![]() Once you know the size needed, that makes the choice of whether that drive should be an external hard disk drive (HDD), external solid state drive (SDD), or even a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) solution much easier. With that in mind, let’s talk about finding the appropriate drive size for your photo library, which is both the Lightroom catalog and all the image files. ![]() The catalog includes information such as your photos’ storage locations, each photo’s metadata, rating, keywords, and all editing information. The Lightroom catalog holds all the information about your photos. In addition, if you’re using Adobe Lightroom, you’ll want to include your Lightroom catalog as part of that calculation. The total photo storage size needed for your photography depends on a few variables, including the current size of your image library, the size of the image files from your camera, and the rate at which you create new images. One question that lands in my inbox a lot is “what size hard drive should I buy for photography?” While you may have to come to this post looking for an easy answer to address your photo storage needs, I will give you the answer that drives us all crazy but is absolutely applicable in this situation: It depends. How Much Photo Storage Do You Need for Photography?
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