Running Linux on a M2 and Roon database on a separate SSD

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I’d pretty much install vanilla Arch without a GUI - the setup is a set and forget thing. One thing to note: you can comfortably use smaller SSD’s for the OS and Roon database - a 256MB SSD for either is complete overkill. My Arch server boots from a flash drive and my Roon database is located on a 60GB SSD which is about 2x what I need to handle my rather large library. A 30GB SSD for the database should more than comfortably cover most libraries unless they’re inordinately large.

Here’s a guide for installing Arch:

HOWTO: Guide For Setting Up Roon Server and Roon Bridge on Arch Linux x86_64

I’ve had to do this a few times on different machines and on each occasion I’ve had to rely on my google skills to identify and refer to a number of resources that helped me on the way. This is written to help myself and others get it right first time and save what could otherwise be hours of frustration. This guide assumes a basic level of Linux know-how and covers installing Arch Linux onto a target USB flash drive (/dev/sdX for the purposes of this guide) using a source USB flash drive (/de…

Here’s a guide for pointing Roon to a different database location:

HOWTO: Customising Roon database location in Easy installer scripts

I needed to specify a custom path for Roon’s database (in this instance a dedicated mSata SSD). To specify a custom location edit the install script, search for ROON_DATAROOT=/var/roon in the install script and replace /var/roon with /custompath Note, there are two occurrences of ROON_DATAROOT=/var/roon in the script. Obviously make sure the custompath is mounted via fstab during boot. When done, run the install script per Roon’s knowledgebase.

I’ll help you with RAID and network share configuration when you have Arch installed.