Evening all, I have a question concerning storage. I have a 5tb external that I am using for me PLEX server and it is almost full. Rather than just buying a larger drive, is there a way I can just add say another 5tb drive? Thanks in advance for any help…-Curtis

Not a problem to have multiple drives. Just add it to your system, use it like the current drive, and add to the appropriate libraries. For example, if your current movie library is e:\movies, you could add the new drive as f:\, have a f:\movies directory, and point your “Movies” library at both l…

Could you please elaborate on how to make the path point to “both” drives?

Edit your library and add another path. Like when you created the library and you chose which folder(s) to add. Login via Plex Web Mouse over desired library. Click on vertical ellipsis to right of library name. Choose Manage Library -> Edit Choose “Add Folders” -> “Browse for Media Folder” [S…

I think I understand. So, PLEX will search and catalog both drives?

Yes. A library can scan multiple locations. I’m not sure if there is a hard limit. I’ve had libraries point to three or four locations w/o issue, and have seen posts where folks have pointed to 10+ locations.

I sure do preciate the help brother.

Glad to help. Reply back if you run into any issues. - Cheers.

FordGuy61 is absolutely correct in his suggestion. Just a quick note though. If you are automatically capturing anything into that drive, you may have some complications in getting things routed to the new drive. One option is to just make the new drive the target of your automation and just fill …

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