You should never store data on a drive that isn't routinely backed up, which almost always precludes local hard drives.
If you're referring to a temporary working copy for performance issues - it might be quicker from a local drive, depending on hardware and network performance. Try it - post your results, I'd be interested for one.
"gduplessis" wrote in message news:30410442.1085411679595.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum2.autodesk.com...
> What is the best way to store images, store them to your computers hard drive, on your company's network, etc.