Is it normal for a emby server to be around 100GB

[Kyrunner 86]

I’m running emby server on Qnap and I noticed that the emby app is almost 100GB is this normal.

[Luke 42086]

Hi there, no it is not. please attach the emby server log from when this happened. Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9785]

@KyrunnerReally depends on settings and library size.  If you save images with media or centralized in Emby.

But you may have rouge transcode temp data also.  Do you have content in your transcode temp folder.

Note my people folder is 62GB by itself.  So there are variables.  My overall Emby Server folder is 96GB.

Edited December 7, 2021 by Happy2Play

[Marijuana 12]

11 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

@KyrunnerReally depends on settings and library size.  If you save images with media or centralized in Emby.

But you may have rouge transcode temp data also.  Do you have content in your transcode temp folder.

Note my people folder is 62GB by itself.  So there are variables.  My overall Emby Server folder is 96GB.

Yes but after a reboot it goes back to normal, I redirect mine to external HDDs so no need for restarting the server.

[Carlo 4561]

Having temp transcodes running in the default location could give the impression of a much higher than normal usage.  Having BIF files not stored with media can easily put your Emby folder over the TB mark if you have lots of content.  Those are probably the two leading disk hogs but neither has to be under the Emby folders.

 

[Luke 42086]

@Kyrunner ?

[Kyrunner 86]

The reason the app was so big was I forgot I had a bunch of dvr recordings stored 

[Luke 42086]

Thanks for the feedback.