nicolas75;646610 Wrote: > I still think a small NetTop with Windows 7 (check AsRock products) or a > Mac Mini is easier to use as a server. > It is much easier to administrate, a lot of people can administrate > Windows or OSX, but are totally unable to understand Linux. > It can turn into a desktop or a multimedia box if you feel like it, is > low power if you choose it carefully and much more powerful than most > NAS.
Madness. Windows 7 minimum hardware spec is 1Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM. Totally unnecessary for a Squeezebox server, and it leads to a lot of power usage too. My Dockstar when streaming music, along the two USB drives connected use up 10W in total according to my energy meter. It would be simpler to take a squeezeplug-like device and provide a simple web gui to administer it. Truehl has already made it very easy with his Squeezeplug image. nicolas75;646610 Wrote: > > I can administrate a big Linux server, but I won't loose time with that > at home, just because this way, I don't have to care about software > availability and reliability for those "exotic low performance" > hardware. > My Dockstar just works 24/7. I'm afraid I cant say the same for Windows servers I used to have... As for RAID, I agree and dont use it at home. My main problem is deleting files by accident, and then noticing a week later. It's why I use daily rdiff-backup across my two drives. Cheers, Menno -- menno ------------------------------------------------------------------------ menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89143 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
