Yes, it is a software program which emulates a LUN and serves the "disk" across a network (iSCSI or Fibre Channel).
I run it on a 1.4GHz AMD / 512MB RAM XP Pro homegrown whitebox with 4 internal SATA HDD. The software uses the system memory as advanced storage cache and therefore is significantly faster than a NAS box. It also works at the block level as opposed to the file level. I serve my music disk to a main machine where I do all my ripping, encoding, and tag maintenance, in R/W mode, and serve the same disk to any computer or device (including the SlimServer) in read only mode. Actually, I work for the manufacturer and don't want to get into an advertising thing on the forum, but would be happy to answer any questions you have privately. -- ob_kook _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
