longhornalum;516598 Wrote: > I recently bought an HP EX485 MediaSmart server mainly to run squeezebox > server for a squeezebox duet. After the EX485 took 3-4 days to simply > create the library and index the mp3's, I realized that the server was > not going to be able to handle a large library. I upgraded the server > processor from a single core 2 ghz celeron to a dual core 2.8 ghz E6300 > pentium processor. My server and my squeezebox receiver are hardwired > into my uverse router, and I can get decent performance if I access my > library from a browser. However, if I use the duet controller or ipeng, > the connection can take minutes to list the files or time out when I try > and access certain genres or categories. > > I am a little disappointed that I am having so much trouble just trying > to stream to a single squeezebox receiver. My real question is how much > hardware is needed to run squeezebox server reliably and be able to > stream to multiple receivers with a library of 100,000 mp3's? > > Does anyone with a large collection have any advice on getting better > performance from my library or at least the wireless controllers? > > Thanks!
Ultraviolet has a library of over 400,000 tracks... you may want to ask him. The main problem with such large libraries is that (aside from scanning which is going to take a while) some lists such as "all tracks in a genre" are going to be HUGE. They are going to create quite a bit of network traffic too. The Web UI running on the SBS machine may be the best front-end for massive libraries, since it would minimise the network traffic. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75205 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
