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Originally Posted by theducks
It is perfectly acceptable for simple file usage.
Calibre is a Hybrid database. It has a (SQL)DB the stores File paths (the books and covers). These MUST stay in sync (as a transaction).
Network devices can buffer things , introduce delays that Calibre was not designed to handle.
This does not make a NAS (or other network share) bad, just not the tool/accessory to use with Calibre (except it is a great for library backup).
A shadow copy (-> only) on the NAS is OK as long as it does not lock files in the main Library (I stop Calibre, use free file sync, then restart calibre  ) |
I've been using a Windows network share for years without a single problem. But that is not a NAS. It works like a regular hard drive. I do backup my libraries and I've only had to fix a library database once.