Roon OS system drive vs internal storage

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If that genuinely is the case then my advice will not work and the caddy idea is best.

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Dear All, thanks again. Simon, you are right: https://www.intel.de/content/www/de/de/products/docs/boards-kits/nuc/nuc8i3bek-nuc8i3beh-brief.html
BEK supports only 1 internal storage vs. BEH 2, so I have go for the caddy.

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If thatā€™s 10 TB for your music collectionā€¦ I salute you! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Or Windows, allowing you to run your server headless. I also have a Windows based server, in a fanless Streacom chassi. It really isnĀ“t as bad as i imagined. It works quietly and does just fine as a Roon Server. If you are content with Windows as such, i would start there.
It is also more versatile than a ROCK install, allowing for other servers and such. The downside is of course more patches and maintenance than ROCK or Linux, but hardly annoying today.

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Or load windows.

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Dear All, as suggested, I bought a M.2 USB Caddy and a new 256 GB M.2 SSD for the NUC. Cost: 90ā‚¬, now the system runs perfectly. Thanks again for your tipps. To summaries, NUC8i3BEK, Akasa turing, 8 GB ram, 256 GB SSD + 2 TB external USB SDD M.2, together < 740 ā‚¬. - good price compared to commercial systems (at least 1000 ā‚¬ more). :slight_smile: You could save about 100ā‚¬ if you go for NUC8i3BEH and buy an internal SAGA SSD.

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Itā€™s about 7.5TB for the main library, plus some other folders for duplicate MQA and DSF versions, where I have the FLAC at the same or higher than 24/96 given that the 1st unfold is limited to 24/96.
Total is about 8TB, then with File backups and pictures on the main NAS (backup to another RAID1 volume on a 3rd 2-bay NAS), leaving about 1.2TB free of the 10TB.

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I may have missed something, but I used the easiest solution; attach a USB harddrive and place your music there. No need for SSD for music storage. Good luck.

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Good to hear, all up and running as ROCK with the 2TB SSD as DAS.

Just consider a backup strategy for your music library on the DAS.

ROON will allow you set up backups of your database (very recommended) but this is not the files in your library.

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The K and H motherboards are identical. Itā€™s only a chassis difference.

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