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Originally Posted by daffy4u
I'm sure there may be instances where one would have multiple copies of Calibre open at the same time but I can't think of a situation where I have or need to do that. I'm only working on one computer at a time, so I haven't had an issue.
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I was assuming you never did that. That would almost certainly corrupt your database. My worry is about other issues. Perhaps you worked on computer1, then shut down. Now you open your laptop and begin working on that, but it hasn't made an internet connection. Then it connects. It will not have changes from computer1, but will have changes from the laptop. You will end up with either corruption or lost data. As I said, it's only in unusual circumstances where you have a problem, so not having an issue is the norm ... until you do.
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Until BOb enlightened me I did have additional full copies of my library on all machines (Desktop = original + Dropbox, Laptop = Copy + Dropbox, Netbook = Copy + Dropbox). Now I've dropped the copies on my Laptop and Netbook (Desktop = original + Dropbox, Laptop = Dropbox, Netbook = Dropbox). My Desktop is backed-up constantly by Carbonite as well (and my Kindle 1 still holds all my Kindle books plus an FTP copy on my personal website that get updated occasionally).
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Which directory did you point your Calibre to? If you've pointed to the dropbox directory, and deleted the original, you've removed one layer of backup protection, but added convenience. As long as your other backups are good, you should be fine and the convenience may be worth it.