wcndave;413507 Wrote: > I am concerned about the NAS (and reason i would buy a seperate box if > there was one) because of performance, ie my NAS only has 128M RAM and > i use it for many other things, including streaming HD movies.
The biggest issue I see is that SC requires a minimum of 256MB of RAM and you only have 128. It is also my personal opinion that one is better off running SC on a purpose build server then on an NAS. Yes the NASs work, but as one adds more players and the library size starts to climb, the NASs can be brought to their knees. I can build a better machine to run SC on at half the cost of a run of the mill NAS that has no drives yet. Now I am not talking about some expensive "Server". I am talking about taking a decent PC and turning it into a dedicated box to host SC. A P4 processor with 1 to 2 GB of RAM, a large enough hard drive(s), and a backup system. Once it is setup it can run headless, I like to use Linux specifically Ubuntu. Have a look at 'Vortexbox ' (http://vortexbox.org) and see how easy it can be. Sure Sonos is one way to go, but I can fill 3 rooms with Squeezebox music for just the cost of one of Sonos's startup systems and not be pinned into they control of everything. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62215 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
