# Roon backup failures and daily restart requirement (ref#R4MJ3T) **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** rctt\_-06-1\ **Created:** [September 6, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-backup-failures-and-daily-restart-requirement-ref-r4mj3t/324661 "2026-09-06T16:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uli\_Lennartz](https://community.roonlabs.com/letter_avatar/uli_lennartz/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Uli\_Lennartz](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Uli_Lennartz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-backup-failures-and-daily-restart-requirement-ref-r4mj3t/324661/1 "2026-09-06T16:56:24Z")
#### Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon? · None of the above quite fits #### None of the above quite fits · None of these quite match #### Tell us what's going on · The backup hasn’t been working for several weeks. Nothing has been changed. I have to restart Roon every day. #### Tell us about your home network · Fritzbo ---
**Author:** ![vadim](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/vadim/32/335515_2.png) [@vadim](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-backup-failures-and-daily-restart-requirement-ref-r4mj3t/324661/2 "2026-09-08T11:37:56Z")
Hello @Uli_Lennartz Your two problems are one problem, and it is not really the backup. Roon Server on your machine is running out of memory. The operating system has been terminating it repeatedly, twenty-two times on September 6 alone, each time once it reaches around 14.9 GB. Your machine has 16 GB, so Roon is using essentially all of it. That is why you keep having to restart it. The backups fail for a connected reason. Before each backup Roon validates the database, and on your system that step runs out of memory and stops before any files are written. So the backup never gets started rather than failing partway through. Nothing was misconfigured at your end, which fits with your saying nothing had changed. What is driving this is the size and complexity of your library. You have 614,822 tracks, of which 504,171 are identified, across 55,642 albums and 109,840 artists and performers. Roon holds the relationships between all of those in memory, and an identified track carries a great deal more than an unidentified one. This article explains how that works: > **[What does the track limit actually mean? - Nucleus Manual](https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/nucleus-manual#What_does_the_track_limit_actually_mean)** > > To keep performance smooth over time, run Settings \> Library \> Clean Up Library periodically to remove unused data. For more details on what Clean up Library does, please see here. Maintain regular backups so your database can be restored to a clean... We are working on reducing Roon’s memory use. In your case we would still suggest looking at whether the machine can take more RAM. Around 110,000 of your tracks and 10,000 of your albums are not identified yet. As those get identified your library will need more memory rather than less, so this is likely to keep happening otherwise. Could you please tell us how much RAM the machine has installed, across how many slots, and whether it can take more? ---
**Author:** ![noris](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/noris/32/161230_2.png) [@noris](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/noris)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-backup-failures-and-daily-restart-requirement-ref-r4mj3t/324661/3 "2026-09-14T20:58:51Z")
Hey @Uli_Lennartz, Wanted to follow up on this, were you able to check your RAM and add more to resolve the issue? Please note, if we don’t hear back from you this thread may close automatically soon. If the thread auto-closes and you need further assistance, please submit a reopen support request via the technical support help form below and specify that the issue should be reopened. Thank you. > **[Technical Support Request](https://account.roon.app/en/contact/new-ts-request)** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://roon-community-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/e/deefbd9083c99c82bbf2dd3f873f52a49f5db881.png) [@system](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-backup-failures-and-daily-restart-requirement-ref-r4mj3t/324661/4 "2026-09-21T20:59:07Z")
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