Moving plex database to network share

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Hi i currently use plex in docker and have my media folder mapped in the container to a cifs mount on the host. the mount is to my nas.

My plex database (’/config’) folder is getting very large >150Gb! due to thumbnails etc, and i’d like to move the database to my nas also but…

When i tried this i got lots of errors about not being able to copy symlinks to the cifs mount - which makes sense.
Ithen tried moving the database into a nfs mount, but it was strangely unreliable. server disappearing, libraries not loading etc.

Has anyone successfully moved a plex database onto a network share of anykind? do any guidelines exist ?
Thanks

Server Version#:plexinc/pms-docker:plexpass

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Don’t. Just don’t.
Moving the plex data folder to a network share is a recipe for a corrupt database.

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Yeah, CIFS or NFS are VERY poor choices for Plex databases, mainly because locking and support for other features are lacking from those protocols. But not all network file systems are. I use CephFS and don’t have problems but that’s WAY more work than the average person would want to take on. GlusterFS would probably work too but that’d be more work than necessary. I’d recommend looking into exporting an iSCSI drive from your NAS to the host. To Plex an iSCSI drive would be indistinguishable from a local drive (except for speed).

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ok, thanks for the feedback. i guess i’ll skip that plan then! maybe i’ll go iscsi.

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