[slim] Nas?!

2008-02-05 Thread Rar
This might be posted somewhere else. In that case I apologies. I'm eagerly awaing the release of the Sq Duet! When it comes out I certainly wan't to buy a NAS to support it. But what to buy? I don't wan't to spend to much money on it, and probably won't be needing more than approx 100-200 GB. An

[slim] Nas

2007-11-21 Thread KeithL
Is there a definitive guide to setting up slmdevices on a nas? I've just incorporated a nas at work at the second attempt, switching from a totally useless Netstore nas to a speedy and competent Lacie Ethernet server. I know the Lacie is 4 times the cost of the Netstore, but it performs at least 1

[slim] NAS Questions

2005-12-18 Thread 930
I have been poking around the forums and faq for a while but have not found answers to this question. I have used an audiotron for years. So, I am used to having my music stored on a server and a music system that runs regardless of what is happening with the pc. I have not found a set of sim

[slim] NAS + AlienBBC

2006-06-02 Thread jtuggey
I know that there are many threads re. NAS devices for slimserver. I tried the NSLU2 and whilst it worked okay(ish), it was frustrating slow, even for menus. The Kurobox seems to rate highly. Has anyone had any success and using AlienBBC with any NAS? Having access to live BBC radio is an essentia

[slim] NAS Device

2006-06-03 Thread pkfox
Hello All, I'm in the market for a NAS device ( minimum 400 gb ) and would welcome any recommendations / advice from you learned lot, I've seen one from DiskStorage which looks ok ( ~ £500 ) but I like a recommendation really, I'm budgeting up to £1000 regards Pete Kane -- pkfox -

[slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Gibbo
What are the actual benefits of a NAS? is it just that you have the NAS on all the time and it goes into sleep mode when not being used? loads of questions really. will the NAS wake when the SB tries to access it? with SC 7 and accessing SN beta through that will it work? what are the options

Re: [slim] Nas?!

2008-02-05 Thread Shredder
Look under 3rd party hardware. There are numerous posts on the topic. >From my read, the consensus best performer is the Thecus 5200Pro. I bought one based on those recommendations and am very pleased. Easy to set up and quite fast. -- Shredder -

Re: [slim] Nas?!

2008-02-05 Thread Shredder
Oops. I missed the budget and library size issue. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43110 __

Re: [slim] Nas?!

2008-02-05 Thread funkstar
Shredder;265879 Wrote: > Look under 3rd party hardware. There are numerous posts on the topic. > > From my read, the consensus best performer is the Thecus 5200Pro. I > bought one based on those recommendations and am very pleased. Easy to > set up and quite fast. It is very good (I have one, ge

Re: [slim] Nas?!

2008-02-12 Thread Rar
Thanks! I'll tjeck it out and look in the right forum. -- Rar Rar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15357 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43110 ___

Re: [slim] Nas?!

2008-02-12 Thread shake-the-disease
Limited budget + not much storage needed + requirement to feed album artwork to take advantage of controller interface may not add up a NAS as your best solution to be honest. -- shake-the-disease shake-the-disease's Profi

[slim] NAS Device

2009-12-19 Thread MrBigScot
My Squeezebox can not see/read my music collection stored on a Thecus Mini NAS mounted as Drive Z: on Windows Explorer - Any idea - Squeezecentre can only see drives C:\ D:\ E:\ -- MrBigScot MrBigScot's Profile: http://for

Re: [slim] Nas

2007-11-21 Thread Mark Lanctot
Lots of info in the forum dedicated to it... http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums

[slim] NAS Help

2013-02-04 Thread shacky
I'm looking for NAS that can backup my PC and MAC files and stream to SB Touch. Anyone try this WD? http://www.macmall.com/p/WD-NAS-(Network-Attached-Storage)/product~dpno~8214518~pdp.gcebegd shacky's Profile: http://foru

[slim] NAS Advice

2020-07-29 Thread xebec59
Good evening I have been lurking here for many years but have registered now in order to seek some advice My current set up is 2 x 8TB external HDDs attached to my Windows 10 desktop PC. LMS points to one tagged directory on each of the HDDs. I then use a Squeezebox Touch connected to the music

Re: [slim] NAS Questions

2005-12-18 Thread Ben Sandee
On 12/18/05, 930 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been poking around the forums and faq for a while but have notfound answers to this question.I have used an audiotron for years.  So, I am used to having my musicstored on a server and a music system that runs regardless of what is happening with t

Re: [slim] NAS Questions

2005-12-18 Thread Marc D . Field
930 wrote: >(I did find various discussions of what I would really >like to have running, music store and slimserver all standing alone on >the NAS, but the technical requirements seem beyond my capabilities. >Hopefully, this is something that gets simpler in time). Hi, In case you just need som

Re: [slim] NAS Questions

2005-12-19 Thread Robin Bowes
Marc D.Field said the following on 19/12/2005 06:07: > 930 wrote: > >> (I did find various discussions of what I would really like to have >> running, music store and slimserver all standing alone on the NAS, >> but the technical requirements seem beyond my capabilities. >> Hopefully, this is som

[slim] NAS -> Multiple Squeezebox's

2006-08-28 Thread stevos
Can you run multiple squeezebox's off a single slimserver installed nas, and if so how many can be connected and not many can be run at once? -- stevos stevos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7145

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread funkstar
Not really sure about the whole NAS waking up thing, I never set mine to sleep. For me it isn't just for SS, it is my main bulk storage now too. I have a 5x 500GB drive N5200. Making about 1.8TB of online storage. I also treat is like an appliance, so while i mess about with my laptops or deskto

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread schatzy
NAS Devices are good for storing data but most of them are way under powered for running thins like SS and SC. Just read through the threads here, many people say they are under powerded. For actually less money than a decent NAS i have a mini iTX computer and a 500GB usb hard drive. The iTX is a

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Kim . T
You will get en central storage you can share from serveral PC's. And if you have a mediaplayer you can store you DVDs on the NAS and access them from the media player. Power consumption on my nas is only 11w idle and 18w when running. After 10min the HDD goes into hibernate. I also have my homepa

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Bill Burns
schatzy wrote: > For actually less money than a decent NAS i have a mini iTX computer > and a 500GB usb hard drive. The iTX is a 1Ghz processor with 1GB ram > and runs WIndows XP. Which iTX hardware are you running? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread schatzy
Espen;259784 Wrote: > I am using such a setup. The only component that makes noise is the > harddrive. I have configured it to spin down after a few minutes of > inactivity. I currently have two My Book 500GB hard drives. One is in use the other is stored away as a back up. Both of these drives

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Espen
schatzy;259768 Wrote: > > > For actually less money than a decent NAS i have a mini iTX computer > and a 500GB usb hard drive. The iTX is a 1Ghz processor with 1GB ram > and runs WIndows XP. I have 3 SB3's connected to it all running > different stream and no lag in the menu's on any of the SB3

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Gibbo
thats pretty interesting actually. just looking at itx's now. most seem to come with cd drives and small hard drives built in. I have an external drive I would be happy to use as an external, and have built computers before so am happy to build it myself. what kinda price could a simple one cost?

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread schatzy
Gibbo;259812 Wrote: > thats pretty interesting actually. just looking at itx's now. most seem > to come with cd drives and small hard drives built in. I have an > external drive I would be happy to use as an external, and have built > computers before so am happy to build it myself. what kinda pr

Re: [slim] NAS benefits?

2008-01-17 Thread Gibbo
I have an elements drive already that is pretty quite, well it'd be ok in the right location. I'd love it if people could recommend some cheap setups and stores. i'm in the uk. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] NAS Device

2009-12-19 Thread ghostrider
I have a NAS that is labled as drive Z. I sometimes have to power it down and when I turn it back on and mount it, Windows can see it but SBS can't. A reboot clears up the problem. -- ghostrider ghostrider's Profile: http:

Re: [slim] NAS Device

2009-12-19 Thread Aurumer
Trie the UNC-Path to your server: \\server-ip\share (you can trie in the windows explorer until it works). This is much more stable. -- Aurumer Aurumer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31601 View

Re: [slim] NAS Device

2009-12-19 Thread MrBigScot
Aurumer;497095 Wrote: > Trie the UNC-Path to your server: \\server-ip\share (you can trie in the > windows explorer until it works). This is much more stable. Thanks for the advice I am now having more serious problems with my PC actually seeing my NAS -- MrBigScot ---

[slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-18 Thread mmmadman
Hi all Do many of you use SSD drives in your NAS, are they much better than a normal hard drive, apart from the noise and reliability benefits...? Cheers... mmmadman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-05 Thread garym
shacky wrote: > I'm looking for NAS that can backup my PC and MAC files and stream to SB > Touch. Anyone try this WD? > > http://www.macmall.com/p/WD-NAS-(Network-Attached-Storage)/product~dpno~8214518~pdp.gcebegd You'll need something that can actually run the LMS program. Many NAS units can'

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-05 Thread aubuti
+1 Some NAS manufacturers include LMS in the NAS firmware, but that doesn't appear to be the case with this NAS. The web page says it has an 800MHz CPU, which should be just good enough to run LMS, but I don't see the amount of RAM listed anywhere. You should consider 256MB the absolute minimum fo

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-05 Thread Grumpy Bob
garym wrote: > You'll need something that can actually run the LMS program. Many NAS > units can't. So be sure about this first. No clue about this particular > NAS. I second this. I bought a QNAP NAS specifically because the review I read said it could run LMS, and there was an LMS package for

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-06 Thread Dogberry2
Yes, definitely make sure it either comes with LMS or you can install and run it, before you spend the money on a NAS. Another brand of NAS that I know supports LMS is the Netgear ReadyNAS. I've been using one for years for the same backup/streaming purposes you're looking for, and it works great.

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-06 Thread ply3908
See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?84735-WD-MyBook-Live-NAS ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98030

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-06 Thread Mnyb
ply3908 wrote: > See > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?84735-WD-MyBook-Live-NAS A bit old ,nowadays you can safely ignore to install anything MySQL the implemts tin is not working with LMS 7.7.2 unless you tweak some stuff and on such a puny NAS is it worthwhile . Does a my book re

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
Look for a NAS of a well known brand (good support and wide spread). It is preferred to have a NAS with an Intel based architecture but it is not a requirement. ARM based will work well too considering you select one with enough processing power. I’m using a ReadyNAS NVX (Intel based) and that wor

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-07 Thread aubuti
I should have mentioned this in my earlier post in this thread. I used two different NASs as my Squeezebox server over the course of about 3 years, and then switched to a basic headless pc with an Intel Atom processor for the past 4+ years, and I have to say that I find the headless pc a far bett

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-07 Thread Pascal Hibon
aubuti wrote: > I used two different NASs as my Squeezebox server over the course of > about 3 years, and then switched to a basic headless pc with an Intel > Atom processor for the past 4+ years... A lot has happened in those 4 past years. Many NAS's today have plenty of horse power and cannot

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-07 Thread aubuti
Pascal Hibon wrote: > A lot has happened in those 4 past years. Many NAS's today have plenty > of horse power and cannot be compared to the poor performance NAS's had > 4 years ago. No disagreement from me. But a lot has also happened on the low-power PC side of things as well, and I still think

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-07 Thread Mnyb
The better NAS boxes are improved and the cheap NAS boxes are... Cheaper ? And the market for general purpose computers in all sizes and hardware typeshas exploded ,some uses them as media servers or media centres or DIY NAS box or vortexbox . The value of a NAS is often how usefull you find the

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-07 Thread aubuti
Mnyb wrote: > The value of a NAS is often how usefull you find the bundled > functionality they support with the hardware , some of it can require a > lot of work and knowledge to set up correctly . Agreed. I think the main advantage the typical 1 or 2 drive consumer-grade NAS has over a smallis

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-09 Thread shacky
Can SB access NAS music via iTunes? I see many come with iTunes installed. shacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98030 ___

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-09 Thread garym
shacky wrote: > Can SB access NAS music via iTunes? I see many come with iTunes > installed. Generally yes, with the critical assumption that one can install LMS on the nas. LMS can integrate with iTunes files/databases. BUT ONE STILL NEEDS LMS RUNNING. ---

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-10 Thread Pascal Hibon
aubuti wrote: > Agreed. I think the main advantage the typical 1 or 2 drive > consumer-grade NAS has over a smallish pc is convenience of setup. I think it is a lot more than that. A NAS is designed to be a NAS from the ground up. It provides things like advanced power management, easy backup fe

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-10 Thread Pascal Hibon
shacky wrote: > Can SB access NAS music via iTunes? I see many come with iTunes > installed. Many NAS’s have the capability the run 'iTunes Server' (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1876358?start=0&tstart=0). But you do not necessary need that feature. You could also just store your iTunes

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-13 Thread PaulBC
ply3908 wrote: > See > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?84735-WD-MyBook-Live-NAS Mnyb wrote: > A bit old ,nowadays you can safely ignore to install anything MySQL the > implemts tin is not working with LMS 7.7.2 unless you tweak some stuff > and on such a puny NAS is it worthwhile .

Re: [slim] NAS Help

2013-02-13 Thread TimT
+1 for the My Book Live. You can find the 1TB on ebay for less than $100. The instructions for installing LMS on your MBL are clearly set out in the thread referenced earlier. TimT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-07-29 Thread d6jg
A few points first. 1. Raid is not backup and shouldn’t be considered as making it unnecessary. Raid is redundancy meaning that if a disk fails then you can replace it with no loss of data. Raid 1 uses 2 disks and the data is written to both (mirrored). 2 x 15tb disks would give you a total of abo

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-07-29 Thread fastfwd
xebec59 wrote: > The disadvantage is that the HDDs contain directories which are tagged > and available and directories with music waiting to be tagged. > > While this usually works well it can sometimes be hit and miss and I was > considering using a NAS instead which would make available i

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-07-29 Thread Jaca
d6jg wrote: > > So. My 2p. > 1. Get a NAS from either manufacturer but consider the storage > requirement carefully. You can always upgrade the disks at a later > stage. > 2. Get yourself a Pi4. Install piCorePlayer and LMS on the Pi. Point it > at the storage on the NAS. > > This is pretty m

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-07-29 Thread Tex
I recommend looking at this model since the developer of Qlogitechmediaserver has done such a good job. I am using a raspberry pi with a 1 TB external usb drive and find after the initial set up to be very dependable and maintenance free. But I recommend reading this thread before you decide. You

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-08-03 Thread atrocity
d6jg wrote: > > 1. Get a NAS from either manufacturer but consider the storage > requirement carefully. You can always upgrade the disks at a later > stage. > 2. Get yourself a Pi4. Install piCorePlayer and LMS on the Pi. Point it > at the storage on the NAS. Another advantage to having a Pi i

Re: [slim] NAS Advice

2020-08-03 Thread cfuttrup
Hi xebec59 Welcome to posting on this forum. >Essentially nearly 5000 CDs ripped plus later purchases. It sounds like a lot ... like you'll need maybe 4 TB of disk space. At Archimago's Musings he investigated what people actually have: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2020/06/musingspoll-lifetim

[slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-27 Thread jimzak
There comes a time when everyone needs to buy or build a NAS. If I buy or build one, I would certainly like to have my 14 TB of music installed in it also. What are the considerations for using it as a Squeezebox server also? I will also use it as a Plex server for videos and movies and offsit

[slim] NAS to run slimserver?

2006-02-13 Thread pilotdude0807
I'm sure most folks use an old PC (kept on 24/7) to run slim server software but there was an interesting item in the FAQ about using a NAS. Does anyone have any experience running it on a NAS and which make/model specifically? I'm looking for a cheap setup as well. Thanks. -- pilotdude0807

[slim] NAS vs Linux box

2006-07-07 Thread gusi
As I am ripping my way through my CD collection the PC is sprouting more and more harddisks. It got me thinking that it may be time to move slim to a separate machine. A NAS box would be nice but they are quite expensive. For the same money I could buy a nice new PC and rebuild my current PC into

[slim] NAS Storage for dummys

2006-07-08 Thread hughesie89
hey people i have an old toshiba 1410 laptop that i have been using as a dedicated Slimserver (that isn't exhactly slim or silent) and am wondering what would the best way to upgrade i feel it's time to i am angling towards a NAS device i have heard a lot about the devices and am wonderig ho

[slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread howie.stone
Hi everyone Right now I'm using a S/B classic with all my music files stored on an external Samsung 1.5 TB Hard drive, with the S/B server running on my desktop computer. I'm thinking of changing to a NAS. But I have some basic questions. I. Is it a good idea? 2. Which brand (I can see there'

[slim] NAS vs Silent PC

2009-01-19 Thread marklings
I have been having my Squeezebox for about one month now and I am totally in awe of that. I listen mainly to Internet streams but I also have a respectable collection of some 5.000 Mp3 collected over the years. My server is a big powerful noisy machine running XP Pro. My next logical step would be

[slim] NAS for running SlimServer

2007-08-29 Thread jordi . c
Hello, Now I've collected 3 SqueezeBoxes I'm thinking about a NAS. I have read some threads here about this topic. The most people advice the Thecus 5200 serie. In Holland we have three versions: -Thecus N5200 -Thecus N5200B Pro -Thecus N5200BR(oustor) Pro The only difference I can see

[slim] NAS recommendations/Mac Mini

2007-03-27 Thread Simon Still
My server PC has died so i'm thinking of taking a different approach - a mac mini in the kitchen (with EyeTV) as a media hub and an NAS to give me properly resilient storage. Any recommendations or advice? I've not owned or used a mac regularly for many years. Also, which NAS should I look at a

[slim] NAS vs. external USB

2007-04-30 Thread TexasRugger
Can anyone walk me through the benefits/drawbacks of NAS vs. a basic USB external drive? I haven't started to rip my collection yet (just bought the SB3 a few days ago) and I want to set this up right. I'm really not interested in the ability to share my music files across any other computers.

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-18 Thread get.amped
I don't think you will see any real performance gain on the music storage side during normal operations. But an SSD for the OS and LMS application and database provides a dramatic improvement, particularly on Windows based systems. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-18 Thread mmmadman
Thanks poing, no it's purely for music files for my SBT, only need upto 1TB. I'm in the process of choosing a NAS drive. I just thought an SSD would be more reliable and quieter, not sure if faster or not, this is all new to me so not got a clue...!!! Any tips/recommendations on a NAS drive...?

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-18 Thread poing
I think for a normal consumer/prosumer/small office usage, the benefits are negligible. Or do you have 10 Gb Ethernet devices at home?? poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-18 Thread mooblie
I guess the reason that people are suggesting you won't see much/any speed benefits from an SSD in a NAS is that the music server will (probably?) be connected to your music player by 100Mbps or maybe 1Gbps Ethernet (and you won't reach those nominal transfer speeds anyway: probably reaching only

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-19 Thread epoch1970
Seek times are radically different between rotating drives and SSD. If you're in the habit of scanning your DB every day or zapping playlists on a whim then an SSD could make a difference. If you write/erase a lot on your drives then you can wear an SSD down, although it is every unlikely. Usuall

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-19 Thread atrocity
epoch1970 wrote: > These days I tend to replace drives every 2 years. A brand is no > guarantee. I just had to replace a Buffalo NAS after less than a year and a half. Sure glad I back everything up! atrocity's Profile:

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-20 Thread poing
mooblie wrote: > However, you don't need -speed- for music playback do you? > Exactly. Disk I/O is not a bottleneck during playback, even if three or four devices are playing simultaneously. > > more reliable: ?? > uses less power: possibly. > Probably no more reliable, although the points of

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-20 Thread epoch1970
poing wrote: > What a huge waste of resources. The chance that a drive dies within the > next minute is not much different for a two-year old drive than for a > brand-new drive. Even after four or five years of usage, HDD failure > rates increase only modestly. If you're speaking of experience, y

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-20 Thread poing
epoch1970 wrote: > If you're speaking of experience, you are much more lucky than I am. No, I'm not speaking of personal experience. I don't personal experience is useful, as the sample size of an individual consumer is usually way too small to draw any meaningful conclusions. There are decent L

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-25 Thread d6jg
I see zero benefit in SSD over normal HD in an LMS environment. You don't write very often and read times aren't critical. The extra cost of SSD can't be justified at present. That's not to say things won't change in favour of SSD but as of today a Raid 1 plus scenario of normal HD seems perfectly

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-26 Thread paulster
For LMS on NAS I'd recommend WD Red drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The drives are quiet (way, way quieter than the Seagates I made the mistake of trying a few years ago), low power, and plenty fast enough for heavyweight music and HD video streaming. Plus RAID 5 gives you great read performan

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-27 Thread poing
paulster wrote: > > I use an SSD for my LMS database and I can scan 20,000 tracks for > updates in less than 30s on a Celeron-powered LMS server with a gigabit > connection to the NAS. > Just as a comparison: I scan 10k tracks for updates in less than 20s on a Marvell Kirkwood processor, no SSD

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-27 Thread d6jg
paulster wrote: > For LMS on NAS I'd recommend WD Red drives in a RAID 5 configuration. > The drives are quiet (way, way quieter than the Seagates I made the > mistake of trying a few years ago), low power, and plenty fast enough > for heavyweight music and HD video streaming. Plus RAID 5 gives

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-03-28 Thread SilverRS8
For music streaming there is absolutly no need to go for the SSD scenario unless indeed like has been said before you want very fast scanning which I personally do only occasionally. Either I do a search for new tracks scan or I browse to the folder with new files and LMS will automatically add on

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-01 Thread poing
The claim that an SSD allows for very fast scanning is highly debatable. LMS and its database are gonna fit into RAM on many setups. As RAM is faster than an SSD, the SSD hardly matters. And music collections are usually not on an SSD, so again the presence of an SSD doesn't make a difference.

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-01 Thread Michael Herger
LMS and its database are gonna fit into RAM on many setups. As RAM is True, if you're running 7.9 and enable the "maximum memory" option. But not so much with older versions. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-01 Thread Roland0
poing wrote: > The claim that an SSD allows for very fast scanning is highly > debatable.*** > *** Obviously, one can measure this stuff, too. I'd like to see some > numbers backing up the claim that an SSD speeds up things. > See 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99783-LMS-sc

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-01 Thread poing
Roland0 wrote: > See 'here' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99783-LMS-scan-performance) > Thanks for sharing this, I hadn't seen that thread. One should note that is for FULL scans which, to me, seem hardly necessary to do regularly. Do you expect similar improvement for regular

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-01 Thread Michael Herger
Thanks for sharing this, I hadn't seen that thread. One should note that is for FULL scans which, to me, seem hardly necessary to do regularly. Do you expect similar improvement for regular (i.e., update) scans? Yes, update scans did improve as well, at least when running the external scanner (

Re: [slim] NAS SSD Drive...?

2015-04-02 Thread DJanGo
mherger wrote: > Now comes the interesting question: where would you like to see the > bucks spent? > Michael [OT] I would spend my bucks/time to clean up the tags, remove idv1 / ape and so on. Gruss Jan DJanGo's Profil

Re: [slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-27 Thread markiii
I personally run Unraid it can run both LMS and Plex as dockers the main reason I like it is that you can use any combination of discs (a true NAS requires them all to be the same size) additionally the way it stores the files they are not striped across multiple disks, therefore when accessin

Re: [slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-27 Thread bernt
I installed Ubuntu server on a small PC and mounted a share from my NAS. Runs both LMS and PMS. SB Touch optical to Hegel H90, Speakers Larsen 4.2 Spare SB3 AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro A10 Squeezelite-x connected to home LMS with ZeroTier One. SB Radio ReadyNAS 202 iPeng -

Re: [slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-28 Thread d6jg
For many years I have had my music files on a 4 disk QNAP 419P NAS but I stopped running LMS on it some time ago as it's an Arm processor and only has 512mb RAM. It couldn't cope with lots of transcoding and the last Qnap approved version of LMS was 7.7.6. It is however great at doing its princip

Re: [slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-28 Thread Michael Herger
Can someone suggest a build including OS or something pre-built that would literally serve my 3 purposes: NAS + Squeezebox server + Plex server. My personal opinion: assuming you don't have Pis sitting around idle, I'd go with a relatively beefy NAS which can run Docker. The latter allows you

Re: [slim] NAS + Squeezebox + Plex

2022-11-28 Thread yeomanspc
Plex and LMS run on pretty much everything, so it comes down to how much time you have to build. I run a QNAP for plex and LMS with 90TB of ‘stuff’. The QLMS package runs 8.3 fine. You suggest you want off-site listening - whatever your NAS, do not expose ports to web, or you will one day fin

[slim] NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-05-20 Thread ultra238a
Hi, The company I work for are in the final throws of testing our NAS drive that runs Slimserver out of the box. I am looking for some feedback to the capacity sizes that we should offer the box in. We are thinking of 120Gb, 160Gb, 200Gb, 250Gb and 400Gb sizes starting at around £229.99 ($400 ap

[slim] NAS JUST for file storage?

2006-01-08 Thread pulp_136
Hallo and Happy New Year to everyone. I read all the posts about the problems users have using NAS Storage with Slimserver. However they were all refering to using NAS for RUNNING Slimserver. I would like to ask if a different approach would be possible. That is, using NAS just for storage, and r

Re: [slim] NAS to run slimserver?

2006-02-13 Thread Mark Lanctot
Most people recommend the Infrant ReadyNAS devices - and Infrant even provides a modded version of SlimServer to run on it. Pricey though. If you can stand the fan noise or can hide it somewhere an old PC will be as good or better, and certainly more flexible. pilotdude0807 wrote: > I'm sure

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread garym
howie.stone;638171 Wrote: > Hi everyone > > Right now I'm using a S/B classic with all my music files stored on an > external Samsung 1.5 TB Hard drive, with the S/B server running on my > desktop computer. I'm thinking of changing to a NAS. But I have some > basic questions. > > I. Is it a g

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread firedog
yes, it is supposed to be, and for some (many) it may be. But in the end, it is Linux, and a very specific version of Linux without the full GUI most distros of Linux have today. So if you have any issues you start needing to use Putty to login and write command line code. I switched over my WHS

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread garym
firedog;638198 Wrote: > yes, it is supposed to be, and for some (many) it may be. > point taken. And I do read the vortexbox forums as well so I know what you're talking about. I suspect the Vortexbox appliance (purchased with Vortexbox installed, etc.) is a bit more plug and play than installi

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread howie.stone
I'm starting to think that this is a bad idea. IT which is tricky when problems arise sounds like a no go area for me. Problems are inevitably going to come up. Howie. -- howie.stone howie.stone's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread 505
Or you could try something like a Synology NAS, for example the 'DS111' (http://www.synology.com/products/spec.php?product_name=DS111&lang=enu#p_submenu). If you look at the download page of the product, they have a package available for squeezebox. So it's not that difficult to set everything up.

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread TerryS
I have a QNAP TS-110, which was about the cheapest NAS that I could locate that looked like it would host the SB server. There were instructions on the QNAP site on how to install the SSOTS software and the SB server. I wouldn't say it is for the novice, but then again, I know absolutely nothing

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread howie.stone
What are the advantages over an external hard drive? -- howie.stone howie.stone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38137 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88501 _

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