Aperture and a NAS

Just getting started with aperture....
I have a rather large library of photos. It is stored for size and redundancy on my ReadyNAS Pro.
1) When I create a Aperture library should I locate it on in MacBook Pro picture folder or on my Ready NAS??? It seems that when I place it on my Ready NAS it crashes the app. No issue when I place it on my Notebook HD. My concern is that the Aperture library size keeps growing in size despite the fact the originals are housed on the NAS. Given the size of the collection, I fear it will quickly fill up my Notebook HD.
2) Can I access my aperture libary from two different computers??? My mac mini and my notebook?? Same network. Same NAS

frankfacchini wrote:
1) When I create a Aperture library should I locate it on in MacBook Pro picture folder or on my Ready NAS???
For speed put the Library on the MBP, putting the Library on the NAS would be much, much slower; and in my experience with image files slower throughput speeds tend to lessened stability. But if only one install of AP at a time is open, you might be able to run AP from either the MBP or the Mini if (not recommended!) the Library is on the NAS.
It seems that when I place it on my Ready NAS it crashes the app. No issue when I place it on my Notebook HD. My concern is that the Aperture library size keeps growing in size despite the fact the originals are housed on the NAS. Given the size of the collection, I fear it will quickly fill up my Notebook HD.
Your Library can contain 100k+ images without physically growing to untenable size on the drive IF you change from Aperture's (unfortunately default) Managed-Masters-Library to a Referenced-Masters-Library. Let Masters live on the NAS and you will be fine.
2) Can I access my aperture libary from two different computers??? My mac mini and my notebook?? Same network. Same NAS.
Yes and mostly _*No. AP is a single user app*_ so you cannot have two installations of the app running on a network at the same time even though both installs are allowed under the license. You probably could however workaround this as described above, or by moving the Library back and forth from MBP to Mini, never having both AP installs open at the same time.
IMO *just use the MBP and a Referenced-Masters-Library with the Library on the MBP and the Masters on the NAS.* Separately fully back up original images prior to importing into Aperture. Keep a backup copy of the Library on the Mini (always remembering that it is only a not-necessarily-current backup) and you can look +but not edit+ from the Mini when the MBP is not around. (You could edit on the Mini but then you would have two working Libaries which is undesirable, and Aperture unfortunately does not synch Libraries.)
HTH. Good luck!
-Allen

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