Install ROON Server on ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition with upgrade CPU and RAM

Just to get an update about ROON.

Finally I couldn't resist and I install the Roon Server on my NAS and it work perfectly with all the command above !

I made an directory "install"

Install Roon on my PC and it see the ReadyNAS as a Core and I connect to it.

At the moment the NAS CPU is running from 10 - 20 % while playing Hi-res FLAC and at the same time it scan all the audio files for: audio analysis, volume, etc.

I have about 6K of titles at the moment which is not big but i still have about 200 CDs to RIP to FLAC in the coming weeks.

So far looks good and I don't think I need to build a NUC as a core at the moment. I am still on a trial for a month and experiment to see if I will pay for it.

So far I really like ROON, but now I need to decide which DAC streamer I will buy for my stereo in the living room.

Thanks

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sylvainp wrote:

Just to get an update about ROON.

Finally I couldn't resist and I install the Roon Server on my NAS and it work perfectly with all the command above !

I made an directory "install"

I have no idea what you mean by that.  I hope it means you created a directory in your data volume for the installation and the ROON database.  If that's not what you mean, then the fact that it currently works doesn't address the concern I was attempting to help you with.  Programs that create databases in the OS partition can fill up the OS partition at some point down the road as the size of the database increases, and that's when the problem comes.  And the standard Linux installation of ROON creates the database in /var/roon/RoonServer, which is in the OS partition.

Ok i'm starting to learn more here.

root@READYNAS:/var/roon# dir
RAATServer RoonGoer RoonServer

Actually I have 3 directory

RAATServer

RoonGoer

RoonServer

In the data folder I made a folder Roon and a subfolder roonlib

root@READYNAS:/data/Roon/roonlib#

This is where I am for now and I tried to move the Roon database from the var with this command and it didn't work and I get this error

root@READYNAS:/data/Roon/roonlib# cp -rp /var/roon/RoonServer/* /data/Roon/roonlib/*
cp: target '/data/Roon/roonlib/*' is not a directory

I find out the Linux is sensitive to capitalized letter. Well the target directory seem to be right in the command line but for a reason i have the error that it's not a directory

Well i'm a bit stuck here. 

I really want to follow your recommendation and move all the Roon database from the Var (OS partition)

to the Data/Roon/roonlib folder and tell Roon to access the database in that particular folder.

At the moment I am stuck here :)

Many thanks for all your help

I create all my folder in Data/Roon/roonlib

I move all the RoonServer (files and folders) to my /data/Roon/roonlib

But when I start Roon from fresh I reset everything from scratch.

But for a reason the shortcut made with this command don't work

root@READYNAS:/var/roon# ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon/

Roon always recreate a new subfolder in the /var/roon/RoonServer

then recreate all the database folders in the RoonServer

At the moment this folder is around 800 Mb in size (for all database)

I don't find the way to tell Roon to move and use the database in my /data/Roon/

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sylvainp wrote:

 

root@READYNAS:/var/roon# ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon/

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A couple things are wrong here.

• you need to delete var/roon
• your three folders are in /data/Roon/roonlib, not in /data/Roon. (at least that's what you said earlier)
• you have the wrong order in your ln command.

# cd /var
# rm -rf roon
# ln -s roon /data/Roon/roonlib  

Well I think I hot it with all your help guy's !!!

First I change a bit of the folder structure.

On my data folder I create a Roon (subfolder)  /data/Roon  (for the Roon database and settings)

By default Roon is using the /var/roon folder and create 3 folders as said in previous post

the important one is the RoonServer (which save the database) finally with all your help I was successfully moved this folder to the /data/Roon

as suggested in previous post

So here is all my command line I did and it seems to work.

Installation

cd /data
mkdir Roon
cd /Roon
apt-get install bzip2
apt-get install ffmpeg
wget http://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
chmod +x roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh
./roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh

Now move the RoonServer folder to my /data/Roon and create the link

cp -rp /var/roon/RoonServer/* /data/Roon/
# rm -rf /var/roon/RoonServer
# ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon/RoonServer

So far from what i remember this is how I did it. Maybe their is a quicker way.

Wish I knew how to modify the "roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh" and modify it so when I install it will point to save the database

to my /data/Roon instead of /var/roon

I check the .sh file and I saw this inside:

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Environment=ROON_DATAROOT=/var/roon
Environment=ROON_ID_DIR=/var/roon
ExecStart=/opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/start.sh
Restart=on-abort

# Defaults
DAEMON_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME"
DAEMON_EXECUTABLE="/opt/$PACKAGE_NAME/start.sh"
DAEMON_OPTIONS=""
DAEMON_HOMEDIR="/opt/$PACKAGE_NAME"
DAEMON_PIDFILE="/var/run/${PACKAGE_NAME_LOWER}.pid"
DAEMON_LOGFILE="/var/log/${PACKAGE_NAME_LOWER}.log"
INIT_SLEEPTIME="2"

export ROON_DATAROOT=/var/roon
export ROON_ID_DIR=/var/roon

Do I need to change the lines with =/data/Roon ?

If so how can I modify and after run the file with the custom installation ?

Thanks again all this community Rock and maybe this will also help other with ReadyNAS and want to use ROON without having to use the PC or make a NUC or even buy the expensive Roon Nucleus which is over $1200 !!! and even more for the Nucleus +

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sylvainp wrote:

 

Wish I knew how to modify the "roonserver-installer-linuxx64.sh" and modify it so when I install it will point to save the database

to my /data/Roon instead of /var/roon

 

 

Do I need to change the lines with =/data/Roon ?

 

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The soft link (in the ln command) was intended to keep you from needing to do that. 

Personally I'd have linked /var/roon to /data/Roon myself (not what you did).  And of course put the RoonServer in /data/Roon/RoonServer.

BTW, you posted the ln -s command backwards - you must have done ln -s /var/roon/RoonServer /data/Roon/  Easy to do (I have to look up the command every time I use it).

Which one is correct ?

I have done this one and the /data/Roon is working and the folder increase in size as I use Roon and add some songs to it

ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon/RoonServer

You are telling me I should have done this instead ?

ln -s /var/roon/RoonServer /data/Roon/

Thanks

The way I did it if I go see in the /var/roon  now I see a RoonServer (file or folder) I don't know.

But in my  /data/Roon I dont have a RoonServer folder but I have all the subfolders from the RoonServer.

Well it's a bit confusing !

Does this mean the Databas is still in the /var/roon/RoonServer on the OS partition. Why I ask is because the database is building up

in the /data/Roon folder

Thanks

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sylvainp wrote:

ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon/RoonServer

 

 

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With this command, you see the following:

root@NAS:/var/roon# ln -s /data/Roon /var/roon/RoonServer
root@NAS:/var/roon# ls -al
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  20 Sep 30 19:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154 Sep 30 19:40 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 30 19:40 RoonServer -> /data/Roon

So this does create a softlink (RoonServer) in /var/roon that links to /data/Roon.  If the application writes to /var/roon/RoonServer, it will really be writing to /data/Roon.

I tried to other way and it doesn't work.

Roon when Install create the /var/roon/RoonServer and their is subfolders in that folder.

So for me using : ln -s /data/Roon/RoonServer/ /var/roon/RoonServer

Actually create a link RoonServer in /var/roon then if I go in RoonServer I get inside the /Data/Roon/RoonServer

which is working this way

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sylvainp wrote:

 

So for me using : ln -s /data/Roon/RoonServer/ /var/roon/RoonServer

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Yes, that would create a link from /var/roon/RoonServer to /data/Roon/RoonServer.

If you have other folders in /var/roon, you can do the same thing (moving those folders from /var/roon to /data/Roon, and creating a similar link).   Though it'd have been simpler to move all the folders, delete /var/roon, and create one link with ln -s /data/Roon/ /var/roon

Anyway, the database isn't taking up OS partition space.

Well so far everything work great with Roon and Tidal. At the moment I don't need an SSD tier but maybe later as my database will expand.

So for people with old ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition by upgrading the OS to version 6 and also the BIOS V2, Upgrading the CPU to Dua Core E7600 or better (XEON) and at least 4 GB or RAM you should be good to go with ROON.

Good experience so far.

Thanks to all the people in the discussion for the help. Really appreciated !