Database grew enormously

Server Version#: 4.125.1

My library takes up 30GB, how can it be so big? Can anything be done to reduce it?

Thanks!

I’m thinking of a few good jokes right now :slight_smile:

You likely have Video Preview Thumbails enabled, which can take up a lot of space depending on the number of items on your server. You can either disable them entirely and delete any existing thumbnails (outlined in the linked article), or if you still want preview thumbnails, but save some space, you can adjust the GenerateBIFFrameInterval “Advanced, Hidden Server Setting” to change the thumbnail interval. Since the default interval is 2 seconds, if you change it to e.g. 10 seconds, you should see an ~80% reduction in the amount of space required for preview thumbnails. If you do go with that approach, you’ll have to delete any existing thumbnails first and regenerate them with the new interval.

Why is my Plex Media Server directory so large?

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