I will buy a new PC to use as Roon core, it is already installed an 8TB SSD.
My music files are about 4TB and I don’t think they will ever reach 8TB …
Is it OK not to use an external drive? Should I not put the music files on the boot drive?
Does the performance differ?
An internal drive is often quicker.
There are circumstances when you might need to trash and rebuild the OS boot drive - so some people (including me) like to have a drive dedicated to the OS so that doesn’t affect other drive.
Using a separate partition is another approach.
If you’re buying this specifically for roon - you could consider a NUC running ROCK.
Performance wise, I would expect an internal SSD to outperform a USB connected drive at any time.
GregD however does make a very good point:
Partitioning your drive, as suggested by GregD is one option. This would allow you to rebuild the OS whenever needed, without overwriting you music. I would then create a smaller partition for the OS boot drive, and a larger partition for the data including music files.
Alternatively, adding a second smaller SSD to use as your OS boot drive is also an option.
I have two fanless, 4TB SSD Ubuntu Server boxes for Roon servers in two different locations, unpartitioned. They work perfectly.
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