MariaDB 5 and 10 on Synology NAS

[Rainer & Nicole Barth]

Well that's a clear statement - no need for change, even than if I would 
run only Linux PC's

Thanks Gilles!


Am 01.11.2017 um 19:03 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
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> 2017-11-01 18:18 GMT+01:00 digiman <rainer.barth at freenet.de 
> <mailto:rainer.barth at freenet.de>>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     some time ago I tried mariadb on my synology NAS. It was damn slow
>     and I got
>     always error messages because I used it from Windows and Linux -
>     finally I
>     switched back to SQlite.
>     So now I have two questions because I have now mariadb V10
>     additionally to
>     version 5 on the NAS available:
>     1.) Is Version 10 much faster so it is worth to give it a try and
>
>
> I use this kind of server on my host computer. It's enough fast to use 
> but i don't pass through the local network (only the localhost).
>
> My NAS has an older Mariadb (old Debian for ARM). It's incredibly 
> slow. So it's same problem than you.
>
>     2.) is the problem with Windows and Linux working on the same DB
>     solved so
>     far?
>
>
> No. The way to identify a collection in database is based on UUID 
> generated by KDE::Solid interface used everywhere in digiKam. under 
> Linux you get right UUID, under Windows nothing, or not the same. 
> Solid work perfectly under Linux. For MacOS, a huge patch is under 
> validation into KDE bugzilla, but it's not yet officially committed. 
> For Windows, Solid is full of holes in source code. This is the 
> problem of KF5 framework where developers are not interested to 
> support non Linux system.
>
> A replacement of Solid do not exists yet, as in future Qt version. I 
> follow the discussion, and digiKam is not alone in this case. Solid is 
> a gateway to the computer device, and is well designed. So Solid need 
> to be fully ported well for Windows, or, we need to use native Windows 
> code inside digiKam, that is don't like very well.
>
> The Collection path is problematic as Linux and Windows are different 
> on this point. This is also a problem to solve (partially solved if 
> UUID is the same for both system).
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
>
>     Many thanks in advanced
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