Splitting the database

[Thomas]

I would go with 1 database; 2 albums.


On 2025-10-30 01.03, digikam at sritch.com wrote:
> My current setup is:
>
> - DK 8.8.0 appimage with the db on the laptop and all the photos on an usb external drive.
> - SQLite db.
> - I currently have have over 50k images and only 8k to 10k are to be keepers.
> - Every image has a corresponding XMP.
> - I use DK only for the DAM functionality. I use Darktable and ART
>    for editing the photos.
>
> I just bought a second internal SSD (2tb) for my laptop.
>
> I want to split my images between the 2 drives:
> - The keepers to go to the 2nd internal SSD.
> - The others to stay on the external USB drive.
>
> What's the better option?
>
> a: 1 single database: 2 albums.
>
> One album for the keepers (always online) and another album for the
> others, rarely online. Any change to the 'non-keepers', like keywords
> or labels, and I would have to connect to external USB (not too often).
>
>   b: 2 databases with 2 different desktop shortcuts with
> --database-directory <dir> and --config <config>
>
>
> Thanks
>
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