Plex linux nfs inotify

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Anyone who have this problem with library not updating with setup linux and nfs share for content?

Anyone who have a god workaraund?

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Generally, network filesystems don’t provide change notifications. There are exceptions to this but most don’t. I’m fairly certain that NFS has no mechanism at all. I’ve seen it work in SMB but there’s no guarantee that it will work for you. You’d likely need a local filesystem for inotify to work correctly.

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If I may augment gbooker02,

  1. SMB (Windows) emulates by refreshing (reading) frequently.
  2. NFS does not.

Both protocols predate the kernel’s inotify feature. Neither was updated to support it.

The only known workaround:

  1. Periodically scan
  2. Partial Scan (minimizes work to be done)