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ChrisRM · 01-26-2021, 02:05 PM

Ah, yes, that's quite clear at first sight, and yet...

This is from the middle of that FAQ:
'Consider using the calibre Content server to make your books available on other computers. Run calibre on a single computer and access it via the Content server or a Remote Desktop solution.'

That's pretty much what I wanted to do, with the RPi Content Server managing the distribution and the NAS RAID-Z2 store keeping the books safe. I have no problem securing the drive share such that only the RPi can see it, but I don't see how to tell the RPi to look offboard at the symlink/share/whatever...

The comment re network filesystems seems unlikely to be relevant to FreeNAS (now TrueNAS) as it strives to be faithful to the RFCs rather than implementations. It still seems likea good idea, if only I could get the RPi to look elsewhere. Oh well.

01-26-2021, 02:05 PM	#3
ChrisRM Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle	Ah, yes, that's quite clear at first sight, and yet... This is from the middle of that FAQ: 'Consider using the calibre Content server to make your books available on other computers. Run calibre on a single computer and access it via the Content server or a Remote Desktop solution.' That's pretty much what I wanted to do, with the RPi Content Server managing the distribution and the NAS RAID-Z2 store keeping the books safe. I have no problem securing the drive share such that only the RPi can see it, but I don't see how to tell the RPi to look offboard at the symlink/share/whatever... The comment re network filesystems seems unlikely to be relevant to FreeNAS (now TrueNAS) as it strives to be faithful to the RFCs rather than implementations. It still seems likea good idea, if only I could get the RPi to look elsewhere. Oh well.