# Slow library performance due to increasingly growing database

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/slow-library-performance-due-to-increasingly-growing-database/740511>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/slow-library-performance-due-to-increasingly-growing-database/740511 "2021-09-01T20:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/slow-library-performance-due-to-increasingly-growing-database/740511/59 "2022-01-12T12:27:22Z")

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I have a new alpha build with the fix and avoids the delays seen on NAS for users with massive extras.

I can send it to users that have the high number of extras as showing when doing this query on the database

`select count(metadata_item_id),metadata_item_id from metadata_relations group by metadata_item_id order by count(metadata_item_id) desc limit 20`

The alpha build willl be 1.25.4.5396 or later

(I would not be able to provide an alpha update process for docker - so for other platforms only)

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