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Suggestions for my new library/server setup
John Gateley:
--- Quote from: Alex B on March 02, 2008, 10:05:10 am ---Maybe not in the server's NTFS file system, but at least it lessens the amount of bulk library data. In a very large library the cumulative effect may become observable.
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Yes, that makes sense, especially when Library Server is in use...
j
WinoOutWest:
--- Quote from: John Gateley on March 02, 2008, 09:47:13 am ---Does keeping the names short have an efficiency impact?
I'd suggest limiting the number of items in a directory, directory with a long list of files/sub-directories can take a long time to search.
j
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hmmm... so how exactly can you limit the number of items in a directory when you have 200,000 plus mp3s and want to host that on 2 physical drives? Right now I planning something like this:
x:\m1\generalgenreorotherdescriptor\artist-album\song.mp3
(the m1..m6 representing the 6 drives I currently have that I want to move to the new 750s)
as you can see this leaves an awful pile of directories. Are there any guidelines around this sort of thing for large libraries?
--- Quote ---I'll bet you a bottle of your favorite beverage that creating a new library will not solve your freeze/crash problems. I personally would chase down and fix that problem first before changing more (quite likely unrelated) variables. Have you tried a different player with your existing hardware to see if it behaves nicely?
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Any guesses what my favorite beverage might be? :) I might be be making a bit of a presumption on the database being my problem - I use the HTPC for music and TV/Movies/Pictures and it appears to be solid with the music and JRiver. Haven't loaded any other players. I also use the same library on another desktop on the network and have similiar performance issues with JRiver.
JimH:
Have you tried Library Tools/Rename Files from Properties? It's a powerful tool to move files. Try a few before you do very many.
WinoOutWest:
--- Quote from: JimH on March 02, 2008, 01:18:08 pm ---Have you tried Library Tools/Rename Files from Properties? It's a powerful tool to move files. Try a few before you do very many.
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But won't this perpetuate any DB problems that might be there?
John Gateley:
--- Quote from: WinoOutWest on March 02, 2008, 12:29:31 pm ---hmmm... so how exactly can you limit the number of items in a directory when you have 200,000 plus mp3s and want to host that on 2 physical drives? Right now I planning something like this:
x:\m1\generalgenreorotherdescriptor\artist-album\song.mp3
(the m1..m6 representing the 6 drives I currently have that I want to move to the new 750s)
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use m1\genre\artist\album\
I use 256 as a rule of thumb size target, but 1000 is probably okay.
This also depends on the file system implementation, how search is implemented in directories. Some file systems (Reiser?) handle large directories better than others. I'm not sure at all about Windows file systems.
j
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