Anyone who takes a lot of photos, videos, or otherwise accumulates large amounts of data knows the problem. File management quickly gets out of hand, and in the end, data is scattered across all sorts of hard drives.
In this video, I'll show you several ways to optimally manage your data. We'll also examine whether it's worth upgrading from a 1 Gigabit network to the currently still quite expensive 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and whether a NAS is actually suitable for video editing.
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00:00 - Intro
00:46 - File Management Overview
01:39 - Disclaimer
02:08 - Saving Locally
03:28 - External SSDs as Working Drives
04:30 - SSD for Working, HDD for Archiving
06:25 - NAS Overview
09:43 - Isn't a NAS much too slow?
10:30 - Network Speed as a Bottleneck
11:23 - The "Magic Trick" of a NAS
12:21 - 10Gb Ethernet in Practice
14:50 - Editing from the NAS? The Best Way?
16:55 - The Right Workflow for Every Budget
19:15 - Conclusion and Preview