Originally Posted by peter0conor
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How many files or books should I have as a limit before creating a second library?
There is no practical limit, some users have libraries that have hundreds of thousands of 'books', I have one which has a 154,000 'items' - they are public domain 'papers' from academia etc.
My several libraries exist because they have different custom columns, and my varying usage of standard columns.
Should I keep the files compressed (i.e. rar, or zip) or uncompressed as pdf, epub, mobi. etc?
No, in many cases its a waste of time because they are already compressed, and if you did you would lose a lot of calibre functionality - conversion, view, send to device etc.
Should I create a structure by folders (i.e. authors) and sub-folders (i.e. titles) with the different book formats (i.e. pdf, mobi, epub, etc) all together or should I just leave all files together in a flat structure with only one parent
folder?
Should I rename book files with a longer but more meaningfully name (i.e. Dan Brown - The Davinci Code), or use short names (i.e. Davincicode.pdf) avoiding spaces or symbols to make it more difficult to get corrupted?
No to both, because you can't.
You need to read this ==>> Want to change folder structure or file names in the Calibre library? and the links it contains.
What should I do to maintain the configuration files that keep my customizations (i.e. tags, covers, new columns, etc)
Nothing, apart from backing them up along with your library, their location can be accessed from the Preferences->Miscellaneous
- Should I use specific hard drive to keep my database and access it remotely or locate the database in the same location where my OS?
Read this ==>> Calibre library on a network...
Calibre library(ies) are best stored on local storage, if you want to store them on remote storage you need to take precautions. Multi-terabyte USB 3 disk drives are available for under a $100, if your computer has a decent usb 3.0 controller it's performance should be as good or better than most internal SATA drives.
Remote storage is fine for backups. |