RE: [slim] Need advice on housing 30K of songs

[Carl Maskelyne]

I have 40k at MP3 128-320kbs very quick on iTunes (1 hr scan). Slim server takes 1 1/2 hrs to scan. Backup solution – firewire drive that I copy to once a week and take into the office to use there. The copying of this much data will take a good few hours but this solution work quite well. Make sure you have an SATA drive or SCSI on IDE you could multiply the iTune times by a factor of 2-4. Re DVD – guess it depends if he wants the convenience of all the music easily accessible in one place or the quality and cost. If money is no object a big box with loads of scsi drives and lossless compression would be the best solution. Regards,   Carl Maskelyne PaperPak Systems IT Manager Mobile Telephone : 07971 659494 Attends website : www.attends.co.uk     This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Emails sent from PaperPak that contain commercially sensitive data should not be disclosed to third parties that may benefit from this knowledge. This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving PaperPak however the company will not be liable for any losses as a result of any viruses being passed on.   From: Dave Strickler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 February 2005 03:36 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] Need advice on housing 30K of songs   I have put over 8k sounds under iTunes and saw sluggishness as the XML database that it had to keep up was getting quite large. I imagine your 30k of songs will push it to the limit, but I don't know for sure.   Advice: Get a fast hard drive and lots of RAM for use as the O/S tries to cache the writes.   Dave Strickler Mailwise LLC 617 267-0044 x810 www.mailwise.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/24/2005 7:47:01 PM >>> Can anyone give me any tips on dealing with 30k or so worth of songs? I have a client who has a HUGE CD collection and wants to take the cream of the crop and put them on a 250gig or 300gig HD for his listening pleasure. I'm hoping the 6.0 release will ease up the time it takes to search and generate large playlists. Is there any danger of filling the disc that contains the music library, yes we're using iTunes, completely? Does the slimserver need space to store data? Will I need to even use the iTunes library with 6.0? It seems like the slimserver will have its own db of songs, no? Thanks, Chris _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss         ---------------------------- This message has been certified virus-free by MailWise Filter - The real-time, intelligent, e-mail firewall used to scan inbound and outbound messages for SPAM, Viruses and Content.  For more info visit: http://www.mailwise.com

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