thanks!! would try it. Needless question possibly- but do I need to necessarily do it on my mediaserver PC? or can I do that through the laptop instance of Calibre?
would need to learn/ read more about rsync etc soon I suppose. My only gripe in terms of copying the entire Calibre Library on the laptop - its the main reason why I had got this "server" in the first place- to avoid having to clog my laptop with stuff which I dont necessarily need too frequently - my library is roughly 180 GB right now (with duplicates- so may be around 90-100 GB in reality).
nut moan aside- thanks again for the quick help guys! really appreciate it. would let you know how the move of library goes. fingers crossed, it would work like a charm!