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Photo Credit: Su Tie (Top ten photographer of Visual China in 2019 and 2023)
If you are a photographer, you can probably relate to the increasing costs associated with improving image quality. This is especially true when trying to store and archive high-quality images with increasing larger file sizes.
What is the greatest risk in commercial photography?
The risk of losing images files repeatedly happens during initial planning stage and causes significant loss during mid and post-production.
From storing raw footage to creating digital intermediates, to producing the final version, to adding special effects, to finishing and backing up the final version, the risk of losing materials is everywhere. A single power outage or human error could potentially lose it all.
Professional storage for professional photographers – QNAP NAS
Many professional photographers have noticed that a powerful storage solution is necessary to protect their photographic works. For over twenty years, QNAP has been helping photographers worldwide create high-performance storage environments for image data.
What is the difference between NAS, DAS, and external hard drives?
Why don’t we just buy a few portable drives for storage? It only works for a short term.
As files are continually accessed and computers are upgraded, issues like hard drives being dropped, broken, infected with viruses, or accidentally deleted will inevitably occur. I myself am more concerned about the safety, stability, speed, and cost-effectiveness of data storage equipment. The QNAP NAS TVS-h1288X multimedia editing collaboration solution happens to meet all my needs.
| _ | External hard drive | QNAP NAS – TVS-h1288X | DAS |
| Interface | USB | Thunderbolt 3 10GbE 2.5GbE | USB |
| Expandable | No | Yes | No |
| Drive failure protection | No | RAID | No |
| Software protection | N/A | Snapshots, firewall, antivirus, and more. | N/A |
| Ease of use | Plug and play | Initial setup can be hard for beginners | Plug and play |
| Price | $ | $$$ | $$ |
Data security
The QNAP TVS-h1288X supports RAID, which when properly configured can prevent data loss in the event of up to two hard drives failing. The TVS-h1288X also has built-in multi-factor authentication, firewall, and ransomware protection. Additionally, the QNAP NAS snapshot feature can create countless snapshot backups, helping to recover accidentally deleted or modified files. All QNAP NAS devices support these security features, all of which are free.
Performance
A basic post-production system consists of just one Mac, one high-performance PC, and one QNAP NAS.
With the TVS-h1288X’s four Thunderbolt 3 ports and 10GbE network port, the media team can directly edit, add effects, and render on both Mac and Windows PCs. Even with multiple users accessing the NAS simultaneously, this high-performance product, supported by SSD caching and the powerful Intel Xeon W processor, can easily handle complex data tasks at full 10GbE data transfer speed.
Basically, the TVS-h1288X can meet the needs of personal media studios and small studio teams. For greater demands, the QNAP TVS-hx88X family includes models with 16 bays and the TS-h1290FX, a more powerful 25GbE all-flash multimedia NAS. Even for 8K videos and ultra-high bit rate requirements, these models ensure smooth data collaboration within the team, allowing for direct editing without the need for proxies. This is the leading power of QNAP’s professional-grade storage solutions.
(Sourced and translated from: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/H8_N5lvBEJh0qSQ0ESliOw)
