notanatheist Wrote: > The NSLU2 is one slow device. I ran some tests on it *after* I over > clocked it and the slug took nearly 4 hours to backup 21GB of data > across the network to a USB 2.0 drive enclosure.
How did that compare to before you overclocked it? (or de-underclocked it, which I guess is more accurate). I've not seen any good results anywhere to say whether the clock is the problem or whether the network interface is just slow. Because if Slim is running on the slug, the network speed would be unimportant (except for getting the music to the HD in the first place). I've seen benchmarks that say a slug can talk to it's USB2 HD device at 16MB/s, which is no slouch, but is much slower talking to it's network interface. > For under $200 you should try to take the mini-ITX route! > Can you do mini-itx for $200? Do you know of a source in Canada? (the original poster is in Kingston, Ontario, and I'm in Toronto). The other problem is ... with a slug, you can move the hard disk to your faster home computer and download all the music in a whoosh. USB2 hard disks, modern ones, you can probably do 15-20MB/S or better when driven by a fast computer. Then move the hard disk back. With the latest slug software (from Linksys), you can mount a FAT32 hard disk on the slug. FAT32 isn't bad for music files - average 8MB per file. With a mini-itx solution, the access of the itx to the hard disk is faster, but getting the music there is over the network again, and that's going to be slower, probably 2MB/S or so. So many questions ... -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19781 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
