There are no hard and fast rules. Its not a number in the software that after its reached stuff doesn't work. There seems to be a gradual degradation in performance (initial scan time, remount scan time, GUI responsiveness etc) as the database gets larger. Exactly where things start to get really bad seems to be very individual setup dependant.
Several beta testers are running large libraries on big disks and its working fine for them. Others (such as those posting here in this thread) are having major problems. Unfortunately right now nobody knows what the differences are. I don't think anybody can say right now "If you do this its guaranteed to work" and "if you do this its guaranteed not to work". Its going to take some more experience to find out what parameters affect it and how to optimize a large library running on the builtin server. For now if you are having major difficulties there are a couple options: spend more time trying to find out what you can do that will improve things with the current setup, give up in disgust and return it, or go to an external server. It doesn't have to be very expensive, the Sheevaplug costs $99 and can be used with the USB drive you already have. I think most people are going to prefer the experience with the external server, you have the full capabilities of the server at your disposal, which are probably even more important for people with large collections. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77230 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
