ralphpnj;248496 Wrote: > First of all I apologize if this topic has been dealt with before but > whenever I try to do a forum search for more than one keyword at a > time, e.g. for the phase "large music library", the search feature does > not work correctly. Therefore I feel compelled to start a new thread. > > So... > First, my setup: > > I'm running Slimsever version 6.5.4 on a Dell Dimension 4600 with an > Intel Pentium processor rated 2.40GHz, 1 GB of RAM and Windows XP with > service pack 2. > > My music library consists of four external USB hard drives: two 320GB > drives, one 500GB drive and one 1TB drive. The main music folder is on > one of the 320GB drives with shortcuts pointing to the other three > drives. I do not use iTunes. > > The format for my music library is rather simple and consists of a > separate folder for each "album" with multi-disc albums treated as one > entry. Each external hard drive has a main music folder with subfolders > for "jazz", "rock", "classical", etc. Within each of these subfolders is > where I place each separate album folder. The vast majority of the music > is stored as either flac or ape files. > > My libray stats are approximately 3500 albums, 2500 artists and 93,000 > songs. > > I am currently using two Squeezeboxes and one Transporter, all > connected to my server wirelessly via a Linksys router. The server (my > PC) is wired to the Linksys router. >
I had virtually the same setup down the the model of Dell PC! I have 2 squeezeboxes. My hard discs are internal though - no external USB drives. My library is about half the size of yours and is LAME mp3. Originally I was using Windows XP SP2 to run slimserver. I experienced sluggishnes in the UI and the library scan would take a long time (~30 min. if I recall correctly). I would experience things where I'd press a button and 3 seconds later it would respond. Then it would behave correctly. The UI issues were infrequent enough that I was more concerned about the library rescan issue. Since I regularly add music and perform rescans, this was a real issue for me. I had read in the Linux forums here that running the server on Linux made a big difference. So, I purchased a refurb Dell from Dell for $200. It has basically the same specs that you describe. I loaded up Open SUSE 10.2. I haven't looked back! The UI is MUCH snappier and consistent and my library rescans take <10min. Another option is SlimNAS which is a packaging of SlimServer that will run on FreeNAS. Search for FreeNAS in these forums and you will find a link to it. SlimNAS has the advantage of being able to run from a USB stick, so you can experiment with it without having to install a new OS on your hard disc. Just some ideas to explore... -- maggior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41006 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
