I’ve been using TP-Link products around my home since I adopted Roon five years ago with no issues at all related to them. Mine are single port devices connected to switches where I need more than port.
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The single port on the TP-Link goes to an Ethernet switch? That could make things simpler for me.
Yes. I have my router into one and a 5 and 8 port hanging off others. It all works seamlessly and I stream all of my TV through them as well as Roon.
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You won’t hear any improvement in sq if you use an ssd for music storage. Running Roon and it’s index on an ssd would be an improvement in performance
Did I state anything regarding improved SQ ?
I’ve got the NUC8i3BEK with an external HDD- it works great.
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My ROCK server has been running faultlessly for quite a while now. I’ve really appreciated the help I’ve received on here.
I’m now looking at backups. I have a spare 64GB USB stick (flash drive). Would this be the simplest method to back up my ROCK server? I can set a daily schedule for backups in the middle of the night and just leave it plugged into the NUC permanently.
Personally, I wouldn’t use a USB stick, but a USB HDD or SSD. The reason is that a Roon backup consists of thousands of folders and files - and, anecdotally, writing these to the typical hardware used in a USB stick seems to affect the life of the stick adversely.
I’ve been using an M.2 120GB Samsung SSD in a USB housing for the past 5 years without issue.
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Okay, I’ll look into acquiring a similar setup. Do you leave it permanently connected to your ROCK server?
Yes.
The ROCK/NUC is left on 24/7, and Backups are taken in the early hours of the morning.
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Hi Geoff, all sorted now! I purchased the following:
Corsair MP510, Force Series, 240GB M.2 NVMe PCIe x4 Gen3 SSD and a FIDECO M.2 NVME External SSD Enclosure:
The enclosure has a USB-C socket and comes with two USB cables, one terminated in a USB-C connector and one terminated in a USB-A connector. Using the latter cable, I formatted it into NTFS format on my iMac, and then used the other USB-C cable to plug it into the Thunderbolt 3 port on my Intel NUC.
The drive was recognised by the ROCK server with no issues:
I’ve set the default backup schedule and did do one manual backup just to see if it worked, and all was fine.
Appreciate your advice!
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Glad it appears to be working. I had thought that ROCK did not use the Thunderbolt port on a NUC, but it appears as though now it does…