The problem with NAS devices is they just aren't. Conceptually the NAS boxes such as QNAP were originally specced for serving files to a network. But more and more has been added to them in the form of bit torrent, web server, Slimserver, etc. They are no longer true NAS but a central server. As a server they are under powered and this is especailly true since the release of Slimserver 6.5 and using the web interface. Add to this the inadequacies of Wi-Fi and it is not a pleasant experience.
I discovered this myself and is the reason I went down the Mini-ITX route and built a central server. I find it much more flexible to my needs because I can just download and install the latest version of Slimserver or Plugin. This machine is not that powerful. It is 1.5GHz with 1GB of RAM but it also acts as my print server, WINS, DNS, DHCP, Web-server, Home-automation server, file server, and Slimserver. It never complains and sits in the garage headless and consumes just 25W. The QNAP now is back as a true NAS device and just gives file-access on the network -- Paul_B Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(2.0.0)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.37d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33695 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
