[digiKam-users] digikam database on external drive

[Dmitri Popov]

Hi,

digiKam Recipes author here. :-)

> For performance and technical reasons relevant of SQLite, you cannot use removable media.

Where do you see this? Because the note I think you're referring to reads as follows:

For performance and technical reasons relevant of SQLite, you cannot use a media from the network.

That is, the notes talks about network storage, not external media.

In any case, I stand by the description in the book: I've been using a setup with both the photo library and databases residing on an external USB SSD for ages with zero problems.

Kind regards,
Dmitri
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January 30, 2023 5:11 AM, "Tyler Smith" <tyler at plantarum.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I currently have my photos on an external hard drive, and my database on my local drive. I'm
> preparing to work on my collection on two different computers, for which I want to keep the photos
> and the database in sync.
> 
> The manual says I shouldn't/can't use an external drive for my database:
> 
>> For performance and technical reasons relevant of SQLite, you cannot use removable media.
> 
> (from: https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/database_settings.html#database-settings)
> 
> But the Digikam recipes book seems to suggest I can:
> 
>> Now you can move your photo library and digiKam databases to the mounted external disk, and
>> reconfigure digiKam.
> 
> (from the section "USE DIGIKAM WITH AN EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE").
> 
> So I'd like to confirm, is it ok to put my database on an external hard drive?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tyler
> 
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