madsk;189319 Wrote: > Hi > > I would like to use my webserver for storage of my music files, > terefore I need a way to connect, my squezzebox to the music files,is > there a way to make that happen? > Is it possible to run Slimserver on webserver? > Regards Mads.
I assume we're talking about a web server located at some type of datacenter, not one located in your home... Do you have a dedicated (or virtual) web server? It may be necessary in order to install SlimServer and other necessary software. Do you have control of the firewall in front of your web server? To open any necessary ports. Or, you might run SlimServer on the standard HTTP port 80 (in which case you'll need an IP address apart from the one used for your web site). Or, maybe you want to VPN or SSH to SlimServer. Do you have enough storage space on the server? If you don't own the web server, you generally pay a monthly fee for a given amount of CPU power and storage. The storage space could be expensive, even if you're only using MP3. What is your bandwidth/payment arrangement? This can be the chief reason why a SlimServer in a datacenter may not make sense. If you pay the ISP per megabyte of data transfered from your server then it might get very expensive. On the other hand, if you're paying a flat fee for a connection up to some number of megabits _per_second_ in speed, then running a single 256 kbps stream to work may not cost a penny extra. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33799 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
