hi, i have spent some time on your website, but i'm still a bit confused.
it seems people could simply use your software for free, and not buy anything from you, right? and if they do buy from you, the price is fairly low for the hardware you sell, so i wonder how you make enough money? are there enough people out there who simply want a SC/NAS 1TB premade system? basically an infrant on steroids without the price tag? don't feel a need to answer all that, but it leads to my next question which is what are you looking to enhance primarily? software or hardware? (also, u might want to tell people that they need to turn the "iso" into a vortexbox CD, and how to do that. some folks wouldn't be up to snuff on it) we have an infrant 1100 rack model at work, and it has many features as well as SC built in. can your entire system be managed via web interface? can someone set it up to act as a ftp server via that interface? (as a for instance) what about ddns support? you might want to also display the IP + port number for SC access. updating by merely feeding the system a file would be nice, instead of the commands that would be beyond some folks. more below: agillis;438570 Wrote: > I'm trying to design the ultimate NAS for SqueezeCenter. And I am > interested in getting some input from the community. I think we already > have the ultimate NAS operating system. VortexBox is light weight, fast, > easy to configure, ripps CDs for you, and it's free! > > Our appliance draws 24 watts, is fast, and high capacity (1TB). So > what's next? What direction should we go to make the appliance better. > Here are some possible design goals. What does everybody want the most. > > 1. Quiet - This seems like something people want unless there putting > their NAS is a closet someplace. Should we try to make the appliance > even quieter? Or maybe no moving parts at all, completely silent? silent is always best. :) still, some folks might like the lil computer speaker, if it has one, to beep or something when a CD is done, in case they aren't staring at it. even better, say something with a distinctive tone. agillis;438570 Wrote: > 2. Size - If we removed the CD ripping drive we could make the NAS > smaller then a SqueezeBox classic. Are people interested in this? i'd imagine some people would be. give it a usb port for usb CD drives. i can see running something small in cars and such. if mobile, no moving parts that were very affixed would be crucial. agillis;438570 Wrote: > 3. Low power - 24 watts is very little power you can run the system for > $20 a year in power. But maybe we could make it lower power. Would > people be interested in a less than 10 watt appliance? seems to be more and more relevant these days. at such low wattage, do i dare broach the idea of a laptop battery charged off of solar power? agillis;438570 Wrote: > 4. Bigger capacity - How about a 4.5TB NAS? Are people interested in > this type of capacity? Even if the noise and power consumption is > higher? > > We are building VortexBox software and the appliance for music > listeners. Please post your comments and help us figure out what to > build next! i think a lot of people would like more storage. i currently only do mp3 at 256kbps and i have ~300gigs of music. i won't go to FLAC until i figure out what my home NAS system is going to be, and your product (the software anyway), is definitely on my mind. however, i would want a full media server, meaning it would have to do video, pictures, etc as well and work reliably with whatever client appliances i have. i also MUST have RAID functionality. i have some of the same concerns as earlier posters, so i won't repeat them, but i would like the ability to choose what formats to rip, and also have new rips in a "staging" area that i could check out before manually putting them into what i consider the proper archived place. thats a must as well. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - w/sc 7.3.3b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65338 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
