I run 6.2 (actually the latest trunk) on an old 450MHz laptop with 192MB RAM running Gentoo Linux and it runs fine for me (this server machine runs without a graphical desktop, which helps reduce memory and CPU load).
My library is ~7000 tracks and I use MySQL for the database backend (I was already running it on this machine so it made sense for me). My music is nearly all FLAC, and I have a SB1. I don't notice any problems with this configuration, even when transcoding to MP3 for remote listening. I don't get any pauses in playback in normal usage, and I find the web interface usable whether the server is playing music or not. I see ~10% load when playing. This obviously becomes higher when transcoding for remote listening, but it's still easily manageable. The only time performance is noticably sluggish is when rescanning the library. However, I find that totally acceptable as it only happens once in a while, and I've scheduled a nightly scan to avoid having to manually rescan during normal usage. I think that performance is understandable given the amount of data the server is having to chew through. Obviously my experience is on Linux only, but based on the performance I see then I think the 6.2 server would run quite happily on a 300MHz machine, and you wouldn't see any performance problems (eg pauses) except when rescanning the library. As others have said, however, it's easy to try it and see for yourself, and roll back if you find any problems. The new features enabled by the use of the database are very nice indeed. -- hickinbottoms --- Stuart _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
