[slim] ReadyNAS for Slimserver
Maybe I'm lucky, put I've installed 2 ReadyNAS X6 and they've all been almost braindead to install. Their are several models and I'm not aware of that many issues with the X6 model. I recommend the X6 model BTW, and once I installed 4 SATA drives, I plugged it in, waited 4 hours and had a RAID server. Did the same to second, with same success. On this one, I installed the Slimserver plugin and copied my FLAC files to the NAS. Did a rescan and bingo, one Slimserver. Been streaming loseless around the house to 5 Squeezeboxes for several months without a single problem. No dropouts, and no throughput issues both to wired and wireless Squeezeboxes. File performance to the X6 File server exceeded that of the PC file server it replaced with 10K SCSI 320 RAID and an Intel gigabit card. The boxes are plug into one of the higher end 24port gigabit switches. Each box creates snapshots every 12 hours and back up to each other once a month. I've installed these to other people and can certainly recommend them as a fine good NAS slimserver device. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.384 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] REadyNAS performance
I'm sure it's been pointed out by others, but the throughput of the infrant X6 is way past the terrastation. Tried that for Slim and what a dog. Now running the X6 and happily streaming FLAC files all day long, wired and wireless. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.384 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver on ReadyNas
I have been using this now for about 2 months and it works extremely well. The Infrant NAS's performance is quite a lot higher than the Terrastation which makes the combination work. I am streaming FLAC files to both wired and wireless SQ3's and there is no stuttering or dropouts even with 3 players running. Library size is about 400 or so CD's at this time and getting larger. I went with the X6 version and 2 mirrored 250gb WD SATA I drives. (The NAS doesn't support SATA II) I went with the WD RAID drives which are designed to be run 24x7 in a RAID box. The X6 construction is far better than the terrastation I looked at. 3 Thumbscrews open the case, the 4 drives slide in vertically in pullout slides in the center. Mount the drives, slide them in, close the case (All no tools required), and apply power. Wait 2 hours and the box is ready to go. No questions, no install in the normal sense. It will use mirroring on 2 drives and RAID 5 on 3+. You can add drives later and it will automatically reconfigure the array for you. And if you lose a drive, the array is available during rebuild. The Slimserver version is the current version and easy to install. After that, it's the same as the normal version, but you can't add your own plugin's like the regular version. Can't recommend it enough for a simple, reliable and very fast Audio server. (I'm using another with 4 250gb drives as my local file server for the house. Blazingly fast and it configured the drives and brought up a complete working NAS server in 4 hours from power on.) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 1/27/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
