Plex server overstrained?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Server Version#: Version 1.25.1.5286

I am running Plex-media-server on a SEAGATE NAS.
I have been trying to read in my music-archive with about 70.000 titles now for 3 days! No end in sight.
Is the server overstrained?
How many titles can the server manage?

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For mid-large libraries I’d always recommended using a NAS purely for storage and run the plex server on its own hardware.

I’m not sure you’ll get an actual, you can have x content on a NAS plex server without issue. It’s more like when you start seeing problem get better hardware for your plex server.

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In case you have a Plex Pass and enabled sonic features… analyzing those 70k titles will take some time (probably more than 3 days). That doesn’t mean Plex cannot manage your 70k titles – it’ll just take time to get them all sorted out.

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For adding a large colection, I recomend you to do these steps first:
Set to “Disabled” both
Settings - Server - Library - “Analyze audio tracks for loudness”
as well as
Settings - Server - Library - “Analyze audio tracks for sonic features”
(you can re-enable these after all your music has been added successfully)

Check and re-organize your collection of files.
Plex needs always the folder structure

/Music
   / AlbumArtist
      / AlbumTitle
        1 - track.mp3
        2 - track.mp3
        3 - track.mp3
        ...

This applies to sampler albums as well!

Plex cannot handle large folders with unorganized tracks in them.

I recommend you to sort and tag your files meticulously.
Very important is the “Album Artist” meta tag. It should be present in all files and it must conform with the AlbumArtist folder where the album is stored within.

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Thanks folks for advice.
My file system is exactly what you suggested.
Anyway, after 4 days! loading Plex swallowed the files and runs now pretty well.

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Very good. Happy Plexing!

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