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Adoby · 11-29-2013, 10:59 AM

I do just that. But calibre doesn't support networked filesystems. But it might work, depending on what networked filesystem you use. Test carefully, have good backups and don't complain if/when your library becomes corrupt.

I use Ubuntu Linux and a Synology NAS, shared using NFS. I think SMB and CIFS is more trouble, that's why I use NFS... Also case sensitivity differences between operating systems and file systems may cause problems. For instance if you have a Windows computer and a Linux NAS. Test carefully...

I have / mounted on the SSD, and /home on a mechanical hard drive. And /home/adoby/nas is the NAS, of course.

I have metadata.db in /opt/speedup/adoby and on the NAS I have the calibre library. I replaced the original metadata.db with a symlink to the real metadata.db on the SSD.

I also have various disk caches in /opt/speedup/adoby, instead of in /home/adoby. Also using symlinks. And use part of the RAM as /temp.

Works fine.

There also is an environment variable you can use for this purpose.

CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cust...ment-variables

I have two calibre libraries, fiction and nonfiction, so the symbolic link works best for me. Makes it easy to switch libraries.

See also:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2244745

11-29-2013, 10:59 AM	#2
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	I do just that. But calibre doesn't support networked filesystems. But it might work, depending on what networked filesystem you use. Test carefully, have good backups and don't complain if/when your library becomes corrupt. I use Ubuntu Linux and a Synology NAS, shared using NFS. I think SMB and CIFS is more trouble, that's why I use NFS... Also case sensitivity differences between operating systems and file systems may cause problems. For instance if you have a Windows computer and a Linux NAS. Test carefully... I have / mounted on the SSD, and /home on a mechanical hard drive. And /home/adoby/nas is the NAS, of course. I have metadata.db in /opt/speedup/adoby and on the NAS I have the calibre library. I replaced the original metadata.db with a symlink to the real metadata.db on the SSD. I also have various disk caches in /opt/speedup/adoby, instead of in /home/adoby. Also using symlinks. And use part of the RAM as /temp. Works fine. There also is an environment variable you can use for this purpose. CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cust...ment-variables I have two calibre libraries, fiction and nonfiction, so the symbolic link works best for me. Makes it easy to switch libraries. See also: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2244745 Last edited by Adoby; 11-29-2013 at 11:15 AM.