jemhayward wrote: > I've gone back to my Raspberry Pi LMS for now, but I think I'll rebuild > my intel box into a Linux based NAS and run LMS on it - probably use > ubuntu, as I'm reasonably familiar with it...
For a couple of years now I too have been running my LMS on a RasPi 2 server- and been very happy with it. However, I often felt that it was right at its limit, especially with high bit rate files. I also found the slow Ethernet links frustrating when transferring large music files or making full backups. I recently resurrected a Tranquil PC BBS server unit (Intel atom cpu, 4GB RAM, gigabit ethernet) which, years earlier had, not very successfully, used WHS 2011 to stream both music and video. With the very basic Linux know how I've built up by fiddling with the RasPis, I took the plunge and installed Ubuntu x64 server on SSD and a 4TB internal HDD for the flac files. I'm using Webmin along with SSH to administer it. This is now exclusively for my music streaming and I must say I'm more than happy with to result so far. Scanning or synchronising a large music collection is so much faster on the Linux based file systems compared to when the same hardware ran WHS 2011 and NTFS, and the atom cpu makes the server run more like a little BMW to the Raspberry Pi's Morris Minor (for those old enough to remember them!). Perhaps this will encourage you to take the plunge too. I don't think you'll regret it. Chip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ChipMonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40072 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106820 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
