[Digikam-users] Backup options?? probably off topic

[Gilles Caulier]

At home, backup is done through local network using a NAS (12Tb). It's
a B3 device with RAID unit.

http://www.excitostore.com/content/features

On my host computer, i have the same HDD capacity. I run sync command
to synchronize NAS with my whole digiKam collection.

Gilles Caulier

2013/7/17 Christoph Siedentop <christoph at siedentop.name>:
>  Hi Fabio,
>
> Yes this is the wrong place to discuss this. Backup should be done by an
> external program or the operating system.
>
> However, if you want to backup digikam it would be best to write your
> metadata to sidecar xmp files. If all your tags, for example, are in the
> database, you can back that up but it is easier if the data is right next to
> each file.
>
> I personally use rsync for incremental back ups. Other solutions exist, just
> search for "backup <your OS>".
>
> Regards,
> Christoph
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Fabio wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am not sure this is the proper channel but I could not find any other
>> digiKam forum
>>
>> Digikam strong area is organization and exporting to other places. Now, I
>> am looking for backup options. The easiest way is just to copy all files
>> from my local album to 2 external drives. Problem is Once I made the first
>> copy, how can I keep updating only photos I have been changing. I am going
>> back and editing old photos but no tin a very organized way.
>>
>> Does digiKam provide backup options like incremental backup (copy only
>> what is new or changed)?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
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>
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