I've tried the following computers as servers for SBS: 1. HP Slimline Pentium dual core (XP 32 bit, 2GB RAM)
This worked fine with good performance and reasonable scan tims but I had concerns about energy usage. 2. Emachines Atom, 1st gen, single core (XP, 2GB RAM) This one was much more efficient, but scans took 45+ minutes and I'm adding a lot of new music all the time. Streaming performance was fine. 3. Homemade 1st gen i3 dual core desktop (Win7, 4GB RAM) Fast scans, but running a desktop with a separate monitor seems inefficient. 4. MSI 1st gen i3 dual core notebook (Win7, 4GB RAM) This seems to be the sweet spot for me. It's a cheap, refurbished notebook. Scans are fast and streaming is fine. The whole thing runs on one power brick, and it stays very cool. Personally I think this is the sweet spot for performance and efficiency. YMMV. -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net Ripper: dBpoweramp Router: Lynksys WRT54GL Server: SBS 7.5.4 - i3 - Win 7 64bit Player: 2 Booms, 1 Radio, 1 Touch Control: 2 controllers, 1 iPod Touch w/iPeng, 1 iPad w/iPeng for iPad & SqueezePad, Nexus S phone w/Logitech controller app 'Library' (http://zzzone.net/photo/2009/music1.jpg): 92,000+ FLAC/MP3 files - 2TB external HD x 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimzak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87968 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
