[digiKam-users] digikam database on external drive

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

This is due to the USB interface to deal with the external media.

At minimum USB 3.1 must be used, not a lower version.

Never uses an HDD on USB. Uses SSD or better NVMe drive with a
performant electronic interface.

I patch the online doc accordingly.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/database_settings.html#database-type-criteria

Gilles

Le lun. 30 janv. 2023 à 15:49, <digikam at 911networks.com> a écrit :
>
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:11:22 -0500
> "Tyler Smith" <tyler at plantarum.ca> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Yes and no.
>
> This is the way I operated for about 5 years until I finally cleaned
> up  and restarted with the sqlite db on my personal computer.
>
> What a difference in speed! If the sqlite db is on the local drive,
> it's about 10x faster. Rebuild the thumbnails takes on 3hrs oin my
> local computer vs 2.5 days! with the sqlite db on the nas.
>
> DK is single user only.
>
> For the multiple computers, I use a small rsync script that sync the
> db to a nas, then the 2nd second user also runs a script to pass the
> db to their local computer.
>
> --
> sknahT
>
> vyS