My Plex server is a VM. I made the VM’s disk space rather smaller (when back when space for a Plex server didn’t require much space). Now with all the graphics and what not space sometimes is an issue. I’d like to be able to have Plex store all the supporting media on a network drive… And be able…

If you go into your server’s General Settings and show advanced then you see a “The path where local application data is stored”. It will use the folder “Plex Media Server” within that location. I just don’t remember if you need to move the eisting folder before or after you make the change there. …

Moving the entire appdata folder to a network drive is a bad idea. Plex stores your metadata info in an SQLite database which does not work well over a network. The best option is to move the metadata and media folders over to your network drive, then create symlink in their original location to p…

MovieFan.Plex - is the problem with SQLite when using a UNC path? In that case, under Windows, couldn’t you just map the share to a drive letter and avoid the symlink? That may be easier for a non-tech user. But then we don’t know which OS the OP is running. That’s missing from the long Sig. —BTW …

No. I don’t know the details but when the database file is on a network drive, there are delays and other network things that interferes with the read/write timing of the file. You can easily end up with corrupted entries in the database which leads to things failing in PMS. You can do it, there …

@MovieFan.Plex said: Moving the entire appdata folder to a network drive is a bad idea. Plex stores your metadata info in an SQLite database which does not work well over a network. The best option is to move the metadata and media folders over to your network drive, then create symlink in their…

How is the drive in the NAS formatted? Symbolic links are not supported in all formats. In Windows for example, Microsoft’s new ReFS doesn’t support them, nor certain drive pooling techniques.

@MovieFan.Plex said: How is the drive in the NAS formatted? Symbolic links are not supported in all formats. In Windows for example, Microsoft’s new ReFS doesn’t support them, nor certain drive pooling techniques. Windows is showing it as NTFS. It’s mounted as cifs. I Don’t recall being able …

Oh wait. Are you using Windows or Ubuntu? I’m confused.

@MovieFan.Plex said: Oh wait. Are you using Windows or Ubuntu? I’m confused. My Plex server is Ubuntu. I looked at the NAS format from a windows machine.

What’s the exact command you are using to make the symlink?

[Request] Supporting Media Stored On Network Resource - NOT Plex Server - #12 by tom80H - Feature Suggestions

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Plex Media Server

server-windows , networking

8

552

October 18, 2020

Moving The Metadata Folder from the OS Drive Mac

Metadata & Adding Files

server-mac

2

1750

August 14, 2020

Moving posters and art to other hard drive

Metadata & Adding Files

server-linux

12

355

March 12, 2021

Moving the plex database to a new drive

Plex Media Server

server-windows

11

10451

May 31, 2020

Plex files over the network

General Discussions

server-linux

6

190

September 29, 2023

[Request] Supporting Media Stored On Network Resource - NOT Plex Server

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