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matthijskoopmans;266715 Wrote: > A NAS is not a Server, but in essence a low spec PC for the sole purpose > of managing storage. SqueezeCenter is a server run application. This statement does really show that you do not know anything about the inside of an NAS. Just have a look how you connect to NAS devices: Via CIFS, NFS, FTP, iSCSI or whatever protocol your NAS supports. As the disk itself does not provide these protocols, your NAS has to do ist. And guess what, it does this by running services like Samba, NFS Server, FTP Server, iSCSI target via services (in your words application) that are running on a mini Linux. The PC hardware specs of good NAS is really fulfilling the requirements of SqueezeCenter. So why should I run any additional PC or my workstation for 24x7, while having already a vialble device running? This does never to be a "green(ish)" approach. No matter what anyone wants to tell/argue to you. The main issue for logitech is, that all the NAS vendors use their nearly own linux build. No standards. So if there's no standard framework, how will you support this over several vendors, where the linux layout is different between the models from each vendor itself? So the conclusion regarding the original request is, that not only logitech has to do homework, but also the NAS vendors. If this ever will happen is unlikely in my opinion. Cause the NAS vendors want to differentiate through their services and performance they support. And this is mostly done by the mini Linux on this NAS devices. matthijskoopmans;266715 Wrote: > Instead of offering NAS solutions, I could envisage Logitech releasing a > package with OS and SqueezeCenter integrated (and managed as a > SqueezeCenter offering). Lightweight and ready to run, and with > connectivity to your existing network (Windows, Mac, *nix) Look what I wroute about green(ish) above. So the flavor you describe is not that interesting. But what would be great is a virtual machine appliance. So those who run a server at home could easily be able to just deploy an additional VM. Or maybe die distribution is done by an appliance CD, so that you can install the VM by your own. Latter one would eleminate the need to support several different virtualization technologies at logitech. Regards, Torsten -- saurus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ saurus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
