steve48201;251633 Wrote: > I just got my Squeezebox (still in the box) and I've picked up a used HP > SFF machine to act as a dedicated music "server" to interface with the > Squeezebox. I'd like to replace or supplement the HDD in the HP (40GB) > with a 750GB drive. I'm ripping all my CD's onto my primary computer > HDD in WAV format to store as a lossless archive and I intend to copy > all over to the HP "server" in WAV format. > Any thoughts on pros/cons of replacing the "server" 40GB HDD with a > 750GB internal HDD or just plugging in an external 750GB drive with > USB? I'd add a hard drive, if the machine has room. Then you can keep the operating system and applications on their own drive, which makes restoring/rebuilding the machine a lot easier if one or the other drive fails.
SlimServer scanning of the library stored on an internal drive will be a lot faster, as well as being much faster when working with files, such as doing some kind of mass tagging operation, or even copying a lot of large files to the drive. As mentioned above, though, an older computer may not be able to recognize a large hard drive. This might force you to buy a (fairly inexpensive) SATA controller card. That may also be necessary if the older computer doesn't have SATA drive capability, as nearly all new, large capacity hard drives are SATA. And you'd be crazy not to have a backup of all that data, so "both" was the best answer. The advantage of an external drive for backups is that you can easily take it to another location. Then in case of a fire or theft of the server, you'll have a reliable backup. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41396 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
