Need Roon Advice.

I never turn Roon off.  I haven’t had much luck with Arc, but probably my misunderstanding of how it’s used.  I think you’re right in your assumption that you have to leave the server operational, no matter where it’s located.

Hi,

I bought an Intel NUC, a tiny, silent computer, which I connected to the home network.  It had the Roon software preinstalled, and also has internal storage for downloads and ripped cds.

This was much cheaper than the Roon Nucleus and of equal performance.  I leave it on all the time though I can reboot it through the network.

I imagine ARC could not work with the NUC turned off but I have never tried that.

My Wolf Audio Alpha3SX Roon server runs 24/7 for over 5 years. I will shut it down if I am travelling away from home for a long period of time, but since I employ its service for ARC in my car and other household Roon endpoints it is always available. I do a full hard reboot following a hardware update as it just seems to work better.

I don’t like ARC due to possible security issues. Last thing I need is a third party opening up a port in my firewall they leave open to goodness knows what. I know my IoT devices do the same but they aren’t running a full OS capable of anything.

In terms of logging in/out your Roon server stays on 24/7. You really only login once to validate your credentials. For this reason it’s good to do some research and get the lowest wattage mini/micro PC you can. Sometimes this is an old laptop running Linux.

In addition to Windows, Roon server runs under MacOS, or Linux but not under Linux/ARM. Also recommend you connect it via Ethernet, as all audio streams in and out will flow through the server.

As other have suggested ROON should run on a dedicated server.  I run mine on a Small Green Computer (SGC) with Sonic Transport OS.  I never turn  it off, its a server and it runs  24 x 7 365  sans planned shutdowns. I never log out of roon or the music service.  Just fire up the app on my phone,pc or ipad and off we go. 

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650177730-small-green-computer-i5-sonictransporter-music-server-w-linear-power-supply/

Roon can run on a dedicated device however if you connect your dac directly  to your  server then the servers design and build quality can affect sound  quality

we have tested many servers including Aurender Auralic, Sotm, Baetis Innous, 432evo and a few others.

Dave andTroy

audio intellect NJ

Roon server specialists

I've been using a Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter with Roon from the inception when I bought a lifetime subscription.  It's always on and knock on wood, flawless.

With Arc you do have to open a port that is a potential vulnerability to your network.

I run my Roon Server on a QNAP NAS. The NAS has an 8th-gen i7 and 64GB RAM and Roon’s database lives on one of the NAS’ SSDs. If you already happen to have a QNAP or Synology NAS you could try running Roon Server on it before you spend big bucks on something you don’t need. And it’s dead-simple to set up. Seriously.

Oh yeah - the NAS is on all the time, so so is the Roon Server.

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So, @audiotroy, what do you have to do to become a “Roon server specialist “?

I’m still learning the in and outs of Roon. 
I have a question regarding deleting a track on Qobuz.

I stream Qobuz through Roon. For some crazy reason, I can’t seem to find how to delete a track I simply don’t like. Other choices come up when I click on the three dots to the right, but delete is not one of them. 
Thank you!