# Library scans entire library **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux, server-unraid\ **Created:** [April 5, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-scans-entire-library/568696 "2020-04-05T22:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-scans-entire-library/568696/2 "2020-04-05T22:38:50Z")
You might want to verify your OS’ settings for how many folders it will actually monitor. If I remember correctly, the default is something slightly above 8,000 folders – so you might have been pushing it… as a result Plex probably won’t get the specific folder that had been updated but a generic “something happened” to work with. > [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/9): > > Increase the number of directories Linux can monitor (inotify) for PMS The default size of the Linux inotify table is 8192 directories (\*1). When PMS is configured to update automatically when media is added, with properly organized media, especially music, this table rapidly fills and exceeds the default allocation requiring you to increase it. The solution to this is straight forward. Increasing the table size is easy. The first step is to determine how many directories to alloca… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-scans-entire-library/568696)._