Description
Shuffling files across portable SSDs and waiting on slow drives kills creative momentum. In this video, I walk you through how I upgraded every workstation across my home studio—from my desk to the art studio and even the sofa—to full 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Learn how pairing the UniFi Pro XG 8 PoE switches with dual UNAS Pro storage appliances enables smooth multi-camera 4K scrubbing in Adobe Premiere and seamless high-megapixel RAW photo editing in Adobe Lightroom Classic directly over the local network.
Get Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Premiere here: https://adobe.com/creativecloud
Unifi Affiliate Links to the Hardware I Mentioned:
Unifi Pro XG 8 PoE Switch: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-utility/products/usw-pro-xg-8-poe?a_aid=TerryWhite
Unifi UNAS Pro: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/network-storage/products/unas-pro?a_aid=TerryWhite
NEW UNAS Pro with NVMe Cache Slot: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/network-storage/products/unas-pro-8?a_aid=TerryWhite
NEW UNAS Pro 4 Bay with NVMe Cache Slot: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/network-storage/products/unas-pro-4?a_aid=TerryWhite
Unifi 10GBe to Thunderbolt Adapter: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/accessories-cables-dacs/collections/pro-store-ethernet-adapter/products/uacc-adapter-rj45-usbc-10ge?variant=uacc-adapter-rj45-usbc-10ge?a_aid=TerryWhite
OWC Other World Computing Thunderbolt Dock with 10GBe port: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-pro-dock
Hardware & Workflows Covered:
⚬ UniFi Pro XG 8 PoE Switches: 8 dedicated 10GbE RJ-45 ports, dual SFP+ fiber uplinks, high-power PoE for Wi-Fi 7 access points, and silent desktop operation.
⚬ Dual UNAS Pro Storage Architecture: High-speed active production storage paired with automated nightly backups to a second on-site UNAS and offsite cloud redundancy (3-2-1 rule).
⚬ Mac 10GbE Connectivity: Built-in 10G on the Mac Studio, alongside UniFi Thunderbolt-to-10GbE adapters and OWC Thunderbolt docks for MacBook Pros.
⚬ Adobe Lightroom Classic Network Workflow: Keeping catalogs and previews local while storing raw capture libraries on the NAS without beachball delays.
⚬ Adobe Premiere Multi-Cam Performance: Playing and scrubbing multi-stream 4K 60fps footage across rooms without moving physical drives.
⚬ Considerations & Drive Bottlenecks: Realistic transfer speeds with 7,200 RPM drives and the importance of Cat6/Cat6a cabling.
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