Pros & Cons of storing library on mac's SSD vs. storing on external drive?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by theducks

Put a NAS (or a PC with that drive) at work that you can access from home.
Security against Local disasters (really) OFFSITE is good to have

But you don't want the backup drive running all the time in an off-line site that you cannot access.These days, off-site will have to be forgone as we cannot get to the other site.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But you don't want the backup drive running all the time in an off-line site that you cannot access.These days, off-site will have to be forgone as we cannot get to the other site.

Not OFF-Line. OFF-Site.

A good RAID device will run months without hands touching it as long as it is Cool, Clean and Dry
I can put file on it from remote (one way mirror my Library) as my standard mode. But I can also log on, Administer or fetch files without ever seeing the pretty blue LEDs on the front.

Do you really think the MR servers need Humans at their COLO? (To be truthful, I don't know how a tiny presence like MR is handled at a COLO. I've never been in a cage with less than 10 racks, all for a single client)