# Server Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708 "2018-10-19T12:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/1 "2018-10-19T12:50:51Z")
My Server is really jacked up. Nothing really works properly anymore. Everything takes forever to load and my dashboard will not load anymore. Is there any way to fix this problem?? .[Plex Media Server Logs\_2018-10-19\_07-41-33.zip](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/6/6/669ee449c4dc9d2bf4f98d0d0cfafa7a142dcd8a.zip) (5.6 MB) ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/2 "2018-10-20T01:42:34Z")
Is this on the same network or remote access? ---
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/3 "2018-10-21T01:52:30Z")
i believe the same network ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/4 "2018-10-21T03:26:59Z")
Maybe try restarting the server or updating it. A couple questions. 1. When you say dashboard, do you mean opening plex’s home page or is it the media files that take forever to load up? 2. Do you have your media files and server setup on the same computer? 3. What are you using to run the actually Plex Media Server? ---
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/5 "2018-10-21T03:34:01Z")
yes the hompage of your plex media files. yes they are all on the same computer. but i also have like 8 external hard drives connected to it my desktop 8gb ram, amd processor, windows 10 ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/6 "2018-10-21T03:46:11Z")
Hmm interesting… How many external drives are connected to plex? my guess is that those drives are too slow or still loading metadata. ---
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/7 "2018-10-21T03:49:32Z")
11 lol:joy:😂😂 ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/8 "2018-10-21T03:51:06Z")
geez 😂 , it could be that the plex server is trying to make the connection to every single drive, rather than it coming from one directory. I stumbled across this… [https://support.plex.tv/articles/201420066-how-can-i-make-dashboard-content-appear-faster/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201420066-how-can-i-make-dashboard-content-appear-faster/) ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/9 "2018-10-21T03:52:00Z")
is the plex server on ur main pc? ---
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/10 "2018-10-21T03:59:22Z")
yes, it’s on my main pc. ya I know I have too many. but I’m saving up to buy [My Cloud Pro Series PR4100](https://www.wdc.com/en-um/products/network-attached-storage/my-cloud-pr4100.html#WDBNFA0400KBK) so I can have it on one NAS storage device! ---
**Author:** ![Hawaiiankaikai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hawaiiankaikai/32/101995_2.png) [@Hawaiiankaikai](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hawaiiankaikai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/11 "2018-10-21T04:09:31Z")
Yes thats the best way! You can have it as a dedicated Media Library and even a dedicated Plex Server. I got a Synology Nas myself and I love it. But yea since youre using ur main pc as ur Plex server, while your using the pc it could be getting bogged down with the 8gb ram. If you want a quick fix id say, - Limit your plex apps because I heard that slows it down quite a bit. - Move your actually Plex Server to a SSD. (My Best Suggestion 😂) - Try to keep the amount of DIFFERENT drives connected to Plex to a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![shedman214](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@shedman214](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shedman214)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/13 "2018-10-21T04:21:09Z")
i messaged you ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-issues/321708/14 "2019-01-19T04:33:47Z")
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