Re: Splitting the database
Gilles Caulier <[email protected]>
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Hi, One database to rule all (as Gandalf said)... If one database is used for all, you can process search cross-over all, with common capture settings for ex. One collection set in the database to the local SSD. One collection set in the database to the removal SSD. Take a care to setup right collection type in the configuration dialog page : https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/collections_settings.html Best regards Gilles Caulier Le jeu. 30 oct. 2025 à 08:25, Thomas <[email protected]> a écrit : > > I would go with 1 database; 2 albums. > > > On 2025-10-30 01.03, digikam-miiM9/[email protected] 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 > > > >