Server Version#: 1.41.7.9784 After cleaning up my libraries some weeks ago my library.db size used to be about 176 KB. I’ve only added about 10 TV episodes the latest days and refreshed metadata for a couple of shows and now the library is about 377 KB and after optimizing the DB from the Web UI t…

@mrjohnpoz “auto” does far more than what “vacuum” does. It does a full export + reload . Vacuum after Auto is redundant. (you’re compacting an already compacted DB) Auto does a full export (sorted perfect order). It then writes a new, fully sorted and compacted DB. Vacuum only removes th…

Yes. It will clean up the database during the scheduled tasks .

Yeah I know, I ran auto first - but the db was still showing 10GB in size.. I then ran vacuum after the auto had completed and it shrunk it down to 500MB size. 025-05-28 22.16.04 - Repair - Verify main database - PASS (Size: 10592MB/557MB). 2025-05-28 22.18.38 - Vacuum - Vacuum main database - P…

Thanks @ChuckPa ! DBRepair got me back in order. 42gb down to 1.4gb. :slight_smile:

Unfortunately auto wouldn’t work for me in DBRepair as it said I didn’t have enough space even with 311GB free. Manually set it vacuuming and it’s still going. Looks like my db is over 100GB and no other apps are crashing due to low space. Just hope the process completes.

[image] mrjohnpoz: 025-05-28 22.16.04 - Repair - Verify main database - PASS (Size: 10592MB/557MB). 2025-05-28 22.18.38 - Vacuum - Vacuum main database - PASS (Size: 557MB/557MB) The sizes here are: (Size: Before MB / After MB) That shows Repair (part of Auto) did the reduction. Start…

[image] guygamer: Unfortunately auto wouldn’t work for me in DBRepair as it said I didn’t have enough space even with 311GB free. Manually set it vacuuming and it’s still going. Looks like my db is over 100GB and no other apps are crashing due to low space. Just hope the process completes. Un…

Hundreds of free GBs is not exactly a small size/amount allocated for a db that would probably take decades to reach that size, so I wouldn’t point fingers in that direction or anything that has to do with users. This is an almost inexcusable mistake on the developers’ side. Personally, I’ve starte…

Hi drzoidberg33, thanks for the reply. My db ballooned to 155GB, how much free space do I need to perform the maintainance?

I am not employed in any way with Plex. This just my 2 cents. This was a Beta update, not stable. If you aren’t willing test potentially unsafe releases, use the stable updates. The DB-Repair tool is NOT an official tool from Plex. It is a 3rd-party tool written by a Plex team member. If you are h…

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