gweempose;178134 Wrote: > I recently got an SB3, and I absoutley love it! My music is currently > stored on a 7200 RPM drive in my PC. This PC is powered on 24/7 and > runs the SlimServer software. All of my music is backed up to an > external USB drive which is connected directly to the PC. Since I plan > on ripping all my CDs in the near future, I'm going to need more > storage. Before I go out and start buying more/larger drives, I wanted > to make sure that I am doing everything in the best way possible. I see > a lot of people talking about storing their music on some type of NAS > device. What are the benefits of this approach? Is there some other > type of setup I should consider?
How large is your music collection, or how large do you anticipate it growing within, say, the next two years? The first step would be to add sufficient drive capacity to your PC to house your collection. Of course you'll need similar capacity for your backup. Using external drives, that might pose a problem if it requires multiple drives. I'd say if your entire backup can be backed up to no more than maybe two or three drives, then it's probably feesible. With drive capacities expanding quickly these days, you might keep adding drives to the PC (until it maxes out), but keep replacing the external backup as larger drives become available, with the goal of keeping the backup on a single drive. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
