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I am using a gigabit network to access the shared drive.......that should suffice, no?
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That's plenty. You can always use electrum if you don't want the full client.

yochdog

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on December 27, 2012, 12:25:12 PM

Quote from: yochdog on December 27, 2012, 10:53:42 AM

Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:?

I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures.

Any help is appreciated!

There is a lot of I/O that occurs. I don't know the performance using a remote share, but it can't be pretty.

Anyway, the steps are:

1.) Ensure you have a backup of your wallet.dat

2.) Run Bitcoin-Qt to detach the DB at shut down.
(Right click on Menu -> options, then mark the checkbox Detach Databases at Shutdown.)
Then close Bitcoin-Qt.

Or, run from the command line:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -detachdb=1

3.) Copy (or move) the entire Bitcoin directory to the new location
[Edit: If copied instead of moved, you can then delete, or rename if unsure, the old directory location.]

4.) Launch Bitcoin-Qt with the -datadir= specifying the new Bitcoin directory

e.g, for use on drive Z:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=Z:\Bitcoin

5.) Profit.

I am using a gigabit network to access the shared drive.......that should suffice, no?

Stephen Gornick

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Quote from: yochdog on December 27, 2012, 10:53:42 AM

Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:?

I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures.

Any help is appreciated!

There is a lot of I/O that occurs. I don't know the performance using a remote share, but it can't be pretty.

Anyway, the steps are:

1.) Ensure you have a backup of your wallet.dat

2.) Run Bitcoin-Qt to detach the DB at shut down.
(Right click on Menu -> options, then mark the checkbox Detach Databases at Shutdown.)
Then close Bitcoin-Qt.

Or, run from the command line:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -detachdb=1

3.) Copy (or move) the entire Bitcoin directory to the new location
[Edit: If copied instead of moved, you can then delete, or rename if unsure, the old directory location.]

4.) Launch Bitcoin-Qt with the -datadir= specifying the new Bitcoin directory

e.g, for use on drive Z:
C:\> Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=Z:\Bitcoin

5.) Profit.

yochdog

legendary

Activity: 2044

Merit: 1000

Hey folks.....could someone give me a quick tutorial on moving my .dat file to a network drive rather than my C:?

I am filling up fast on my SSD, and need to get it moved to greener pastures.

Any help is appreciated!

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