderbolt 2 is 20 gbps, USB 2 is 480 mbps, USB 3 is 5 gbps and the latest SATA is 6 gbps.