JJZolx wrote: > Balthazar_B;193694 Wrote: > >> Thanks. BTW, to add to my original message, the kind of operations >> interesting to compare across the various platforms include web >> interface, library scanning/rescanning, track changing, etc. >> > > There are definite performance issues associated with SlimServer on > Windows accessing files on an NAS. Nobody has pinpointed exactly what > the problem is - perhaps a Windows/Linux issue (most consumer NASs run > some form of Linux), or maybe something with ActiveState's Windows > Perl, or something with how SlimServer itself is implemented on > Windows. Calling it low priority would be an understatement. > I guess most people using a NAS would be running Windows on the PC that runs slimserver. Accessing a fileserver over the network slows things down. I use Linux as my 247/7 up server OS, which makes a NAS rather useless, external firewire disks are much faster. > The main thing it affects is scan times. The web and remote > interfaces' performance shouldn't be impacted much, if at all, since > SlimServer primarily interacts with the database once a scan has > completed. Browsing the music folder could also be affected. >
Makes sense. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
