Wired NAS difficulties on G5 iMac
I recently moved my iPhoto library from a shared volume that was attached to my Mac Mini to a separate NAS (QNAP). Primary computers that access the iPhoto library are my Mini and a G5 iMac. The files were moved because performance on the iMac degraded significantly when the Mini was in use.
It took me several attempts to get the transfer to work as the Mini initially could not draw the larger thumbnails and attempts to rebuild the thumbnails resulting in Panics. Eventually I got the iPhoto library copied to the NAS so it opens and functions well on the Mini. The G5, however, has issues. First it is slow to open (takes about 60 sec to open 100gb library with over 6000 photos). The larger issue is that the G5 cannot draw the larger thumbnails - only small ones. I rechecked the Mini and it works fine.
Is there a reason why the G5 should be unable to draw the thumbnails? Are there ways I can improve performance? The is a fully wired network with gigbit ethernet hubs. The NAS is fully AFP compliant.
It took me several attempts to get the transfer to work as the Mini initially could not draw the larger thumbnails and attempts to rebuild the thumbnails resulting in Panics. Eventually I got the iPhoto library copied to the NAS so it opens and functions well on the Mini. The G5, however, has issues. First it is slow to open (takes about 60 sec to open 100gb library with over 6000 photos). The larger issue is that the G5 cannot draw the larger thumbnails - only small ones. I rechecked the Mini and it works fine.
Is there a reason why the G5 should be unable to draw the thumbnails? Are there ways I can improve performance? The is a fully wired network with gigbit ethernet hubs. The NAS is fully AFP compliant.
Intel Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
