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Originally Posted by rantanplan
Personally, I don't want to have a Calibre instance running constantly on my RasPi, as I don't want to do e-book management on a headless server in a docker container where I need to connect via VNC.
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Calibre isn't using a client-server SQL. It's SQLight, so IMO the only valid way to access the Calibre database is by running a copy of Calibre, with Calibre & the data on the same computer and file system.
I've been running/installing/maintaining servers since 1986, Server versions of SQL since 2000, Client-Server databases since 1996, Linux since 1998.
But I've rarely managed much with VNC in the last decade. Mostly I've used web interfaces, if doing remote admin at all (like MySQL or MariaDB).
I do have a RasPi4, but it only has an SD card for storage, and I tested Calibre on it with 8000+ ebooks out of curiousity.
I have an x64 server, effectively off site, via 1 Gbps ethernet, and I've not used VNC on it. I use rsync to make a backup of the local Calibre files, when Calibre isn't running.
What advantage other than the dubious one of not actually running Calibre, has this new app (& "Calibre" Web Server) over the Calibre Content server (which has web page and OPDS)?
Actually I only use OPDS and Calibre Content server for PocketBook app on Android. The USB MS ereaders (Kindles, Kobos, Sony) get connected via USB, which charges them too.