[digiKam-users] Hardware Suggestion for Digikam

[Tonio Kroeger]

Thanks a lot. I hope/think I am on the right track now. My plan is  to have
the database and the "incoming"-Pictures on an internal SSD, the "finally
archived"-Pictures out on an external USB3-harddisk. Main memory will be
16GB.

A corresponding Intel NUC is ordered... :-)

It bothers a little that my important data is longer stored on one physical
medium but part of the pictures and the complete database are stored on the
local SSD. Makes backups a little bit more error prone but I think I will
make it :-) On the other hand not exploiting the performance gain from the
SSD that is already there would be a pity.

Thanks

TK



On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:25 PM <digikam at 911networks.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:17:11 +0200
> Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > SSD, not over USB is the best solution. Don't forget that USB is
> > also a bottleneck. I recommend a native connectivity to storage
> > devices.
>
> 1. One doesn't contradict Gilles, he's one of the main dev...
> 2. My experience is:
>
> My previous desktop fried (literally) including destroying the
> partition tables of the driveS.
>
> I bought a Lenovo Ideapad laptop amd ryzen 4700 with amdgpu/renoir
> that was on a very good sale.
>
> I have an external USB toaster with a 3Tb drive that I plug in one of
> the usb. It has all the images (50,000) with the various digikam
> databases.
>
> The speed is fairly good. I have not noticed "bog downs", but I have not
> done any face recognition or similarity. I use DK only as a DAM and use
> ART or Rawtherapee or Darktable to process the images.
>
> --
> sknahT
>
> vyS
>
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