Hmm, I've read that thread and there is no way I read that as saying that the hardware or platform doesn't matter. While the web-based ui does place limits on how fast the ui can go, if you put it on sufficiently low-powered hardware there is no limit to how _slow_ it will respond. But I guess everyone has his/her own interpretation.
Yes, you can set up Vortexbox to read from the NAS instead of the internal HDD. That's what I did for my first few weeks of running my MSI Wind server (ie, Vortexbox appliance equivalent) while I figured out which internal HDD to buy. Scanning is slower because it's doing everything over the network, but it won't slow down web ui performance because that will all be on the VB machine. However, like tcutting says, it's not clear at all what you would gain from keeping the music files on the NAS instead of on a local hard drive on the VB. You could resell or re-purpose the NAS, or depending on the NAS and the computer you use, you could even re-use the HDD in the NAS (I tried that, but wanted a quieter, more efficient drive). -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen 1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and SB Radio; Backyard: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76928 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
