Adding SSD to Rock - thoughts?

Roon Software ROCK
#1

Hi there,

I currently have a 2tb spinning hard drive in my NUC ROCK (NUC7i7BNB, Samsung 250GB NVMe SSD, Crucial 2x4gb 2133 DDR4 ram). I backup to the harddrive, it has music files on it too. I also backup to my NAS.

I am running out of space now so I have been wondering about swapping the current 2tb drive for a 4tb SSD, something like a Samsung EVO 4tb.

Other than more space, can I expect any change in performance? Or should I just get another spinning drive?

I don’t really hear the current drive unless I move towards it and definitely not when listening to music.

#2

It’ll be quieter and a bit speedier, but not really noticeable for music content. It’ll use less power too.

I wouldn’t buy a 4TB spinning disk in 2021, but take that as my personal opinion.

#3

I’m puzzled. If this is the Internal Storage of your ROCK system, you really shouldn’t be putting backups on it alongside your music files. It really isn’t a good idea.

#4

ROCK itself is on a Samsung 250GB NVMe SSD. The USB drive was added later, it was actually an external drive which I took the case off and installed inside my NUC (HDPLEX case) instead of accessing the music files on the NAS across my wired network.

In terms of back-up, I save on the internal USB, the NAS and its also copied across to my desktop PC, plus I have a cold back-up too. This is for both Roon and the music files themselves.

#5

Thanks! The only thing stopping me to date was the price jump between 2tb and 4tb SSD.

I am still ripping CDs to FLAC and I have been slowing moving towards the magic 2tb line which would not then fit on the current HDD.

#6

Ah - OK, it’s a USB Drive, so ROCK sees it as an “external” drive, and can be used for Backups. If you connect a drive via SATA, then it will show up in Roon as “Internal Storage”, and this drive cannot be used for Backups.

#7

Thats helpful, thank you. So, if/when I pull the existing USB drive and replace it with a 4tb SSD this will mean I can store my music on the new SSD, but I won’t be able to back-up the Roon database, is that correct?

#8

That is correct. If you want an additional Backup location besides your NAS, you could put the HDD back in its enclosure and plug it in to a USB port on the NUC…

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