# Large file set access slow on NAS

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/large-file-set-access-slow-on-nas/64534
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 27, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/large-file-set-access-slow-on-nas/64534 "2024-04-27T16:24:43Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/large-file-set-access-slow-on-nas/64534/8 "2024-04-27T20:15:11Z")

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You could still optimize your system for best performance:  
MP3tag on local SSD  
MP3tag configuration folder on local SSD  
Activated library.  
Files for treatment on local SSD.

Each part of that setup on the NAS will slow down access.  
There is no switch in MP3tag to speed up or slow down network access.

See also here:

> [@Tips to prevent rereading entire library on a NAS with 'Library' enabled](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tips-to-prevent-rereading-entire-library-on-a-nas-with-library-enabled/59097):
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> Are there any NAS users out there who have managed to get the 'Library' feature to work? I have looked through previous posts about this, dated a few years ago, so I have tried: Adding Mp3tag.exe as an exception in Windows defender Adding my media folder on my NAS and %AppData%\Roaming\Mp3tag as exceptions in my Sophos Home settings. On launch, however, the 'reading directory' process is not expedited in any way, taking ~30mins to read ~2Tb. I have checked, and Mp3tag has created and is upda…

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