Gildahl Wrote: > I had also observed many people trying to setup Slimserver on a NAS box, > and wondered about trying this. This idea certainly has some charm > (small, compact, quiet), but I found that creating a full-fledged PC > was both less expensive and far more powerful.
YES! I got myself into trouble yesterday for daring to suggest this on a NAS thread. Why not take the cost and performance advantages of standard, off-the-shelf PC hardware? I'm starting to think the term "NAS" is kind of a misnomer. People get the impression it's a super-specialized device, but if you were to make one out of PC components, it doesn't make it any less of a "NAS". The thing that strikes me about current NAS devices is: 1. High cost. 2. Anemic processor. 3. Lack of flexibility/expandability. The cost has been explained away by saying how convenient a NAS is, that it's a turnkey installation. I guess this is my chief beef with the concept. Philosophically, I've never been one to pay extra for convenience. The OS is something that's a little behind current NAS devices but I think if I was to do this I might go with ClarkConnect. Apparently the bloat is creeping in but it not only comes with Perl installed, it comes with SlimServer installed! Now the latest strike against my PC-NAS idea is that it might be noisy. I was going to counter with a fanless VIA Mini-ITX version which would still undercut a NAS by about $300 but I didn't want to rock the boat too much. :o) -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25892 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
