DVC support for the local storage

Questions
1

HI
Can we add local storage for DVC. like (i dont want to store it on s3 or gcp, need to only point to local storage)
ex :

  1. dvc add file:\\ xxx.xx.xx.x\images\annex\dvc-storage
    or
  2. dvc add X:/annex/dvc-storage/data.xml ( local storage)
    After trying above option. i am getting error.
    Initialization error: Config file error: Unsupported URL.
    Please provide an appropriate solution or syntax

Note : storage is tyron. the storage location is mounted to window or on linux.

With ref : Does DVC fit in a Local Area Network infrastucture where git repos are not in the computing server?

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Hi @jagdeesh !

If I’ve understood your scenario correctly from the previous post, you want to use mounted dvc-storage directory as a local remote for your dvc projects, so you and your team could dvc push/pull from/to it the cache for your projects, right? If so, you should use this command(I assume you are running Windows):

$ dvc remote add myremote X:\\annex\dvc-storage -d

which will tell dvc where the remote storage is located and after that you could simply use

$ dvc push # to upload your cache to the local storage
$ dvc pull # to download cache from the local storage

Our “get started” guide actually goes through the process of setting up a dvc project with a “local remote storage”, which looks to be precisely what you are trying to accomplish. Please take a look at it, it should be useful. Feel free to followup with any questions, we are always happy to help.

Thanks,
Ruslan

3

Hi @kupruser!.

Thanks for the quick reply it resolved my issue with small changes.

Url stored in the config
dvc add X:\annex\dvc-storage store in config file as
X:\annex\dvc-storage

with changes ;
dvc add X:\annex\dvc-storage in config file (\) it double back slash.
X:\annex\dvc-storage

Thank tyou