Nauticus, My NAS is a 300GB hard drive (QNAP TS-101) that holds all my data including my music CDs ripped as Flac. It is connected into my home network through CAT5 cable to a Netgear wireless bridge.
The Mini-ITX server is a VIA EN 1.5GHz, 1GB RAM box running Windows 2003 (it could be any OS and Linux would be a free choice if I wasn't experimenting for work). The Mini-ITX server runs Slimserver (although the QNAP could run Slimserver as well I just wanted more control). The beauty of NAS and Mini-ITX is they are very quiet and draw very little power. The server draws 25W and the NAS is probably around the same. Disks spin down when not in use and no monitor is needed. The server is on all the time as it also runs my home-automation but it could hibernate after a period of time and the SB3 would be able to wake-on-LAN -- Paul_B Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(1.2.1)~(160GB Maxtor) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 (Alpha) to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
