# Large library performance is terrible **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/large-library-performance-is-terrible/171232 "2021-09-09T13:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Geoff\_Coupe](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/geoff_coupe/32/47986_2.png) [@Geoff\_Coupe](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Geoff_Coupe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/large-library-performance-is-terrible/171232/14 "2021-09-10T16:01:14Z")
> [@jim\_Schanzenbach](#): > > I ve reset everything and as mentioned I also run a flex server against the same library and dont have any latency so im basically stuck the SSD drive seems like a possible enhancement Sorry, but are you saying that you are running the Roon Core’s database (which is handling 135,000+ tracks) on a hard drive, rather than on a SSD? If that is the case, then it is no surprise that you have performance issues. This (old) post is still valid, IMO… > [@Suggested hardware](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/suggested-hardware/90/20): > > It feels like the answer to most “will it work?” questions is going to be “It’ll work, but it won’t be as good as it could be”, because lets be honest, no-one is going to wonder whether a Mac Pro works flawlessly or not. I want to expand a little bit more to help you guys understand where the tradeoffs are so you can make good hardware decisions. As we’ve said above, Roon will run on just about anything vaguely recent. How much hardware you need to get an impeccable experience depends on how yo… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/large-library-performance-is-terrible/171232)._