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Originally Posted by LadyKate
I am wondering, how much does the size of the library being added to affect the speed of the process?
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Not a lot - in my experience the number of and the size of the files being added is the main factor - big files take longer because calibre copies them. By big I mean things like 400MB video files.
The reason I have my Intake library on SSD is because of these big files, on an HDD a single file can take so long to add that the window goes into a not responding state for a while, on the SDD that doesn't happen. I add 10-20 items a day one at a time, fixing the essential metadata as I go, and once they're
all done I move them to the HDD libraries - by then it's usually time to get breakfast, go for a run/walk/stroll, whatever.
If you only have the mass updates a couple of times a year, I suggest you do them overnight, if necessary in 'batches' over a few nights.
BR