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Storing images issue

I have a huge image library (+1.000.000 files) that I access on a daily basis, through a virtual PC. The task I am doing requires great transfer speeds and the images are shared with 3 other computers. I have tried the following:

oneDrive:

  • Easy to share
  • Local copy = good transfer speed
  • Revision log
  • File limit at 200.000 files

Tortoise SVN

  • Easy to share
  • Local copy = good transfer speed
  • Revision log
  • Bad at handling alot of image files (for my needs - frequent renaming, deletion etc.)

Network drive

  • Easy to share
  • Too slow for the task, since network speed bottlenecks transfers.

oneDrive suits my needs the best, since it is uploading and downloading discreetly, without me having to add/commit etc. I have though about using a network drive, and scheduling mirroring to my local drive. Does anyone know a good soution for this issue?

Solution

  • Any Network Attached Storage provider can handle this along with leveraging Windows Libraries and offline file availability.

    Essentially using something like a Synology that serves network files and following this guide to enable the network content when offline: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-sync-center

    You can take this a step further in Windows with changing your library for images to the network location along with enabling offline content.