[digiKam-users] digiKam for long term management of a large library

[Jason Boxman]

Hi Michael,

I can't speak to your other questions, but I'd enable .xmp sidecar files.
Because XMP is a standard, if you need to you can always migrate to a
different photo management system. I commit my .xmp files into a `git`
repository and then sync that to a backup drive.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:44 AM Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have about 240,000 photos that I'd like to manage with digiKam. I'm
> especially interested in the tagging capabilities. I'm comfortable setting
> up the remote MySQL server. I like digiKam, and I want to use the facial
> recognition to help organize these some more.
>
> I have a few questions before I just go for it:
>
> 1. With remote MySQL can multiple users share the same database?
>
> My wife and I have separate accounts on a Linux desktop machine, and we
> would both like to be able to access the library.
>
> 2. Can the library be accessed from a separate computer?
>
> If I set up NFS and use the MySQL remote, can I also view the library from
> a separate computer?
>
> Or will the different paths (due to being mounted via NFS) break things?
>
> 3. What's the best way to future-proof my library?
>
> After I've tagged and organized my photos I don't want to do it again.
>
> Is the best practice to write tags to the files, or to dump MySQL as plain
> text, or something else? I'd like to ensure that if something surpasses
> digiKam in 10 years, that I'll still have my tags.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
>

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