[Mark Scarratt]

Hi

i do this all the time – using a desktop with a RAID NAS as the master storage and render machine, and a laptop and USB drive as the mobile workstation.

i find it helps to keep all the files relating to a project within a top-level folder on both drives, and replicate the folder setup – then if you do need to move stuff around later on when a project drags on, you can.

i use filesync https://www.fileware.com/ to manage versions – dead easy and 100% reliable in my experience.
combined with logmein https://www.logmein.com or any other VPN i can even take work home, edit stuff, send the updated .veg file back to the desktop and set up batch renders, ftp beta edits to clients etc from the desktop in my absence which is great.

now if anyone has any advice on how to extend this workflow to use the sony media manager i’d be most grateful – it doesnt have vegas’s excellent file-finding/path-changing functionality ;-(