I’m wanting to create a second Roon server for a weekend/vacation house. My current home system has over 6,000 albums and very many multi-channel albums. The albums on my current system were added over the years and there are many, many duplicate albums and also albums that I never listen to. All my music files are stored on an external SSD, and there’s about 5.5 TB of data. In my current system, Roon is running on a NUC running ROCK. The playback system in my new place is stereo only.
I purchased a brand new Nucleus One and put in a 1TB SSD drive. What I want to do is to select a single best copy of my favorite albums and copy that onto the new Nucleus. So what’s the best and most efficient way to copy my existing files to the new Nucleus? I’m assuming that I can’t have two Roon servers running on the same network, right? If I could, I could use my MacBook to copy the files from the drive connected to the ROCK server to the Nucleus internal drive. But my Mac connects via WiFi so that might not be the most efficient way of transferring that much data. I could also connect the data drive from the ROCK server directly to my Mac, which might make things a little faster. Is there an even more efficient method that hasn’t occurred to me yet?
I would clean up the current system then copy the entire drive over to a new, larger drive for the vacation house. Otherwise, it’s going to be a long long tedious process, I think.
EDIT: This is how I would do it. I would NEVER go through 6000 albums manually picking and choosing which ones to copy to the new system. Or, I would copy all of them to a new drive, then take my time deleting the ones I don’t want from the new drive.
I have no need or desire to “clean up” the current system. It is exactly the way I want it. I’m trying to create a second system that is a partial subset of the existing system.
mjw
(Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction? I don't.)
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Wrong. You can have more than one server running, but only one will have an active subscription. However, this doesn’t matter since the file share on the Nucleus One will be visible on your network when powered on.
So, all you need to do is copy the folders you want to the Nucleus One. Therefore, keep the subscription active on your original server while copying.
When you’re done copying, open Roon Settings → General, and Disconnect. You’ll be presented with both servers, so you can select the Nucleus One, and log in.
If you’re just weighing opinions, I would want a duplicate system. Instead of a 1TB in Nucleus put in 2 4tb internal ssd and make a complete copy. Can also serve as an off site backup. I just did similar with uGreen 2 bay.
I have a similar sort of library but as @Jim_F suggests I have compartmentalised the library into 3 sub sets .The folder structure is identical in each case
I did this to reduce the library size so as to improve Roon’s responsiveness, on a Nucleus One that could be an advantage too
1 - Base Roon Library
2 - Duplicates and alternative versions (not really needed in main Library)
3 - Stuff I don’t want to delete but am never going to listen
Library 1 is on my NUC/ROCK SSD
Libraries 2 & 3 are on an external USB drive
In Roon keep Library 2 attached but disabled. By re-enabling it occasionally Roon maps it then I disable it again
That leaves me my core library connected at all times and a lot more responsive as its much smaller
For your requirement for holidays take library 1 on a USB drive
Mike, this is an interesting concept. I have my libraries divided into separate folders for Stereo and Multichannel, but each of those folders have multiple versions of the albums. I’m curious: what do you do when you get a new version of an album that you want in the base? Do you put the new version in your base library and move the old verion to the USB drive? I only have a tiny SSD in my NUC and all my music files are on a SanDisk 8TB Desk Drive SSD connected via USB-C.
the main reason for the split is box sets , Roon doesn’t handle box sets well so where a box will split into individual albums the album goes in No 1, the box in no 2 that’s what started it
Then I realised I had some real never listen stuff but being a good hoarder nothing goes so library 3
If I was to get a version eg the Beatles remasters they would be deemed important or why bother and go into Library 1 as a duplicate/version
If I were to get a HD version I would probably relegate the CD to Library 3 , gone but not lost.
It works for me, especially keeping the main library at or about 100k tracks means its still quick.
You can have more than one server running, but only one will have an active subscription. However, this doesn’t matter since the file share on the Nucleus One will be visible on your network when powered on.