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ginchiller · 07-11-2016, 12:07 PM

Hello,
first of all I want to apologize for all the misstakes I will make, English isn't my first language but I hope it is good enough to understand the meaning.

I have a very large collection which i share with my family but the way I do it now is pretty inconvenient. From time to time I make a full backup and when I visit my relatives I replace their library...
So now I wanted to make a central solution that is standing at my home and can be accessed from anywhere and I wanted to ask if anyone has some experience with a similar problem.

I am thinking on getting the whole library on an external raid 1 hard disk raid, which is accessed via usb. A raspberry pi 3 should run the calibre server but the version which can be installed is very old (under 1 i think) and i could not find a detailed tutorial how to install it from source. Also the library should be managable from different users. Let's say one of my relative would want to sort some things out/rename them/add books (the last action can be don through an auto import folder for calibre as long as I know).

Thank you.

07-11-2016, 12:07 PM	#1
ginchiller Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Austria, Vienna Device: DX2	Calibre Library for multiple users? Hello, first of all I want to apologize for all the misstakes I will make, English isn't my first language but I hope it is good enough to understand the meaning. I have a very large collection which i share with my family but the way I do it now is pretty inconvenient. From time to time I make a full backup and when I visit my relatives I replace their library... So now I wanted to make a central solution that is standing at my home and can be accessed from anywhere and I wanted to ask if anyone has some experience with a similar problem. I am thinking on getting the whole library on an external raid 1 hard disk raid, which is accessed via usb. A raspberry pi 3 should run the calibre server but the version which can be installed is very old (under 1 i think) and i could not find a detailed tutorial how to install it from source. Also the library should be managable from different users. Let's say one of my relative would want to sort some things out/rename them/add books (the last action can be don through an auto import folder for calibre as long as I know). Thank you.