[digiKam-users] digikam database on external drive

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Dmitri,

It's an error in the online doc and in Setup/Database dialog. I fixed
all occurrences.

Gilles

Le lun. 30 janv. 2023 à 09:58, Dmitri Popov <dmpop at tokyoma.de> a écrit :
>
> 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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