nicketynick wrote: > So JJ, what is the investment required for a reliable 24x7 server? Is > there such a thing without becoming an IS tech?
How 24x7 do you need? My old, free, PCs have acted as Slimservers for years. I got something like 500 days continuous uptime out of one, the current one has been up only 40 days because I moved it. > I just don't understand why Slimserver has to be any more complicated > to use than a wireless router. Because it does lots more. Just having a disk drive and dymanic web server is orders of magnitude more work than any router does. Transcoding, sync between players, different skins, there is lots of stuff there. But no one in my house sees the 'comlications' other than me, they just use the web interface and play music. If you want a fat device, like a Media Server, there are lots, altho probably not many from a company originally named Slim Devices. There are lots of posting of folks using very modest computers, mini-ITX with Via low power CPUs, search the forum. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
