Thumb Drive or SSD with Ultra

[dtc]

A friend is considering getting an Ultra and using either a thumb drive or portable SSD for local storage. He has about 500 MB of data and it would probably be on a 1 TB drive. What are people's experience with this setup? How long does it take to index that type of system? How often does it re-index? If you remove and then put the drive in place, does it re-index it? Thumb drive or SSD? Does the usb input provide enough power or is a hub needed? I have looked at various threads but cannot find a general discussion. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks.

 

[Skull]

I use a 2tb drive on mine plugged in permanently
I have around 300gb currently on it but I add to it now and again it doesn’t take long to rescan and add after it’s setup
After initial scan it stores the details on it and after rescan changes what it needs to

 

[rccarguy]

Using the built in scanner is ok but it's pretty basic. I wouldn't use that as primary server/UI

I'd just use it for small flash sticks and play by folder, then use a better music server/music storage