# Libraries and 6TB External Hard Drives

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**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/libraries-and-6tb-external-hard-drives/836149 "2023-03-30T02:39:28Z")\
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1, You can keep your files on the external HDD(s) just as you would on internal HDDs or on a NAS. The only requirement is they mount (/etc/fstab) before PMS starts.

1. The method you use is to create a “TV” directory containing all your series.

```auto

/hdd/
   tv/
     Star Trek (1966)/
       season 1/
         episodes here
      Another Series/
        Season 1/
          Another Series - S01E01 - title.ext
          Another Series - S01E02 - title.ext 

```

Repeat the structure as often as needed

Sections are created and point to the TOP level → /hdd/tv (in this case)  
They are a group of series stored in a folder (or multiple folders)

I have

- /nas/tv, /nas/tv2, (as main tv);
- /nas/tv3 is for cartoons,
- /nas/tv4 is for cooking programs

It’s really flexible.

If you need help mounting external drives, there is a how-to (shows you step-by-step)

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/2):
>
> Using other hard drives (Windows or Linux) with PMS This How-To is written to help with Internal and External drives. It also is written to demonstrate how to cope with NTFS and EXT4 formatted drives. By logical extension, any format supported by Linux can be handled using the technique shown here. In all cases, the goal is to give user plex permission to read your media files which Linux doesn’t allow by default due to its strict security model. We will walk through the steps needed …

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