My experiences with Rock and a 500k+ tracks library

[danny (Danny Dulai)]

@Craig_Palmer

Given this, I would really like clear answers on:

• Is there a tipping point in library size where you should go to Windows machine? (Or not) If so, what is the size?
• Is there any difference on this answer depending on the makeup of the library (local tracks vs added tracks from Qobuz or Tidal)

And it would be great to see this guidance updated as major new updates to Roon comes out. While there was a time where a 500+ library was rare when it was comprised solely of local tracks, with the ease of adding tracks from a streaming service, this is going to become a more common thing IMHO.

We mentioned this in the release notes for 1.7. Streaming vs files make no difference on performance at all. They impact the system identically.

There was a time where Roon OS performed the same as Roon on Linux/Mac, and you needed to use Windows if you had more than approximately 300,000 tracks. But that changed with 1.7 – Mac/Linux/Windows are the same as before, but Roon OS (ROCK and Nucleus) is even better performing than Windows now.