As explained (even if a little confusing) you should only use the folder InternalStorage and copy your media files to that one.
InternalStorage is a “mount point” and represents the secondary internal drive, in your case the 8Tb SSD.
And, remove the two storage locations you added.
The first, and preconfigured, storage location is all you need.
(when your media is copied to the correct location)
Like they said you should create your “music” folder inside the “Internalstorage” folder.
This is on PC and what mine look like (I created the “music” folder under the internalstorage location):
here is a KB that explains things:
Oh sorry, I had misunderstood this. Somehow I had thought that the 8 TB SSD was an external disk.
OK, so if it is internal, then ROCK formatted it and you can ignore the whole NTFS issue.
However, if it is internal, then the second entry for \\rock.local\data\Storage\Music is not needed and it is wrong.
As I mentioned before, the internal storage SSD is automatically configured and used by ROCK. It is represented as this automatic entry:
If you look on the ROCK in the file manager, this automatic entry corresponds to this folder:
Note that there is no folder “Music” under “Storage”. The Music files have to go into the folder “Internal Storage”
Also note the documentation:
BUT, he can create the “music” folder if he wants to (like I did in my system). Just FYI…
OK, so if I understand correctly I dont need to bother to create a folder as I did but can instead drop my music in InternalStorage. Can I put folders and subfolders there? As I did with my previous Music folder?
And what about the formatting of the SSD. I really dont even know how to check, my MAC does not “see” it, only this smb://192.168.1.129/Data/Storage/
When I installed it I think my NUC was working I just had to find of formatting it with the Roon app.
But not in Storage if he wants the music to be on the internal SSD of the ROCK, because the internal SSD of the ROCK is mounted to the folder InternalStorage that is inside of Storage
Yes. you can created subfolder in “internalstorage” folder.
Do n’t worry about the formatting it was done on the webUI by the Nucleus
yes, I it shoul dbe under “internalstorage”…
yep, did not want to belabor that point and I was pretty clear in my description of what the can do…
WOW, OK
I will try that then.
damn I lost a lot of time… but im nowhere near the end , I think I have 6TB when Im done, so better now then later.
Will definitely read that ROCK storage basics
thank you, I definitely will, just to I find stuff if needed. Also helps me to see what I did or did not import
Guys, thanks so much.
I learnt a lot, and I finally think I got it.
So I plan on making a folder (or several folder) under “internalstorage” just so I find what I did transfer and to help me keep organised.
I think I got it the hard way that I should not make folders other than in “internalstorage”
Sorry for all the confusion, we’re all eager to assist, and to make it clear; None of the reponders in this thread are Roon staff, just fellow users.
But you did get it right, you can create folders and organise your files, but they MUST be placed within the InternalStorage folder.
And a couple of suggestions:
When copying bigger amounts of music, i always shut off the Roon Server software, from the WebGUI of ROCK. This makes sure whole albums are available during the discovery process and makes identification easier. When copying is finished, start the Roon Server again and you’ll be fine.
Secondly, i understand there are reasons for migrating parts of the library, but I’d still try and NOT move already imported and analysed media. This may cause Roon to reidentify albums and add them again.
If your library (the whole 6Tb) is in good condition i’d use robocopy or rsync to simply synchronize all your media to the ROCK internal storage.
Those will allow you to cancel copying/restart at any time as they will synchronize the folders.
Definitely nothing to be sorry about. You guys helped me actually a lot. Would have hated to loos everything once I will be done!
This is definitely my key learning!
I guess I will have to try that. I have large boxes to import that are official CDs but a ton. The biggest being Karajan the DG and DECCA albums… some 330 CD.
But I also have live recording of several pop/rock/funk artists that I guess are not on roons database. So I will have to find a way to import these the best way possible
absolutely, this is why I wanted my artists folders so I “see” what I already did and what not. I want to wait with the stuff that is still in a mess on my actual system.
unfortunately its not in 100% good condition, quite some mixes and unidentified stuff, especially in the live part. 
Check out the (many) threads about box set and multi-disk handling in Roon. It’s not without pitfalls and certainly not perfect. Many people have developed best practices.
If albums end up as unidentified in Roon, it doesn’t break anything, they just don’t get automatic metadata. Once the metadata is added in some way, they work just like identified albums.
There are also a couple of articles in the Help Portal that should be useful:
