is partial/customised synch possible?

kuntsman
I have a massive library of files synched from my previous computer (I use Zotero to screen grab while doing Internet research, so its way beyond a reglar bubliography)

I now started a new project, on a new computer, so have a new library. I would like to upload it onto the server and share with my collaborators, for which I need to synch the add on with the server. However, I dont want the rest of my massive library to be synched onto my current machine . Is it possible to have a customised/partial synch?

thanks very much
  • dstillman
    No possible currently, sorry. Might be in the future after we switch to a new syncing architecture in 5.0.
  • kuntsman
    thanks, Dan
    Is there another way to share a library (instead of synching)?
    I am afraid that once I begin downloading my (truly massive) old library it would crash the computer or slow it beyond belief
  • dstillman
    Well, you could simply transfer your database from the other computer, which would avoid the downloading step (though the library would still be on that computer).
  • dstillman
    edited February 17, 2015
    And you wouldn't need to transfer the 'storage' directory, so it wouldn't take up that much disk space. You'd first want to set Zotero on the second computer not to sync files for your personal library.

    Then, once you've transferred the database, which should sync cleanly with no new data, you could just create a group library with file syncing enabled for the collaboration.
  • kuntsman
    not sure I understand. my "big" library is on the server already (its also on some computer back up but the computer itself is gone, the whole point of having a massive paid storage on zotero is precisely not to loose the archive when machiines die).

    when i synch, wouldnt zotero still synch with the server and download everything thats on it?
  • dstillman
    edited February 17, 2015
    No, that'd be the point of transferring your database from another computer that's already in sync (and disabling file syncing for your personal library on the new computer). Zotero would just pick up where the other database left off, which is a fully synced state.
  • dstillman
    I was assuming you still had access to the old computer or had a recent backup of your Zotero data directory from that computer. If that's not the case, this wouldn't help.
  • kuntsman
    i do have a fairly recent backup, so that might help
    -- but it still means i'd have a massive library sitting in my browser...
    thanks
  • dstillman
    edited February 17, 2015
    Zotero only loads library data when you switch to a library for the first time in a session, so as long as you stay in the group library, you mostly wouldn't be affected by the size of the other library. (It's the same database, so if it's truly immense some operations might be a little slower, but that wouldn't affect Firefox performance.)
  • dstillman
    And again, you wouldn't need to have any of the attached files in your personal library, so in terms of disk space it'd just be the size of the zotero.sqlite file itself.

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