itm wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a major performance hit if you use a network > storage device for your music? > > I run LMS 7.9.0 on a Windows 2008 Server Virtual Machine, running on an > ESXi host. My music is stored on a 4TB NTFS-formatted SATA drive. I've > tried connecting this drive to the ESXi host machine in a couple of ways > (e.g. internally connected directly to the SATA controller, and > externally in a USB enclosure), and mapping it using RDM, but the VM > environment doesn't handle it well at all - the disk always becomes > corrupt after a relatively short period of time. Probably a hardware > compatibility issue between the drive (a WD Blue) and ESXi. Or maybe the > size of the drive is a problem for ESXi. > > Anyway I'm now thinking of transplanting the drive to my Linux file > server in the loft, and pointing LMS at it from the Windows VM > downstairs, but wanted to get feedback on whether this is a good idea > before I embark on the whole process. > > Any views?
Why not connect the SATA drive to the host as a VMFS datastore ? A 4TB disk should be fine as a 4 (odd)TB datastore *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3 x3,Receiver,SqueezePlayer,PiCorePlayer x3,Wandboard *Server:* LMS Version: 7.9.0 - 1475786002 on Centos 7 VM on ESXi 6 on Dell T320 *Plugins:* AutoRescan/BBCiPlayer/PowerSave/PowerSwitchIII/Squeezecloud *Remotes:* iPeng8/Orangesqueeze/PC/Jivelite *Music:* 383GB,1269 albums 17756 songs 4381 artists mostly FLACs *Want a webapp ?* See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104305-Webapp-for-LMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff07971's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107853 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
