If you want to go for NAS, Netgear & Synology are the one, IMO, to check.
The advantage if you install Squeezecenter on a NAS, is that you don't have to run a computer when listening to music (invesstment at start but in the lon run less electricity bill compared to a PC). The drawback is a NAS isn't very much powerfull but for my own needs it is ok, so far I've got a little more than 10000 / 120000 songs (both FLAC & Mp3) & I can still manage ok & I think I can go further. Things to kept in mind are : - a complete scan of your musical will last about 1 hour (with the amount of files above), - using the web interface with SC installed on the NAS is slow, that's for sure (BUt you don't realy need it for listening to music) - If you go for it, be sure to choose one powerfull enough (cpu 500 Mhz or +, & 128 Mo Ram. After you have to calculate how much Go you need for your musical collection (present & future & maybe, highly recommended a backup solution), NAS usually can handle up to 4 internal HDs, with some more space available on USB2 &/or esata connections. Will end with a link for Synology Nas & SC installation instruction & tutorial, thanx to fliflip work : http://oinkzwurgl.org/ssods/ -- stof77 HiFi : SqueezeBox3, SSODS 3.0beta12 / SC 7.0.1 - NAS Synology DS 127+.128, NAD C320BEE, Triangle AlteaESW. HC : DVD Samsung, Denon AVR-1908 (couplé au NAD), ALteaESW + 2 vielles biblios Jamo, VP Infocus SP5700. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stof77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12949 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51311
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