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I have a TV Shows Plex library. It points to a single root folder called “TV Shows”. Each TV Show (e.g. “Happy Days” ) is in its own folder under “TV Shows”.
Can I simply create grouping sub-folders in the root of “TV Shows” such as “0-F” and “G-M” “N-T” etc. and just move the current TV show’s folders e.g. “Happy Days” into the appropriate grouping folder without breaking anything? I.e. Not lose the data like who has watched what etc??
No.
If you want to create arbitrary, additional folder levels, you would have to change which folder is added to the Plex library. In this case, you would have to replace the singular TV Shows folder with each of the additional “grouping” subfolders you want to create.
This will very likely create havoc, with series getting new Added-At dates and all analyzations (credits, voice activity, intros) getting re-processed.
Why do you feel the need for these grouping folders?
Argh rats. I was hoping Plex would/could scan inside all the subfolders (Traverse??) and find the same stuff was there, and just keep humming along (after whatever reindexing (or whatever) it needed to do of course).
Why? Good question. Maybe you have another idea/solution.
My TV shows root is over 12TB. Backing up is currently fine and working ok (as is restoring and integrity checks - Hyperbackup to local USB and to another off-site Synology NAS).
Problem/Concern-The size of a single backup this big is making me nervous. Fixing/redoing a large backup is much more time intensive and problematic than a smaller one. I am trying to minimize future problems while all is OK now.
My first thoughts - Manually select individual tv show folders for separate backups.
Problem- each time I add a tv show folder I have to them remember to go in and add it to the appropriate backup task.
If the backup tasks are set to backup parent folders that tv shows are in, there is no forgetting or missing anything.
Ideas?
How about doing a file-by-file backup, instead of producing the equivalent of a TAR (tape archive)?
I think this suits backing up large media files better. And you can use date/time stamps to only backup new and changed files (since the last backup run), so that subsequent backup runs are faster than the initial one.
My backup is incremental so only the new/changed gets backed up, which is good. If there is a backup problem though, the thought of re-doing 12TB gives me twitches :).
I’m not An experienced backup person though. Maybe 12TB is not that big of a deal? I don’t really have a scale to reference. Your thoughts?
Copying 12 TB will definitely take a while – particularly if you only use Fast Ethernet or slow-ish external hard drive(s).
