Can I set up a local server with only a subset of the database?

[politas]

My wife has a huge collection of Tango music, and wants a databse to track it all. I think the Musicbrainz database is what she needs, but:

• The entire Musicbrainz database has an awful lot of data she doesn’t want to see in searches. Is it possible to have a local server that caches linked data and otherwise only contains data locally created? Alternatively, is there a good way to limit search results by collections?

• How difficult is it to add extra local information connecting releases to local file locations to link to recordings?

[politas]

Or maybe I’ve been reading this all wrong. Is replication of a local copy two-way at all?

[InvisibleMan78]

@politas

Is replication of a local copy two-way at all?

No, you only get the replication packets for your local installed copy of MB server.
You never send back any information.

@politas

Is it possible to have a local server

It is possible, yes. But not as easy as you may think

@politas

How difficult is it to add extra local information

It depends on your skills about database programming, SQL queries and such things.

Please have a look here: MusicBrainz Server / Setup - MusicBrainz

[yvanzo]

@politas

Or maybe I’ve been reading this all wrong. Is replication of a local copy two-way at all?

Indeed, replication is one-way mirroring only as MusicBrainz is a centralized database for now.

For a personal database of your own music only, see beets.