SQLite DB and books on different drives

[pweasel]

Hi there,
How can I use the SQLite db of my collection on my D drive (an ssd) while storing my books on the X drive (NAS)?
thx,
PW

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pweasel

Hi there,
How can I use the SQLite db of my collection on my D drive (an ssd) while storing my books on the X drive (NAS)?
thx,
PW

@pweasel see --> Environment variables -- CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH Ψ²

Added : and you need to read this ==>> I am getting errors with my calibre library on a networked drive/NAS?

BR

[pweasel]

mmmm, i guess i'm moving the DB to the SSD and the books to the main hdd.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pweasel

mmmm, i guess i'm moving the DB to the SSD and the books to the main hdd.

You may not get much performance improvement from putting the database on an ssd. As I understand it, when calibre starts it loads the db into memory, writes are done as needed, reads are from memory. Use the NAS as a backup for your library.

There's a new multi-user read/write calibre server in the works (version 3), some of it is accessible today if you download the source. I think it will address the difficulties of having the library on a network device.

Some people do have their calibre libraries on a NAS, but sometimes they have ran into problems and have had to revert, others have failed to get it to work. If you don't have it running on a NAS already, I suggest you keep it local for now and wait for version 3.

BR

[pweasel]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

You may not get much performance improvement from putting the database on an ssd. As I understand it, when calibre starts it loads the db into memory, writes are done as needed, reads are from memory. Use the NAS as a backup for your library.

There's a new multi-user read/write calibre server in the works (version 3), some of it is accessible today if you download the source. I think it will address the difficulties of having the library on a network device.

Some people do have their calibre libraries on a NAS, but sometimes they have ran into problems and have had to revert, others have failed to get it to work. If you don't have it running on a NAS already, I suggest you keep it local for now and wait for version 3.

BR

It's been working on the NAS since 2011, but the searches via the network page were a DRAGGGG (11500 books). I've been lucky to not be plagued by NAS problems it seems