Move Plex Metadata/Install Location

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hello - I am fairly new to Plex, and fairly new to Linux as well (which is the OS I use to run my Plex server). As I am new to Linux, I didn’t set up my computer with the best memory strategy in mind and seem to be running out of room on my root partition ("/"). I have plenty of space in my “home” partition ("/home/username"), but I haven’t found a way yet that I can move the Plex metadata and other objects stored on my HDD at the location “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library” where all the server’s data is kept. I have a feeling there may be a way to do it, but looking at the contents of those directories, I’m a little intimidated. Any advice? (Already my server has 3.2GB of data stored there and I’m planning to add a lot more, but I’m afraid I’ll run out of space on my 20GB “/” partition - Linux has warned me a couple times about this now. I’ve tried to expand the partition, but the “home” directory is right next to it, so I don’t have room to move anything). Thanks!

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I have created a collection of tips for most occasions.

Under this tag, you will see the collection.

The second one “Moving PMS’ Library” is the one you wish.

https://forums.plex.tv/tags/server-linux-tips

Be advised.

  1. You can put your media anywhere on /home (e.g /home/media)
  2. You can relocate the metadata to /home/plexdata as I show above.
  3. Please don’t put put actual media inside the metadata directory. That will drive it NUTS. haha
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@ChuckPa - Thanks for the information! Looks like a great guide for all sorts of things. Thanks for sharing! Once I try this, I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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IF I may amend my post about the location, I am migrating all the NAS products to use a PlexData share. Eventually even the Linux boxes will have one. Maybe now is a good time to jump ahead a bit and create /home/plexdata ? Its purpose would be clear and descriptive names are easiest to remember :slight_smile:

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@ChuckPa - your procedure worked marvelously! I’m now using the library at /home/plexdata, which saved me about 18GB of space (and counting) on my root partition. Thanks for your assistance! I’m glad Plex has this feature - it’s sure nice to have the flexibility of moving that directory.

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