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Old 02-28-2015, 05:17 PM   #1
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I have so many ebooks now that I need to move my library off of my computer hard drive to somewhere else but I am not sure where. Should I use a cloud drive? If so which one? Should I just use an external hard drive ? (Man I would rather not) or what other suggestions do you all have?
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I have so many ebooks now that I need to move my library off of my computer hard drive to somewhere else but I am not sure where. Should I use a cloud drive? If so which one? Should I just use an external hard drive ? (Man I would rather not) or what other suggestions do you all have?
Desktop? Laptop? Brand?

Internal drive size updates (laptop) are not that hard with modern windows software.
Adding a extra INTERNAL drive to most desktops is also easy (except for the ultra-small form factor ones, which should be treated more like a laptop upgrade)
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I have an acer Aspire V5 laptop
Ouch!
There is a Youtube on how to replace the physical drive (with a SSD, but it is the same steps for a HD) in the V5
You need a USB drive caddy and you can clone your existing HD onto a larger drive .
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Is it possible to storage all books on an NAS? I would use calibre & calibre companion from many devices, but only 1 library?

Sorry for my bad english, my home language is german...

Greetings, Torsten
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Is it possible to storage all books on an NAS? I would use calibre & calibre companion from many devices, but only 1 library?
Technically, yes, you can. However, note two things: it isn't supported, and if you update the library from two Calibre instances at the same time, things will break.
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Just be aware that a NAS (or networked drive) can stop working (well) with Calibre at any time. The NAS is fine. Calibre is fine> They just will not play together anymore. Timing differences shift with system component updates
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Is it possible to storage all books on an NAS? I would use calibre & calibre companion from many devices, but only 1 library?

Sorry for my bad english, my home language is german...

Greetings, Torsten
@joe_sixpack - a feature that might assist is the ability to relocate the database (metadata.db) via the CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH environment variable

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It allows you to specify the full path to metadata.db. Using this variable you can have metadata.db be in a location other than the library folder. Useful if your library folder is on a networked drive that does not support file locking.
Thus, you'd have the author book folders on the NAS (book warehouse) and the metadata.db database (catalogue) on a local drive, an SSD perhaps. Your backup regime would have to be configured to ensure the book warehouse backup (author/book folders on NAS) and the catalogue backup (metadata.db database on local drive) were synchronous.

I don't know if/how this might affect the operation of calibre-server or Calibre Companion.

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@joe_sixpack - a feature that might assist is the ability to relocate the database (metadata.db) via the CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH environment variable [...]
I don't think that this is a good idea. Many if not most of the NAS problems relate to file and directory renaming when the title or author changes. Sometimes the renames simply don't happen, sometimes the new directory is created but the contents are not copied, and sometimes something else strange happens. The location of the database wouldn't improve the odds.
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No effect. I use the option on the content server running on my VPS and when testing CC.
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I don't think that this is a good idea. Many if not most of the NAS problems relate to file and directory renaming when the title or author changes. Sometimes the renames simply don't happen, sometimes the new directory is created but the contents are not copied, and sometimes something else strange happens. The location of the database wouldn't improve the odds.
No effect. I use the option on the content server running on my VPS and when testing CC.
Aaah, you sparced a memory cell - the one scenario I know first hand that seems to work reliably has the books on a Free BSD/NFS server and the database replicated to a couple of Windows one-at-time workstations. I think there one or two MR 'regulars' who run NFS with no problems (Adoby perhaps)

Almost makes one hanker for a Netware server, one suspects it wouldn't lose such transactions :lol:

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I have so many ebooks now that I need to move my library off of my computer hard drive to somewhere else but I am not sure where. Should I use a cloud drive? If so which one? Should I just use an external hard drive ? (Man I would rather not) or what other suggestions do you all have?
What seems to be the problem? Not enough money to buy a 3TB 90€-worth external HDD?
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Hello!

I will use my library without a permanent running PC - thats my wish. Updates only from 1 computer, other clients works only with read-only access (calibre companion) to upgrade local reader (or device) library.
Raspberry Pi 2 as server with all books (full library) on USB-Stick possible?
I need a low-power-device without running fans and it must be absolutely silent...
Any ideas?

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