<p>Hi, what I did was to first create the data base on the NAS so I had two collection in Digikam then from within digikam copy the pictures from the local collection to the nas. It worked for me.<br>
/ Jonas</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Den 6 jun 2011 14:31 skrev "mm Malaleel" <<a href="mailto:mathusael@yahoo.com">mathusael@yahoo.com</a>>:<br type="attribution">> Hello all,<br>> <br>> I would like to get advice on what is the best methodology to migrate from my <br>
> computer to a NAS. I'm planning to shift from SQLite to MySQL in the process. <br>> This is how I would proceed:<br>> * backup of my current picture folders (of course)<br>> * copy of my pictures folders (or collections) to the NAS<br>
> * creation of the MySQL DB within Digikam<br>> * migration from the current SQLite to MySQL using Digikam migration tool<br>> * Deletion of my computer picture collections (in Digikam)<br>> * Creation of the new NAS picture collections (in Digikam)<br>
> However I'm unsure if this is the safest path/recommended methodology? More <br>> specifically, how will digikam figure out that the NAS newly created collections <br>> are in fact my old picture collections under a new location?<br>
> <br>> My picture collection is several 100 Giga bytes large, with tagging of pictures <br>> for 6 years now... so relatively sizeable thing and I don't want to loose my <br>> tags. Most of them are stored within the pictures, but there are still the <br>
> raws...<br>> <br>> Any advice would be much appreciated thank you!<br>> Nicolas.<br></div>