If disk IO is the limiting factor, I'd consider a RAID array. With drive prices, RAID 5 is affordable and gives you both improved disk access times plus data security.
On 7/29/05, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thomas wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have two original Slimp3s and one of the second generation wired > > players. All three run from one Slimp3 server. The server has about > > 60GB of music. Often, there is more than one person viewing the web > > interface. The players are only ever controlled from the web interface, > > nobody has access to the hardware players or remotes. > > > > The larger the music library gets, the worse the performance. It's > > getting to a stage where it really isn't good enough to run - when for > > example two people run searches on the music library, all three players > > will stall. > > > > I know the server is designed with single users in mind, but there must > > be a way of increasing performance. Originally I ran the server on a > > Windows box, but have found performance slightly better when running on > > Mac OS X. The Mac box I have is only a dual-1Ghz G4. > > > > What hardware and OS is recommended for best performance? I don't mind > > spending some money on getting it right, but am reluctant to unless I > > have a pretty good idea of what sort of improvement I can expect and > > what hardware and OS is likely to perform best. > > Unless you're transcoding on-the-fly, I'd look first at the hard drive > speed and RAM. I suspect since you're using a somewhat older Mac (early > 2002, yes?), that the drive isn't all it can be. The stock 512MB of RAM > that came with the dual processor units should be enough, though PC133 > isn't screaming fast. > > Western Digital, and others, have IDE drives with integrated 8MB caches. > They're affordable and perform very well compared to a 2MB cache version. > > Personally, I use Linux (Fedora Core 1) to host SlimServer and three > players. My library is pretty "medium" in size, 3,000 songs at ~11GB. > 2.4GHz Celeron with 512MB RAM and one of the WD 8MB drives, cost me > about $300. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
