sgmlaw wrote: > I think we are ultimately saying the same thing. A NAS device is > particularly proficient when used primarily as a network data target for > other machines. But a NAS is not a server. All but the most powerful > models can be quickly overwhelmed when running more resource-intensive > server machine applications and services, or forced to host numerous > concurrent services serving many clients and targets. > > We also have a NAS, but it used strictly as a backup volume target on > the network for the other machines and the working data volume. Most > data is pushed to it in a non-priority context where QOS or streaming > interruption considerations do not arise. > > Placing working data for a server machine elsewhere on the network does > add additional packet traffic, and creates an additional fault layer > should network buffers fail. A local working volume also allows a > working drive separate from the machine's boot drive to host > high-bandwidth tasks such as file transcoding, saving a write-limited OS > SSD from unnecessary wear. A gigabit ethernet connection to a networked > target drive is simply incapable of that luxury. > > But I can certainly understand those who do use a NAS as a working data > volume for a server machine elsewhere on the network, as setting up and > maintaining multiple independent arrays and HDDs in a home environment > is rather expensive.
In a LMS on one machine data on another via NFS/CIFS scenario the transcoding (if required) is always going to be done on the LMS machine. If the OS and software are on one drive and the data is on another in the same machine then any transcoding will be done on the OS/LMS drive so I really dont understand your point. Surely transcoding is precisely the sort of task where an SSD is a good idea. Streaming is a low level network activity and you would be very hard pressed to choke a gigabit Ethernet connection by reading a music file from one machine to another and then streaming it out again. People successfully run Pi based LMS with data on NAS. Personally I dont because my experience of running this way was that the Pis network card was its weakest point so I moved to an HP54 with single SSD and all files on NAS but I regularly build new Pis and connect them to the NAS. If every time I wanted to build a new LMS server I had to build new Raid arrays on attached USB enclosure (also a Pi weak spot as the LAN port shares the same bus) then it would be a nightmare. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109946
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