I'm thinking of getting another Squeezebox after selling my one a while ago.
I bought alot of kit (SB, 300GB harddrives, PC for server etc.) last time round to get a nice hassle free setup - but it never worked out so i sold the SB. Problems basically revolved around the complete lack of ability of WinXP to run a 24/7 server without dying after <24 hrs. It was ridiculous. Fresh install SP1 became unusable in very short time running slimserver. eg. Worked at night before, by morning slimserver lost connection. You get the idea. SP2 was worse - really, really worse (IExplorer just dying consistently on certain webpages). Annnyways....the old brain is thinking of trying all over again. But what i'm wondering is if anyone else has successfully run a 24/7 (or just reliable for a week or so at east) server on WinXP for their Squeezebox. Or do you all restart the box on a daily basis? I'm sure those with linux boxes have done this, but i don't have the time patience anymore to do the config it takes like i would have a a while ago. Should i schedule a restart nightly? to keep it running OKish. I can't tell you the number of times i have gone to the garage to restart a the box that is non-responsive. I'll looking at the linux, but in all honesty, it seems to much hassle to get it running completely right. Samba setup, network config, mounting drives, getting them to automount etc and the general maintanance required. seems too much - and will it be stable anyway? So i guess my question is how best to run a server which is really stable and hassle free for squeezebox? I like the look of this new TS-101 NAS - the Download Server it has - anyone know if that will be like, say, Getright, or more like Bittorrent instead? And you can add extra USB storage, that is very good, future proof. Any advice / help appreciated to help restore my confidence in this before i shell out the wonga all over again. -- eeyssjr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eeyssjr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18129 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
