Thanks Mathieu. .v
“We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self destruction.”― Suzanne Collins <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins>, *Mockingjay <https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/8812783>* Seeking ... On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 1:33 PM Mathieu Lonjaret <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, having local ephemeral Perkeep instances is also a possibilty, > because you could indeed maybe set up some sort of conditional > replication, but it does not seem to me the simplest of solutions in > your case. > fwiw, it is indeed what I do (or rather did), for the photos on my > android phone. I would first upload them all with the android app to a > temporary Perkeep on my laptop, just because the app is actually a > convenient way to do this kind of transfer on a "local" computer, > without having to go through a remote server (and without the need for > cables). I would sort them on my laptop, and then upload them to my > "production" Perkeep on my server. > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 16:04, Vilito Exquisitus > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Mathieu, > > > > Thanks for taking the time to reply. > > > > I think I was over thinking the solution. :) > > > > The analogy I had in my head was how I think of arrays vs slices in > golang. I think of the Array as the source of truth, and slices as a > view/window into the array. Similarily, I was thinking about making my > Perkeepd on my NAS the source of truth (like an array), and the perkeepd on > my laptop(s) as views (slices) of the blobs on the NAS. > > > > What I realized, it that I have always played with perkeepd running > locally and a separate instance somewhere else. Now I am thinking that i > can have perkeepd on my NAS, and the laptops just have pk-* binaries. With > the config files pointing to the perkeepd on NAS, I should be closer to > what I want. > > > > I will play around with this idea and see how far I get. > > > > Oh, when I sync-ing, I really mean just keeping replicas of blobs that > matches the query on the laptops. > > > > Regards, > > > > .v > > > > “We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for > self destruction.” > > > > ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay > > > > Seeking ... > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 8:09 PM Mathieu Lonjaret < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 at 19:57, Vilito Exquisitus > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> > I have been monitoring and playing with Perkeep on and off since > about 2016. > >> > > >> > However, I am now seriously considering setting Perkeep, but I have a > few questions. > >> > > >> > I should mention that the problem I am really trying to solve is how > to keep a subset of my files on my laptop, while having a much larger set > on my NAS. > >> > > >> > Here are my questions: > >> > > >> > I have thousands of pictures for my wife on my NAS, but it is too > much to keep a copy on her laptop. But she needs to access a set of pics to > edit or to create printable albums. > >> > > >> > Q: Would it be possible for me to use Perkeep on her laptop to sync > only the files that matches a search? > >> > > >> > Say the search query is for all pics between x to y and tag > 'review=false'. That way, she can see which photos she needs to work on, > and when she is finished she can tag them as 'reviewed=true' or something > and they would be removed from her laptop, but still be in the Perkeep blob > store on the NAS. > >> > >> I'm not sure what you mean by sync, but I think there are at least a > >> couple of more or less direct workflows that could resemble what you > >> want. > >> 1) use the web UI to search what you want, select them all, download > >> them to laptop, work on them, upload the modifications. > >> 2) '' > >> , create a root that contains all the selected > >> items, use that root with cammount. that would get you a filesystem > >> view of only the items your searched for. Then you can do you work > >> directly on them. > >> > >> > > >> > Currently, our NAS mobile app uploads photos to the NAS to separate > directories. I would like the same thing with Perkeep, but keep our photos > and files separate. As before, my wife files will sync to her computer and > tagged as 'reviewed=false'. Once she reviews/edit it, it can be tagged as > 'reviewed=true'. > >> > > >> > Q: Is it possible to use one perkeepd to store both of our files, but > still keep them separate? That way we can share what we want to. Currently, > we do this with our NAS team folder feature where we have a family share > that keeps things in sync on our respective devices.[1] > >> > >> As it is, perkeepd does not support multi-users. You might be able to > >> get away with 2 perkeepd storing at the same place but that is asking > >> for trouble I think. > >> So I'd recommend instead: > >> 1) Either you use only one perkeep instance and you're both the same > >> user (i.e. same GPG key), and you set the boundary with tags, or sets, > >> etc. If you don't mind being able to see each other's things, that's > >> the easiest, both for you and the system. > >> 2) Or you run 2 instances, one for each of you, and you share things > >> with each other via share claims. The drawback is more resource use, > >> and the fact that to actually see whatever you share with each other, > >> you have to first import what they share with you (except when it's > >> just one image), because there's no easy way (yet) to visualize a > >> bunch of shared things right now. So, what they share with you, you > >> either import as files with pk-get (and then maybe push them to your > >> instance if you want afterwards), or you import them directly to your > >> instance through the web UI. > >> > >> > While Synology makes sharing very easy, it doesn't have a way to sync > files matching some criteria/tags. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > >> hth, > >> Mathieu > >> > >> > > >> > .v > >> > > >> > [1] - Synology NAS Drive - > https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/file_sharing > >> > > >> > Seeking ... > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Perkeep" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Perkeep" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Perkeep" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Perkeep" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Perkeep" group. 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