Thumbnail location -> SSD

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Is it possible to change the location of where the thumbnails and poster art is stored. I would like to move them to a different drive which is SSD, so that they load faster when scrolling through plex.

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Iā€™m pretty sure that this is not something PMS supports by default. You might be able to somehow get it to work by relocating the folder and then creating a link in the PMS library folder, but that is something Iā€™d definitely not try without backing everything up first.

What you can always do is move your Linux install to an SSD and keep your media on HDDs. That way your PMS library (including the thumbnails) will be on the SSD without any special trickery.

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Thanks for the reply cetteup!

Iā€™m running an 8-bay QNAP NAS. Iā€™m not sure if its possible to change the default location of where PMS is installed., but Iā€™ll investigate that as an option.

As an alternative, perhaps I could create some kind of sym link from the default thumbnail location, to a new one on an SSD drive?

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A soon as the new ā€˜Forum Previewā€™ releases migrate to Plex Pass beta and then Public,
you will have full ā€œMigrate toā€ support.

I added it back with the ARMv8 Alpha test.

If you can wait for that, Itā€™s better.
If not:

  1. Make a share on the SSD volume e.g. /share/CACHEDEV4_DATA/PlexData
  2. SSH into the QNAP
  3. Stop Plex in App Center
  4. cd /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer
  5. tar cf - ./Library | (cd /share/CACHEDEV4_DATA/PlexData ; tar xf - )
  6. mv Library Library.orig
  7. ln -s /share/CACHEDEV4_DATA/PlexData/Library .
  8. Start PMS

This sequence copies all your metadata to the SSD share.
If you SSD Volume name is different, please edit the names above appropriately.

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Phenominal response ChuckPA, thank you.
Any idea on time frames when this feature will be in public preview?

Best,

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Public preview is already ongoing.

I am mobile right now but youā€™re looking for the 'Hopefully smaller, faster, builds" thread.

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You sir, are amazing. Thank you very much, have a wonderful Christmas!

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Thanks but Iā€™m just being myself

This is me, now retired, pulling whatever piece of info I need from memory.

Have yourself a very happy, safe, and Merry Christmas.

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