Switching from Windows core to ROCK: a couple of questions

Roon Software Discussion ROCK
1

Hi,
I’m considering switching from my old Windows core i7 2600k to a NUC with ROCK but I have some open questions. Sorry if these questions are repetitions…

I have my library 30.000 albums 360.000 tracks spanned on 4HDD inside a 4 bay multidrive USB 3.0 box. So I wouldn’t have files on internal storage but only in external drive. Is it a problem? are there downsides?

The other and more critical point. Now I put music on USB drives directly from core PC. If I switch to ROCK is there a possibility in ROCK to share the USB drives connected to ROCK via gigabit LAN, so that I could load music from a PC in the same network?

Thanks in advance
Cheers
AT

2

This is the way most of us transfer music from a PC to ROCK storage. See this article:

Use of USB external drives is supported. What is the make of your 4 bay multidrive USB 3.0 box? Maybe someone has already used it in an existing setup.

With 360,000 tracks, you would be well advised to equip your ROCK/NUC with at least 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB in a matched pair) or even 32GB RAM…

1 Like
3

Hi Geoff, thank you for your quick reply and sorry I didn’t find by myself the article.

I use the old version of this model for my 4 HDD ICY BOX - Create your workspace. and use this 5bay (4HDD music+1 drive video) drive for backup Buy 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclsorue, Yottamaster Aluminium Alloy 5 Bay USB3.0 3.5 & # 34; Contenitore HDD per supporto HDD SATA da 3,5 pollici 5 x 16 TB e amp; Online at Lowest Price in Italy. B06XK972L1

Regarding the RAM I know that I need at least 16GB but I will go to 32GB as my current PC

4

This topic was automatically closed 36 hours after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.