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As Michael said back in 'post #33' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=266916#post266916), a NAS IS a PC. A NAS can do everyting a PC can and a PC can do everything a NAS can, it just depends on which NAS or which PC you get. The main difference between a NAS and a PC is which functionality they focus on. - A NAS typically focus on being good at providing a lot of storage for all devices connected to the network. Many NAS boxes also makes sure that the stored data is safe for hardware failures through automatic backups or RAID support. - A PC typically focus on being good at providing computing power and memory. In my opinion SlimServer needs both storage(for the music files) and computing power/memory(for encoding and browsing speed). If you get an expensive NAS you can often get both storage and enough computing power/memory. However, my belief is that for most people with a medium sized music library, a PC will provide enough storage and computing power/memory to a lower price than a NAS. However, I have a feeling the above isn't the reasons why most people on these forums look for NAS boxes, I think most people that looks for NAS boxes on these forusm does it because they want a small, silent, low power device that is cheap. I'm not sure a "NAS-like" solution is the best solution for SlimServer if these are the things you look for. SlimServer really needs some computing power, or more specifically it needs more memory than what the cheap NAS devices provides. But there is really no rights or wrongs here, for some people a NAS device is the best solution for SlimServer. This is especially the case if you need a lot of storage for other things than the music files for SlimServer. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
