Looking to speed up my server a little

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.18.4.2164
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My library is getting to the point that browsing, dealing with metadata, and adding media is getting really sluggish. I have a spare SSD that is lying around pretty much unused and I and wondering what folders I can move to the SSD to speed up. I know about the Metadata folder but will moving just that folder to an SSD speed things up or does the Media folder (the media folder in the Plex application directory, not my actual library) have to live on an SSD too?

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I would just move everything to be safe. Personally, I would

  • Stop the server
  • Copy plex directory (/var/lib/plexmediaserver on Linux) to the SSD
  • Replace original directory with symlink to new directory on ssd.

There’s probably a better way, but that should work. You could always just use the SSD as a system drive, that’ll speed everything up.

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  • Copy plex directory (/var/lib/plexmediaserver on Linux) to the SSD
  • Replace original directory with symlink to new directory on ssd.

Well I am using Docker so for me it would just be move the directory then point Docker at that directory.

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It is the database that is most important to put on ssd.

Metadata too, but that can take a lot more space.

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Well I have a few spare SSDs lying around I can slap into a mdadm RAID5 array so if moving metadata will give an extra boost I will bother with it.

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