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Q: NAS for aperture Library - future option?

It does seem quiet limiting that there is no file lock or any multi user access on the Aperture Library to enable/allow the data to be stored on a network attached storage device. Is this going to be available on a future release?

 

I would be happy to store the Library on a seperate MAC OS X server with a journaled fs. Is that going to work for me?

 

thanks

 

sqreyes

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Synology NAS with ext4 filesystem

Posted on Feb 16, 2014 9:32 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Feb 16, 2014 10:24 AM in response to sqreyes
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    Feb 16, 2014 10:24 AM in response to sqreyes

    That is for Apple to say. We have no official knowledge on future releases. This is still the recommendation for Aperture libraries:

     

    Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

     

    The MacOS X Extended (Journaled) filesystem is important to resolve the references and filenames correctly, and the local connection to avoid transmission errors that could break database transactions and cause inconsistencies in the internal databases.

     

    If you want to try a network volume, don't do it without a very rigid backup scheme in place. I would not risk it.

  • by SierraDragon,

    SierraDragon SierraDragon Feb 16, 2014 11:35 AM in response to sqreyes
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    Feb 16, 2014 11:35 AM in response to sqreyes

    What Léonie said. Do not risk it. It may work on some specific NAS setup - - until it doesn't.

     

    Aperture needs but lacks:

     

    1) Most important: the ability to single-user synch one Library between two Macs.

     

    Note that item 1 has been being requested since v1 and should exist within basic Aperture. The lack of synch capability is a very serious flaw in basic Aperture.

     

    2) Less important but still needed: multi-user and NAS capability.

     

    Item 2 would be basically a new more expensive expansion of Aperture. Most users do need item 1 but only a subset need (expensive) item 2. Two recommended multi-user solutions are Canto Cumulus and Extensis Portfolio.

     

    HTH

     

    -Allen Wicks