JJZolx wrote: > Peter;193756 Wrote: > >> I use Linux as my 247/7 up server OS, which makes a NAS rather useless >> > > Why? If you need network accessible storage, you need network > accessible storage. Doesn't matter what operating system(s) you're > running. >
NAS's are usually run by people who don't want to run a real 24/7 server, for whatever reason. Perhaps we should make a poll of it but I'm betting the majority of NAS users are not running Windows. Well, that's to be expected, but I'm betting it will be even less. People by a NAS because they don't want to run a server. People who run Linux usually don't have such qualms. > The term "NAS" has taken on a bizarre definition in these forums to > mean something like a "box that runs SlimServer so I don't have to have > a computer running". It means "network attached storage", and that's > all. A (usually) quick and easy to configure device that adds file > storage to a network. > Agreed, but plugging a USB/FW/SATA drive into a server you already have running is faster and cheaper. > >> external firewire disks are much faster. >> > > Not necessarily. Internal disks are almost certain to be faster, but > external firewire or USB disks should be slower than accessing files > served over a Gbit network from a good file server. Depends on the > file server and depends on the client implementation. The client > implementation appears to be the problem with SlimServer-on-Windows > connecting to an NAS. > With a Gigabit network, the network speed isn't the bottleneck. The CPU processing speed of a NAS device is. I'll bet any decent Linux server will beat any NAS device on speed. Of course, FW is fast, but with a 'real' server there's no reason you shouldn't just use a SATA disk. Linux people who run their own servers will usually keep their music on the local machine and therefore will not run into problems with slow NAS networking. A percentage of the Windows problem cases will even be running slimserver on a laptop while accessing a NAS and streaming music over wifi. Oh the horror... ;) Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
