djprofitt
Maybe this is pointless, but I have not found a discussion to dispute it so here goes:
Right now, I am undergoing the tedious task of moving all of my karaoke files to a separate partition on the same external hard drive so now I have a partition called Karaoke (K:).
My reason for this insanity (or maybe genius) is because I have so many files for karaoke AND MP3 that I would like to keep the databases separate. For example, when I am playing in the club and doing non-karaoke related stuff, I would hate to have the entire database crash (yes, I know, I can save it daily to have a backup) because there were two many files in one database.
I don't know if there is a limit, if it even matters whether I keep them all in the same directory or if splitting them up will help, but I figured it couldn't hurt.
Is having separate databases on the same physical drive but separate partitions even worth it? I will have my (E:) for music and (K:) for karaoke, and therefore have two databases which in order to maintain and keep them clean, I've noticed a bigger lag in the time it takes to check the databases under the browser option.
Any opinions? Praise? Ridicule?
Right now, I am undergoing the tedious task of moving all of my karaoke files to a separate partition on the same external hard drive so now I have a partition called Karaoke (K:).
My reason for this insanity (or maybe genius) is because I have so many files for karaoke AND MP3 that I would like to keep the databases separate. For example, when I am playing in the club and doing non-karaoke related stuff, I would hate to have the entire database crash (yes, I know, I can save it daily to have a backup) because there were two many files in one database.
I don't know if there is a limit, if it even matters whether I keep them all in the same directory or if splitting them up will help, but I figured it couldn't hurt.
Is having separate databases on the same physical drive but separate partitions even worth it? I will have my (E:) for music and (K:) for karaoke, and therefore have two databases which in order to maintain and keep them clean, I've noticed a bigger lag in the time it takes to check the databases under the browser option.
Any opinions? Praise? Ridicule?
Posted Tue 28 Jun 11 @ 7:59 am
JoeyKJ
No, there is a mothod to your madness and its purdent to do it this way, I have three drives, Int=Audio, E:\external=video and F:\external=Karaoke,,backups are easy and organized...Make sure all your drives are 7200rpm for faster operation..
I would buy another ext. drive and move the karaoke files to the new one..
Good Luck,
Joey....
I would buy another ext. drive and move the karaoke files to the new one..
Good Luck,
Joey....
Posted Tue 28 Jun 11 @ 9:57 am
djprofitt
Joey,
Thanks for the feedback, I have a WD My Book 3 TB drive. With 112,000 karaoke files and another 60,000 mp3 files, I figured the database might be too large (at the time I had not scanned even a 3rd of the music and the database file was at least 70 MB.
I took a portion of that drive and made a (with assigned letter) F:\Karaoke partition, 500 GB, 395 GB used. Now it accesses two databases, problem is, when I added them to the search database, for whatever reason it says it's on the C: when I look in the browser tab. I click on Check the database and returns with 60K karaoke files on the C: and 50K on the K:\Karaoke one, so I removed them all, am adding them again, hopefully that works. At any rate, everything seems to run smoother, including searches so we will see
Thanks for the feedback, I have a WD My Book 3 TB drive. With 112,000 karaoke files and another 60,000 mp3 files, I figured the database might be too large (at the time I had not scanned even a 3rd of the music and the database file was at least 70 MB.
I took a portion of that drive and made a (with assigned letter) F:\Karaoke partition, 500 GB, 395 GB used. Now it accesses two databases, problem is, when I added them to the search database, for whatever reason it says it's on the C: when I look in the browser tab. I click on Check the database and returns with 60K karaoke files on the C: and 50K on the K:\Karaoke one, so I removed them all, am adding them again, hopefully that works. At any rate, everything seems to run smoother, including searches so we will see
Posted Wed 29 Jun 11 @ 7:51 am
JoeyKJ
Those large drive are not known for fast access, I woold use the WD for backing up all my media and purchase a G-Tech or Glyph drive very reliable and fast, not cheap, but cheap could be expensive...
Good Luck,
Joey...
Good Luck,
Joey...
Posted Wed 29 Jun 11 @ 8:37 am