External SSD on Synology - what improvements?

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@CJ_Eichinger

What data do you lose if you move/create a new database location? I’ve only been using Roon for 2 weeks, so it’s not like the database can be filled with enormous amounts of data.

You won’t lose any data if you take a backup of your database prior to creating the new database location and restoring from the backup afterwards.

Backup

Synology NAS for Roon

Hi Roger, if you want to use a USB storage option, I’d recommend initialising it first in the Synology DSM with a ext4 filesystem. (Control Panel -> External Devices: Select your USB Storage and select format on the top bar). This process will delete everything on that disk! USB devices will automatically be listed in the shared folder list as usbshareX. To use it as a storage for Roon Server’s database, you need to rename it to “RoonServer”. This can be done by selecting the usbshareX entry i…