IPhoto Over Network

I've read a number of threads on this and other forums that warn against putting iPhoto on a network drive. Ok, fair enough. But, like many I don't have capacity on my laptops for iPhoto anymore. I do have a 1 TB Mac Mini that would suffice for quite some time, and a Time Capsule as well. We don't really have a plan to use the Mini as a client per se, at least not easily. The issue is that it's best if we use the laptops as the end user interface, but need to store the iPhoto Library elsewhere.
I'm trying to come up with the best solution for us. I think what I'd like to do is set up iPhoto on the Mini, then enable Remote Management so the Mini can be logged into from the laptops. This, perhaps coupled with a shared file system for photo import/export between the Mini and the laptops probably does the trick. The main disadvantage I see is that when importing photos, we'll have to plug into the Mini rather than the laptop, but that's no big deal. And, I somewhat question the security of Remote Management -- everything would be behind a firewall, but still. I have some experience with remote desktop stuff, but not Apple's: If there are legit security concerns, I'd appreciate knowing that.
Any other issues that people see with this? Or any alternative solutions to propose?
Many thanks for your help!

I'm not sure what5 part of do not put the iPhoto library on a network you are finding ambiguous
The iPhoto library MUST be on the boot drive or an external drive connects directly to your Mac with a fast wired connection like FireWire, ThunderBolt or USB 2 or 3 - iPhoto is not suitable for network access
Simply purchase an external hard drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and connect to your Mac unison of the above connections - then more you r library to it -
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
Read the last pragraph of this support artile - again it is very clear - iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Apple Support
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss. If you use both iPhoto and Aperture with the same library, using a Mac OS X Extended formatted volume is recommended. For more information, see Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library
LN

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