Not really. too many options. Many NAS units seem to be over priced (particularly ReadyNAS). There are lots of choices these days. Be careful to get one with an x86 chip (the old readynas duo did NOT have x86 chip). And some of the newer readynas units are powerful enough but don't easily run LMS. Search these forms for "NAS Suggestion" or "NAS Recommendation" and you'll see some discussions. Not all NAS units will run LMS. So get some confirmation from the forum before buying.
I use vortexbox appliance from "small green computer" as a NAS. Very powerful, very open for tinkering (if one wants). and you could install the free vortexbox operating system on any old desktop or laptop you have sitting around and use that. for the desktop you don't need monitor or keyboard. You access the computer running VB from any other computer on your network via a browser and a webGUI. p.s. Even with my old readynas duo that was way underpowered, I didn't have a buffering problem. It was painfully slow when scanning my music library or browsing by artist or album, etc. But actual *playing* of the files was just fine (although I wasn't playing any 24/96 files). All 16/44.1 flac and mp3. *Location 1:* VortexBox (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > SqueezePlay *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100272 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
