Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 Question: Does Album Catalogue Creator (RC5+) create a trustworthy output? - Yes - Yes but with minor issues - No - It does not work at all Frank, Some more info on 3716. I am running my slimserver on a linux box on the 255.255.255.0 and I have been getting the 3716 error pretty well regardless of whether I include the server box in my trusted sites or not. The only way I have got the system to run is allow Access to data sources across domains for the internet zone (no effect in the other zones). In this case, I don't need to add the slimserver IP to the trusted sites list. I presume this is because my windows box does not recognise my slimserver box as being in the same domain (and I'm too lazy to figure out what I need to change - I can live with doing this change as a one off to run acc). Anyway, I hope this is helpful. Now I'm getting the report without cover art, so on to trouble shooting that! Cheers Larry -- Laz Laz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=427 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Running Squeezecenter as a service restart problems
For years, people have reported problems getting Squeezecenter running as a Windows service to restart reliably from the command line. It works fine from the Windows services GUI, but you can't script it because of the command line problem. This may help: * Run services.msc and open the properties for the SqueezeCenter service. * On the Recovery tab, Set first, second and subsequent failures to Restart the Service. In your script or from the command line: net stop squeezemysql taskkill /f /im squeezecenter.exe This will force an abnormal stop of squeezecenter, while, I hope, protecting the database. So far, for me, so good. Squeezecenter will be correctly restarted by Windows in 1 minute after you kill it (1 minute by default--you can change that too on the Recovery tab if you need Squeezecenter to stay down longer). HTH -Mike -- mikelee999 mikelee999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61361 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do I play below MP3?
I have been trying to play the following sermon from my Transporter. Any idea how to extract the URL to play it direct? SO far I have only been able to play it from my PC. http://www.yanfook.org.hk/tc/sermon_media.jsp?media_file=yc20081228a.mp3 -- agentsmith System 1: Transporter, Naim 202/200/Hicap/NAPSC, Harbeth Monitor 30 System 2: SB2 connected via TOSLINK to a Meridian F80 agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I play below MP3?
try http://www.yanfook.org.hk/upload/media/yc20081228a.mp3 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which OS for rock solid stability
Jac wrote: Who can recommend the simplest setup where there would be no (very very low) risk of the this anoying hickup to occasionaly happen. Is Linux server, any distro. Wire the server to the router and if at all possible wire the SB's to the router as well. Do not use wireless between the router and the server. That's the simplest and the most solid setup. Wire the place... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I play below MP3?
Thanks bpa How'd you find that out? -- agentsmith System 1: Transporter, Naim 202/200/Hicap/NAPSC, Harbeth Monitor 30 System 2: SB2 connected via TOSLINK to a Meridian F80 agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Anyone else think the image challenge is to difficult?
I know I'm getting old, perhaps loosing my sight, but my wife and I just spent 5 minutes just trying to get my password re-sent. -- kphinney *-Hopefully a new trend:*- I'm not endorsing or advertising any of my gear, nor flaunting it as an Audiophile setup. Instead, click this to give me super powers! http://s6.bitefight.org/c.php?uid=181040 kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Clean reinstall of Windows XP
Thanks for your replies. I found the right driver, and refresh rate is much better. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61288 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which raid?
Just to post a somewhat contrary opinion... Drives do just fail. I had a 750GB Seagate drive fail out of the blue two months ago, and had not been as good as I should have backing it up, so ended up spending many, many hours recovering some email from it, and ended up having to recreate a bunch of MP3s. Had it been a RAID1 setup, I would have been much better off. I in fact do have Linux RAID1 setup on my Squeeze server machine, which we use to store music, photos, backups, etc. Having RAID1 does protect you against random disk failures, and it is so simple to get set up, it is just basically the cost of an extra drive. That being said, you cannot just use RAID1 and do no backups. I have two external drives that are used to make backups of the RAID disks, and one is always kept at my office in case of fire, etc. If you have an extra $100+, then I would suggest both RAID1 and an external drive or two. Regarding backups to separate drives on same machine...while I do this frequently on various of my machines, I also once had a machine whose motherboard went bad and it corrupted all the mounted filesystems (including the one on the separate disk). So this approach certainly does not relieve you from doing backups to external drives (or different machines). You should also have good quality UPSs on your machines to protect against power issues (and have auto shutdown set up). I have never had a machine or drive on a UPS-protected machine fail due to power issues. -- ncarver ncarver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15905 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Quick non-Squeeze question
I've accumulated a variety of USB cords from various purchased devices. MP3 players, external drives, PDAs, etc etc. Some have thick gauge wiring, some have thin. Some are straight, some have cylindrical pieces midway (looking like a snake that swallowed a mouse) that I presume do something. I've long since lost track of which wire goes to which device. Does it matter? Thanks -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Connection reset by remote host
I have a Classic which is connected to my pc with a crosslink cable. Running Vista with the latest updates. Using the latest stable release of SC (7.3.2) When playing alac files the classic skips to the next track after about 15-20 seconds. Can someone please help me? -- Markoesa http://www.last.fm/user/Markoesa Markoesa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25970 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61383 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Quick non-Squeeze question
Goodsounds wrote: I've accumulated a variety of USB cords from various purchased devices. MP3 players, external drives, PDAs, etc etc. Some have thick gauge wiring, some have thin. Some are straight, some have cylindrical pieces midway (looking like a snake that swallowed a mouse) that I presume do something. I've long since lost track of which wire goes to which device. Does it matter? Thanks I would say no, but some here might know more. The swallowed mouse is a ferrite bead. It stops high frequencies exiting electronic devices which might interfere with other sensitive devices such as TVs or radios. It rounds off the corners of digital signals. Will it effect data? Probably not. Most of the time, electronics is a trade off. The wikipedia knows all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?
It's £14.95 in the UK if you want to download to a Walkman. The difference in price between UK and US is a particular irritant over here especially where you have services like itunes where it's the same product and because it's online, there is no difference in distribution costs and often, not even in taxation terms. It makes one feel very grateful to the likes of (currently) Audioengine and Slimdevices whose prices, after tax represent something similar to the prices charged in the US. A lot of US manufacturers don't seem to understand that we can see their prices. Napster is a good system. I'm using it but I have noticed that with some tracks, there is anything up to a 45 minute silence following the music which requires intervention to move on to the next track. The file system is also a bit irritating as I would like to sort by albumn rather than artist but that has been commented on elsewhere in this forum. Sound quality is moderate. I haven't looked in to bitrates but have found myself very subjectively preferring Last.fm when streaming vs. Napster. I would be curious to know the difference between the files and whether the streamed files on Napster are different to the files that you download. I've found it a good way of pre-auditioning and ruling out CDs that I would have bought and have been dissappointed in. I'd give it 7/10. I still use Last.FM more. I'll probably continue with it. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Connection reset by remote host
Before this happened I listened for a few hours to Last.fm using squeezenetwork (SN). After that I listened to RadioIO with squeezecenter (SC). Then I decided to listen to Genesis - Abacab. Then the proverbial s** hit the fan. Anyway I resetted the classic and now it seems to work. I'm going to do a few tests to see if everything works as it should. -- Markoesa http://www.last.fm/user/Markoesa Markoesa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25970 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61383 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Quick non-Squeeze question
Goodsounds;406670 Wrote: I've long since lost track of which wire goes to which device. Does it matter? I hope not because I interchange USB cables all the time. Never had a problem except one time using a cheap multi-tip USB adapter kit--The USB connection on my Harmony remote died and I was no longer able to update it with any USB cord. The remote was under warranty and Logitech replaced it. No way of knowing whether the fault was with the adapter or the remote, but I avoid using that adapter anymore. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Dropping Connections
Based on my experience with internet radio (Last-FM) during the last few months I would not classify squeezebox-duet as a commercial product. There are endless problems with connection, time-out, stability, software etc. At best you can consider it as some kind of beta version which still has a long way to go before it can be considered a finished product. I am really glad that I kept my old FM radio as back-up. If you are just looking for a good stable radio source you should go somewhere else. -- frch260246 frch260246's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59083 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I play below MP3?
Looking at the web page source html. In the source code windows - search for .mp3. You see this fragment Code: embed type=application/x-mplayer2 pluginspage=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/; id=mediaPlayerdisplaysize=2 showcontrols=0 showstatusbar=-1 width=332 height=293 src=../upload/media/yc20081228a.mp3 /embed Embed areused to embed players in web pages and play the files called src=. To get the full URL, you need to add the src= value to the basic http of the web page to get Code: http://www.yanfook.org.hk/upload/media/yc20081228a.mp3 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] spare battery for duet controller?
Hi, Where can I order one online for shipment to France? Thanks, ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] spare battery for duet controller?
Louis-David Mitterrand;406700 Wrote: Hi, Where can I order one online for shipment to France? Thanks, http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4873cl=fr,frpcid=4872 It's the same as for the Harmony 1000, 35#8364;! Other batteries won't work. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61386 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which OS for rock solid stability
Having never bothered with Linux, I run XP Pro and strip all of the junk out of it. The OS, SC, iTunes, Moose and sundry plug-ins take up 6.4GB and ran wihtout intervention on a normal hard drive until recently when I migrated it to a OCZ 30GB SSD. Now I have less maintenance (no defrags) and it's extremely quick. The music lives on a second SATA disk in the box and backups are put to seperate drives via a BlacX eSATA drive. Also a pretty quick way to back up. I would bet there are several other ways to skin this cat reliably also. Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which raid?
ncarver;406664 Wrote: I also once had a machine whose motherboard went bad and it corrupted all the mounted filesystems (including the one on the separate disk). Interesting. The drives were mounted by the OS, or simply on-line in the electrical sense ? (Generally I won't keep a backup volume mounted once the copy is done; too many times I erased the backup and the original...) -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] spare battery for duet controller?
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:43:51AM -0700, signor_rossi wrote: Louis-David Mitterrand;406700 Wrote: Hi, Where can I order one online for shipment to France? Thanks, http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4873cl=fr,frpcid=4872 It's the same as for the Harmony 1000, 35#8364;! Other batteries won't work. Thanks for you quick and helpful reply! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Basic Softsqueeze question
I'm having trouble connecting via softsqueeze from a remote location. The instructions are somewhat sketchy. What exactly do I enter for SqueezeCenter Hostname on the preferences page? I've used my host computer's ip address then a colon and 9000. I've been unable to connect. I've opened the ports 9000 and 3483 on the host computer. Do I need to change my firewall settings on the remote computer? Please help. -- renoboysb renoboysb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61389 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which OS for rock solid stability
OK, Thanks for the comments There seems to be mixed opinions about the having 2 AP with same SSID. I often see my duet remote reconnecting to the AP as I often travel with the remote where it probably connects looses signal from one of the AP and connects to the other one. Hmmm I think I will try to rename one of them and manually connect my remote when needed to change AP. for the rest of my network it is very simple. the server is cabled to my router and the players are wireless with strong signal. For the server I am tempted to go Linux. I am no Linux gouru, but I know it is more stable. I just want to have my music server and forget about it. Again looking for an easy istall and setup. However I am really puzzled as to why when everything slows down in Vista: occasionaly the CPU utilization % goes up and it is the squeezecenter that is indicating the high cpu. I seem to notice a pattern that this slowdown occurs when I do a search (artisist or song name) and try to play music from my search. In other words when I browse from albums things seem to run fine. Maybe that explains why it crashes more when I have friends over as they will tend to do some searches Thanks Someone asked how my music is structured. My FLACs are all album with sub folders artist - album. for compilations they are under various artist folder -album. I spent quit a bit of time on tags as we are 4 friends who ripped the music and all we keep are artists,album, title,genre -- Jac Jac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Stuck on album and won't play
I have the same problem on my two controllers -- haksko haksko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which OS for rock solid stability
I have used Ubuntu server for a long time and never had any kind of trouble with it. The only thing that could be frustrating for a Linux beginner is setting up Samba. If I were you I would go for Vortexbox. Next time I change hardware on my server I will install Vortexbox on it. -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3 - SC 7.3.2 - Ubuntu Server 8.04 bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin
kober;402921 Wrote: how do i get this plugin running ? I put the PSP folder into the plugin folder, what then ? I restarted the squeeze centre, ... Can anybody help? thanks Two quick things: 1) The PSP skin was included in an updated version of a generic lightweight skin for all Mobile devices: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=339509#post339509. It retains all the features of the PSP skin but with some added functionality. 2) Once you grab the latest version of Mobile.zip from that thread, unzip the folder to your HTML directory (not the Plugins directory), and just point your browser to http://your_server_ip_address/HTML/Mobile, and you should be all set. Let me know if you have issues or suggestions for enhancements. - Tim -- tmarti tmarti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35993 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: Mobile skin for iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, LG Dare, Samsung Instinct ...
Is anyone interested in helping me test an updated version of this skin? I'm making a number of small fixes and needs some testers before I release. Also, I'm seeing a bunch of posts for skins for the PSP (for which this was originally designed), and I am really liking this skin on my iPod Touch as an alternative to iPeng (which is super cool but ia a little slow for my liking), so I'm thinking I need to do a better job with spreading the work about this skin. Even trying to include this as a skin in the main code branch to squeezebox, but I'll need some heavy testing before I do that. Let me know if you can help me test. Thanks, - Tim -- tmarti tmarti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: Mobile skin for iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, LG Dare, Samsung Instinct ...
What does this skin look like? -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to identify which Squeezebox 3 I have
ChrisOwens;103711 Wrote: The wireless ones say Contains FCC ID: Q72WLANTPBG which is the FCC approval of the wireless card we put in. If you're really interested, you can even look it up at https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm Where can i buy a wireless 300 mbps mini pc card for my sqzbox3. -- sopiblack sopiblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Scrobbling Deezer
Usually if I'm playing tracks on my Squeezebox they get scrobbled to last.fm However, if I'm playing through Deezer, nothing get updated. Does this mean it's not possible scrobble if plying through Deezer? Or is there a setting somewhere I need to adjust? -- Trevor http://www.last.fm/user/trevkin Trevor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61397 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?
KMorgan;406395 Wrote: The 30 day trial, followed by the 7 day trial, will soon be running out for some folk. Please report back with your experience as a subscriber. Keith As I said on another thread: My Napster trial has been going for two weeks and, apart from the first day, it hasn't worked at all. Anything not in my Napster library won't play, and I can't add anything else to the library. In my experience this 'free' trial is more than I would be willing to pay. 0/10 from me, but I'm not that bothered as Spotify looks like it has more promise. It just needs to come to the Squeezebox and the Apple App Store. -- DoomWolf DoomWolf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?
I've been a Napster subscriber for a few years now and it's introduction to the Squeezebox scene has been a breath of fresh air. I pay £9.95 a month which I think is a fair price to pay for a choice of music at your fingertips and I don't mind paying for a good service (I haven't bought at CD in years!). As for my experience with Napster/Squeezebox I have (touch wood) had no issues whatsoever playing either playlists (personal and Napster created) or Napster Radio stations. So far so good. -- TheBigSqueeze TheBigSqueeze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26627 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?
I tend to find that it works best for me to add to the library on the PC then play it from the Squeezebox. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which raid?
epoch1970;406713 Wrote: Interesting. The drives were mounted by the OS, or simply on-line in the electrical sense ? (Generally I won't keep a backup volume mounted once the copy is done; too many times I erased the backup and the original...) I said mounted filesystems, so they were mounted. In fact, the backup partition on the second drive was corrupted while doing a backup. So unmounting it after the backup would not have done any good. :) I think that mistakenly deleting files is one of the dangers of RAID being used for at least temporary backups. I have a script that removes write permissions from all directories and files, which gets run after things are added to the RAID volume. Kind of a pain, as backup scripts have to first restore write permission and then remove again afterward. However, keeps me from accidentally deleting something important (which I did once!). -- ncarver ncarver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15905 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which raid?
ncarver;406794 Wrote: I think that mistakenly deleting files is one of the dangers of RAID being used for at least temporary backups. It bears repeating - RAID is not backup. Not even temporary backup. Backup means having another set of data independent of the first. You don't get this from RAID. I don't mean to sound patronizing - It's clear to me that you understand this, but I worry that others reading might not. Mistaken deletions are the main reason I don't like RAID for my situation. Loss of data is far more likely to come from fat fingering than it is from hardware failure. My nightly rsync to another internal HD gives me at least a few hours to detect and undo any mistakes before they propagate to the second drive. With RAID I get no such grace period. -- jsprag jsprag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which raid?
jsprag wrote: Mistaken deletions are the main reason I don't like RAID for my situation. Loss of data is far more likely to come from fat fingering than it is from hardware failure. Right, and RAID mirroring isn't generally trying to minimise data loss, it's trying to maximise uptime. Your rsync gives you something that RAID mirroring doesn't: a window to detect user error. RAID mirroring gives something that your rsync doesn't: the ability to survive disk failure without any loss of availability. Different goals. A nice combination might be provided by using the ZFS filesystem, if you're on Solaris/OpenSolaris (or MacOS). Mirror the disks for availability, and use ZFS's snapshot facility for protection against fat-fingers, and even better without having to dedicate twice the disk space to do it (like rsync does). That's how I'll be running SC on my new system... cheers, calum. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Firmare Update??
All running as it should atm. I hope I havn't cursed myself now. -- joz joz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26291 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61181 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 Question: Does Album Catalogue Creator (RC5+) create a trustworthy output? - Yes - Yes but with minor issues - No - It does not work at all I think this program is beyond my ken as far as debugging and cajoling to get it to work properly. Is there any kind of commercial program that will do this for me? I would love to have a pdf that I could get printed and bound at Staples or Kinko's to look at on the couch. -- Mark Belden Mark Belden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3990 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
