Upgrading to iPhoto 11 with a library on an external SMB network drive.

I currently have about 15000 photos on an SMB network HDD and would like to upgrade to to iPhoto 11. Although the photo's are on the external drive which is backed up, the photos are also backed up to a time capsule. Due to the size of the file and having multiple computers accessing the file I would prefer to keep the photos on an external drive.
1. Can I continue to keep the library on the external drive ( I believe not)
2. If I have to move the library to a MAC formatted drive, what is the safest and easiest way to do this?

The drive has to be formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?
A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package
A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.
Moving a Managed Library is easy:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from the current location to the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the other one to free up space.
Regards
TD

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