chazk13;291468 Wrote: > It means that since slimserver is not running on my PC it is not using > up CPU time on my PC. Which then means that you can keep running slimserver when you turn off your PC, which is probably the biggest advantage. As most NASs use less electricity per hour than most PCs, running slimserver on the LS Pro will probably save on your electric bill and be better for the environment. On the other hand, you can expect library scanning and the web interface to be considerably slower than on most PCs, but the music will play just fine.
Since you need the storage space anyway, you could take the same incremental approach I did when I bought my LinkStation HG a couple years ago. Buy the NAS, but just use it for storage now and continue to run slimserver off your PC. When you feel ready to hack the LinkStation to install slimserver/squeezecenter (it can get complicated) do that and see if you're happy with the tradeoff. If the NAS is too slow for you, then just keep using it as storage. The only thing you will have lost is that you paid more for a NAS than for an external USB drive. Note that if you already keep your PC on 24/7, then you might as well just get a bigger hard disk for it, because slimserver doesn't chew up that many cpu cycles except when it is scanning. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46310 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
