MDB;609821 Wrote: > With much interest I read the opening post. For over half a year I've > been doubting if I should buy a SB-Touch or not. The setup I want is > the same like Jeans: a Touch fed by an external USB-disk. > I don't like the thought of energyconsuming NAS under my desk, even my > babygirl has 'green'lightbulbs in her bedlighting. The only device that > may make my electric meter go rinkle is my beautifull vacuum tube > amplifier :) > So I was thinking to buy a USB-powered WD 160Gb Elements and a SBTouch > and hook it all together. My question to you is: is it the best choice? > In the posts you wrote I sometimes read some cynism and it makes me > wonder if I'm doing the right thing. I do know a thing or two about > computers and Linux etc, so a bumpy road won't make it impossible for > me to get to my destination. But if the SBTouch turns out to be a 10k > miles journey, I might get an alternative.
One possibility is to get a Fit-PC2 running VortexBox software as a server (it includes SBS). It takes a whopping 5 watts and would be a MUCH more robust environment than using the Touch internal server. It runs a full blown SBS with all the features rather than the stripped down server "TinySBS". The Fit-PC2 is also very tiny, just barely big enough to hold a 2.5" drive. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
