Computer and Data Storage Advice

[Hagar8907]

Hello All,

Thank you in advance for your insights! I am a retired pilot/engineer new to drones. Recently, I purchased a Matrice 4T to start a small company which will primarily perform inspections and mapping services. For running DJI Terra, DJI recommends a computer with Windows 10 or higher, 32GB memory, an NVIDIA graphics card with 4GB graphic memory. These are likely minimum requirements so I would love to hear your recommendations on if it is worth the money to add more memory etc to the computer.

My current employer issued me a Dell 7680 workstation so I'm leaning towards getting one for my business since it will seamlessly work with my current desktop setup. Also, if I need to travel for a job and spend the night at a hotel, I could knock out some data processing in the hotel if I have a laptop like the Dell 7680. One concern I have is data storage. How much storage space do I need? Is it better/more economical to buy external drives for the bulk of my data storage?

Thanks,
Hagar8907

 

[jaja6009]

I do the following.

I like to process on a powerful desktop with SSD drives.
All processing takes place on the fastset SSD drive (M2).
All current projects already processed are then stored on the desktop on a SATA SSD drive. This is in case I still need to process something or use in other software.
Once projects are completed they are archived on a USB SSD drive.
Images are treated the same as above, with archived images going onto USB SSD drives.

I try to keep all active projects and images on the fastest SSD drives, then move them to USB SSD drives to be archived.

My workflow will suffer in your scenario with laptop processing unless I do a remote connection with my desktop, which is possible. But this is extremely large amounts of data.

 

[Hagar8907]

I do the following.

I like to process on a powerful desktop with SSD drives.
All processing takes place on the fastset SSD drive (M2).
All current projects already processed are then stored on the desktop on a SATA SSD drive. This is in case I still need to process something or use in other software.
Once projects are completed they are archived on a USB SSD drive.
Images are treated the same as above, with archived images going onto USB SSD drives.

I try to keep all active projects and images on the fastest SSD drives, then move them to USB SSD drives to be archived.

My workflow will suffer in your scenario with laptop processing unless I do a remote connection with my desktop, which is possible. But this is extremely large amounts of data.

Thank you! That is very helpful information that I will take to heart.