ob_kook Wrote: > I am a new user of SlimServer and am currently using it in conjunction > with WinAmp (although this will soon change as I am getting an SB2 > soon). > > My music collection is on a storage server that presents a "virtual > disk" over my network via iSCSI. My actual collection takes up about > 120GB of space with about 22,000 songs, but the virtual disk is read by > the application as a 2TB volume. This is normal as I am using a feature > on the storage server which allocates physical storage as it is needed > - much the same way that virtual memory works. > > The SlimServer is running on the storage server as well with the 2TB > "MusicServer" volume being served to it as a read only volume. > > My question is whether SlimServer will try to scan the entire disk, or > only the data? I tried to complete a scan yesterday and it ultimately > failed after "scanning" for more than 12 hours. > > I will try again this evening, but was curious if anyone could tell me > how SlimServer's scanning methodology behaves. SlimServer will scan 22,000 tracks. Doesn't matter if those tracks take up 50 megabytes or 50 terrabytes, and it probably wouldn't make much difference in the time it takes to scan since SlimServer is only looking at metadata - tags, file name, file path, etc. It certainly won't be "scanning" the unused space in the disk volume.
BTW, which iSCSI storage server are you using? -- JJZolx Jim _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
