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Old 07-09-2017, 05:39 AM   #1
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Calibre program on PC, libraries on a NAS

Hi,

I'm aware that you warned against running the Calibre program on a network drive or a NAS.

What I would like to do is to keep the actual program on my PC, but to store the libraries on a NAS (because of space and RAID). My NAS is configured to be on my N-drive.

Will this cause any problems that I should be aware of? What about the alternative: installing the portable version on a NAS and working from (and within) there?

I'm looking forward to your answers.

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Calibre is transactional,
any network delays can corrupt the sync between the what the DB part has and what the (book) file IS.
Some folk get away doing this on a NAS.
Some keep the DB local and just the book folders on the NAS

Personally, I just cloned my existing drive onto a bigger HD, and put it in my PC
Many mid-tower PC's can hold a second drive inside. Some have an external eSATA port, so speed does not suffer
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Personally, I just cloned my existing drive onto a bigger HD, and put it in my PC
I haven't got a PC, just an (old) laptop.
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I haven't got a PC, just an (old) laptop.
IMHO that is still a PC, just self contained.

Done that with my Laptops (PATA and SATA) also.

Get a USB to <laptop ldrive type: SATA or PATA) cable or Case. (attach the new drive to it)
Run the Clone program ( I used Clonezilla. It dealt with dual boot drives, WD and Maxtors utilities barfed all over the clone[totally ignored GRUB and the Linux parts] )
Swap the drives (small, '0' phillips was needed, moved carrier to new drive. Booted. Windows ran Scandisk because the last recorded did not agree with the current geometry.
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@Manja - try putting the library folder on the NAS, but keeping the database local. You can use the CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH environment variable to facilitate that.

That worked for me in the past, and I believe it works for quite a few other calibre users,

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