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noddy · 11-30-2017, 07:57 AM

I need to store my library on my NAS because...

A/ It's getting too big for my desktop
B/ My NAS is always on so I can access my books via one of the many calibre server Docker images.

I appreciate there are many posts saying a DB on a remote share is a big no no for Calibre so I propose this solution.

1 Run the Calibre client and DB on the desktop as normal
2 Change the book saving pattern from <author>/<title> to books/<author>/<title>
3 symlink books folder to the NAS by using mklink or ln depending on OS.
4 Assuming calibre server needs the db as well, run an rsync type job to mirror the sqlite files to the NAS whenever calibre desktop closes. You could do this manually or automatically

This would store the part that takes all the disk space on the NAS but keep the bits that need exclusive access local.

Would this approach work? Thoughts?

11-30-2017, 07:57 AM	#1
noddy Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2017 Device: none	An idea for calibre on NAS I need to store my library on my NAS because... A/ It's getting too big for my desktop B/ My NAS is always on so I can access my books via one of the many calibre server Docker images. I appreciate there are many posts saying a DB on a remote share is a big no no for Calibre so I propose this solution. 1 Run the Calibre client and DB on the desktop as normal 2 Change the book saving pattern from <author>/<title> to books/<author>/<title> 3 symlink books folder to the NAS by using mklink or ln depending on OS. 4 Assuming calibre server needs the db as well, run an rsync type job to mirror the sqlite files to the NAS whenever calibre desktop closes. You could do this manually or automatically This would store the part that takes all the disk space on the NAS but keep the bits that need exclusive access local. Would this approach work? Thoughts?