Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time well, first off I use a cheap entry level server from HP (240 euro, +disks) with mirrored sata drives. Software mirroring is fairly easy to setup and well documented with Ubuntu Linux. Then I have a second Ubuntu box in my country home, so if either should fail or get lost (houses are made to break into...) I have the other one. I keep them synchronized with an USB portable drive from my Windows notebook, using Samba. This makes a third backup of my flac library. Couldn't stand to rip them all AGAIN! -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?
I have a D-Link GamerLounge (DGL-4300) with v 1.7 firmware (latest). Please note that the Duet controller does NOT lose connectivity to the network (it used to frequently wake up with an APIPA address; I solved that problem by falling back to WPA from WPA2). It just doesn't connect to Squeezecenter. The machine Squeezecenter is running on can ping the controller and I can remotely log on. The controller retains its DHCP address. It reports State: Connected. FWIW, I have recently disabled all but default Squeezecenter plugins. In the last 36 hours, I've had no connectivity issues. However, it's been the weekend, so the controller has been in use a lot. It seems to take several hours of inactivity before the problem occurs. -- mikelee999 mikelee999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47190 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
PRGeno;318607 Wrote: I'd have to agree. This new mode is not my favorite way to fly. +1 I've been wondering what was wrong with this forum recently - I haven't checked-in for a few weeks - but the upgrade would make sense threads I'm subscribed to and have just posted in don't then appear in New Posts, and when they do appear in New Posts (usually when someone else has posted in the thread) the threads aren't listed with the subscribed threads indicator. I suppose this is all explained by this new marking method, though maybe not the lack of thread subsription indicators, but I don't like it. Can we have the choice to go back to the old marking method? -- Milhouse Milhouse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time My music server doubles as a home file server with (currently) a boot drive and three other hard drives. I lost the boot drive last month and I've lost a couple of data drives over the years. Never lost the drive (or drives) storing my music library. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?
mvalera;323181 Wrote: Millhouse is correct, these problems are all caused by improper implementations of the PSM standard on your routers. Mike If true, wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble to provide a test applet to validate the PSM implementation on various routers? You're asking people to replace hardware without proving that it's the problem and without making recommendations for what will work. -- mikelee999 mikelee999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47190 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode?
This is something I really could use so I've cast my vote. Here's the link again in case someone is wondering: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8878 -- Husted Husted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47592 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Universal Remote Code - JVC DVD?
MY SB3 remote is broken but I have a Sony universal remote controller and I have read that I can use a Universal rmeote to control the SB3 and that it uses the JVC DVD codecs. Does anyone know the best remote code (3 or 4 digit) for this purpose? -- unclepuncle unclepuncle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50307 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time RAID5 with a good h/w controller with it's on battary-backed RAM would seem sensible once your collection 500Gb. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time amcluesent;323418 Wrote: RAID5 with a good h/w controller with it's on battary-backed RAM would seem sensible once your collection 500Gb. A 750 GB drive goes for about $120, and for backup, an external backup drive of the same size for about $160. That's all you need. RAID is a waste of money for most music libraries. For a library that's so large you can't afford to back it up to a second set of hard drives (more likely a video library or a truly huge music collection) then RAID 5, or better yet, RAID 6 makes sense. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
I has seen this from day one (with the official plugin), i think this is something that has been there for a while. I think you get rid of it by subscribing (?). -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
Hi, I have downloaded the latest nightly build of 7.1 and i have noticed that the forward/rewind buttons don't work on the controller. Or to be more precise they work for jumping forward/back one song but not for scanning through the track quickly. I also noticed this problem with a previous build. Is there a menu item which disables this functionality?? BTW, Is there a way to resume playing an album halfway through? I seemm to only have the option of selecting one track (and it only plays that one track) or to play the whole album through from the beginning again. Any help would be gratefully received! -Miles -- milesbeverley milesbeverley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16662 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
Hi, I have downloaded the latest nightly build of 7.1 and i have noticed that the forward/rewind buttons don't work on the controller. Or to be Does nothing happen if you presshold it for a second? What firmware version? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does Duet controller need port 9000?
gandt;323355 Wrote: Changed it to 9001. I'm gonna click that install button... And he was bever heard from since. Shame, he was a decent bloke ;) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50294 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time I use an NSLU2 slug to backup my music drive and other data from around the multiple PCs that I have. Cheap and simple device, it can be set up to do daily incremental backups of shared directories on networked PCs. I have had a couple of drive failures on the music drive (currently USB external but I'm switching to SAT internal) and have simply replaced the drive and copied all the music files back from the Slug. It takes a while but it's a lot better and more reliable than DVDs! Tony -- TonyM TonyM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8354 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal Remote Code - JVC DVD?
Should be fairly similar whichever one you use. There aren't many buttons on the SB3 remote compaired to many DVD players like the old JVC ones. So if either of those codes don't re-produce all the buttons on a DVD remote, there should be enough to control the SB3. You aren't going to do any harm in trying both. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50307 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
Hi, the version is 7.1 r2722. When I hold these buttons nothing happens. If I press quickly the the track jumps forward to the next track or back to the beginning of the current track. -- milesbeverley milesbeverley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16662 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time Ian_F;323367 Wrote: Yeah fair points. I guess my point was that drives with a longer warranty -should- last longer than those with a shorter one. I say that purely on the basis that manufacturers wouldn't offer longer warranties if their drives usually failed in that time period ;-) Yes, but the original poster wasn't talking about a drive with a longer warranty, he was talking about buying one without a longer warranty and then paying extra for some sort of extended warranty, which isn't the same thing at all. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
He is a subscriber: Siduhe;323318 Wrote: Using 7.2 and the inbuilt Last.fm plugin (as a *subscriber*) -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
JJZolx wrote: A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time amcluesent;323418 Wrote: RAID5 with a good h/w controller with it's on battary-backed RAM would seem sensible once your collection 500Gb. A 750 GB drive goes for about $120, and for backup, an external backup drive of the same size for about $160. That's all you need. RAID is a waste of money for most music libraries. For a library that's so large you can't afford to back it up to a second set of hard drives (more likely a video library or a truly huge music collection) then RAID 5, or better yet, RAID 6 makes sense. I disagree. The OP complained about the hassle of restoring things from backup. That's exactly what RAID saves you. Don't use hardware RAID because the controller may fail and you may not be able to get it repaired or get a similar replacement a few years from now. Use the standard Linux kernel RAID (md) instead. I recently had a hard disk failure in my colo machine which cost me a lot of time. My current setup is: Home: Linux server with 3 1TB drives in RAID 5 configuration that store music/photos/video/mythtv personal files Colo: 1TB drive that receives daily snapshots (rsnapshots) of music/photos/personal videos personal files (30 day retention) I chose the snapshot/colo option because I know I'm not disciplined enough for manual backups. RAID is *not* a substitute for backups but it may save you a lot of downtime and work. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
Thanks all - I wonder if the skip limit now applies to everyone, which would explain why I haven't seen it before (as a subscriber). Or maybe the plugin doesn't deliver the necessary info to Last.fm (though I can see my loved tracks radio, so it definitely knows I am a subscriber). -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multiple Albums?
i think it masked the problem, which isn't te same as fixing it. SOMETHING seems amiss. it seems to me the behavior is result of either the data as you present it to SC, OR SC has some kind of internal bug that causes it and the data is identical. of the two, i think the former is more likely. i think people with this problem should file a bug report and post their mp3s in it (and a description of how its stored locally) so slim can recreate the issue. they can either figure out if its the data or the slim stuff. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.1beta - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49848 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time Never (yet) lost a drive in my NAS, but have twice lost Samsung S2504C drives even though they were still under warranty and hadn't even done a year's service. The first time I lost 250GB of FLACs (it was backed up) and the second time I lost 6 months worth of email and family photos (not backed up, my own fault thinking it's new and therefore won't fail). In any event, two lessons I've learned: - always backup if you attach any value to data - don't buy Samsung drives - there's a good reason they're so damned cheap. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time amcluesent;323418 Wrote: RAID5 with a good h/w controller with it's on battary-backed RAM would seem sensible once your collection 500Gb. The key work here is Hardware Controller. Cheap software driven raid boards are nothing but trouble in my experience. Spend the $$. BTW, I beleive in the use of RAID, but if you only use your computer for your music, then you can get by without RAID. I have a large second drive installed and I automatically backup my OS and SYS files to it everyday. Nothing much changes so that works fine. As long as you back up your sys files (Windows)you can get everything right back to where it was fairly painlessly. Then I backup my music to an external drive (currently the BlacX) if I make any changes. BTW, the OS and music are on sperate hard drives. The OS and SC are on a fast 36GB drive by itself. Makes more sense to me. Have a great day, Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time funkstar;323433 Wrote: I've had two of my various library drives fail in the past couple of years. The first time it was one half of a 2 drive RAID-1 array. So all was good. The second it was one of 5 from a RAID-5 array, so again, all was good. I really need to get another 1TB drive and do an external backup though, just in case the whole array fails. Yes for sure. My experience was when no drive died, but the whole array got corrupted. Unsavable. Dead. Get a backup on a nice, simple drive! -- amey01 amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time amey01;323455 Wrote: Yes for sure. My experience was when no drive died, but the whole array got corrupted. Unsavable. Dead. Amen to that. I've seen an Adaptec RAID controller go faulty and scribble over all five drives simultaneously. As others have said, RAID is not a substitute for backup. I'll go further and suggest that RAID only makes sense in two scenarios: 1. You're running a critical system that must stay running if a spindle fails. 2. You need the disk read performance boost that can come from striping. Neither of these strikes me as relevant in a home media server. As for the original question in this thread: I've seen perhaps half a dozen disks go bad over the course of about 20 years I've been using PCs. They cover the full range of device types (ESDI, SCSI, EIDE, PATA, SATA) from a variety of manufacturers (Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, etc). Whether a disk fails seems entirely random, nothing to do with manufacturer or technology. I even have a 30GB IBM Deathstar which refuses to die - I'd like to have the excuse to replace it! (I've known one case where a disk had a good excuse for failing. It was in my wife's work PC which was blown up by the Buncefield oil depot explosion - it sort of worked but had a lot of bad spots. Amazingly the other disk in that PC still works to this day!) -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't save Limiting Bandwith setting !?
All of them, depending on how many are switched on. Same setting as with Ver 6.54 though. You can't transcode when synchronizing. Bandwidth limiting is just another way of transcoding. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't save Limiting Bandwith setting !?
mherger;323464 Wrote: You can't transcode when synchronizing. Bandwidth limiting is just another way of transcoding. So perhaps the synchronize UIs should exclude any player that has bandwidth limiting enabled? In the Default Web UI you could even do something nice like grey out a player name and give it a tooltip to explain why it cannot be chosen. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50229 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't save Limiting Bandwith setting !?
So perhaps the synchronize UIs should exclude any player that has bandwidth limiting enabled? In this case it's the other way around: it's disabling bandwidth limiting for synced players. But you're right: this fact should not only be documented in the code ;-). In the Default Web UI you could even do something nice like grey out a player name and give it a tooltip to explain why it cannot be chosen. Please file an enhancement request - and keep it generic enough so that the above issue can be covered too. Thanks! -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
What format is your music in? You cannot seek through tracks that need transcoded. For example, ALAC, AAC, WMALossless, etc. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
ahhh.that might be the problem. I use AAC with iTunes. Why doesn't the Duet enable me to seek through the track while iPod etc are quite capable of doing that? -- milesbeverley milesbeverley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16662 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wake On LAN Issues
I am currently using my squeezebox as a wireless bridge for my shuttle pc (windows xp and also my slim server), which works a treat except for one thing. When I wake it up with the squezebox remote using Wake On LAN, the PC boots up fine but says that the 'ethernet cable is not connected'. I then have to reboot the squeezbox by holding down the red power button on the remote for it to connect. Any suggestions why this is happening and what can be done to stop me having to reboot the SB everytime. Obviously the cable is correctly attached, otherwise it wouldn't wake it up in the first place. Cheers -- andrewfkay andrewfkay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time cliveb;323459 Wrote: 1. You're running a critical system that must stay running if a spindle fails. 2. You need the disk read performance boost that can come from striping. 3. You need data volumes larger than a single drive can handle. My DVD archive NAS is just under 4TB (5x 1TB drives in RAID 5 to take off the RAID/file system overhead and the 1000 vs 1024 measurments). And I *really* don't want to have that seperated out into different drives. Yes there is risk of my NAS box hosing all the data, but at least reduced the risk of loosing data due to drive failure. Same goes for my music library, photo archive and general network share NAS box. This is the one I need to backup though. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
AAC files are transcoded on the server. Because of the way transcoding works, it is not currently possible to change the position of the file. Having this ability has been discussed in the past, but it would require a complete re-write of that sub system of SqueezeCenter. Due to space in the Recievers firmware (as well as the SB2/3 and Transporter) there isn't enough space for the software required to decode AAC. The iPod doesn't have this problem becasue that is what it is designed to play. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time cliveb;323459 Wrote: I'll go further and suggest that RAID only makes sense in two scenarios: 1. You're running a critical system that must stay running if a spindle fails. 2. You need the disk read performance boost that can come from striping. Neither of these strikes me as relevant in a home media server.The third scenario that makes a lot of sense to me is if you have a large data store you'd like to keep consolidated eg my audio library. which is going to exceed 3GB in due course. A JBOD partition would be disastrous in the event of a disk failure whilst a RAID 5 or 6 array at least provides a chance of recovery in the event of a disk failure. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems with Squeezebox/Orange Livebox HELP!
I have been having continual problems with my Squeezebox and my Orange Livebox router. Basically, they are no longer talking to each other Wirelessly! I can connect them via Ethernet cable and it works, and my Livebox is enabling my PC to connect to the Internet wirelessly, but I can't access my music using my Squeezebox at all. I have been on the phone a number of times to both Orange and Logitech but to no avail - however the hardware was talking to each other a few weeks ago - I only started having the problem recently, after being away a few days. Can anyone who has this set up help me - I have tried removing encryption, resetting everything to factory settings etc. The ridicuolous thing is that I actually got it working wirelessly when the squeezebox was 4 feet from the PC (and when I had logitech on the phone) so that I was happy and they thought they had solved the problem - however... when I took the PC upstairs and moved the squeezebox to another room everything went wrong again :-( Can any kind person help?! Cheers Simon Fathers -- jackleaves jackleaves's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50313 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
Ok. Thank you for the explaination. BTW, do you know how I can resume playing an album halfway through (or pick a track to continue playing from). I only seem to be able to play the album from the start or only play one track. Thanks, Miles. -- milesbeverley milesbeverley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16662 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
Last.fm does have a skip limit, just like Pandora. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forward/Rewind buttons not working
Resuming playback is only possible if you were paused - and it should start back from where you were. Currently the only way to start an album/playlist from the middle with the controller is to start at the beginning and skip forward. A fix for this is in the current test versions of SC. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time funkstar;323478 Wrote: 3. You need data volumes larger than a single drive can handle. Good point - I didn't think of that one. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal Remote Code - JVC DVD?
What two codes? -- unclepuncle unclepuncle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50307 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller Frustration
I bought a Controller for use with my Transporter a couple of months ago and although it was initially ok it seems to have become increasingly uncooperative in recent days. It had begun to frequently lose the network connection although a restart would normally fix this. For the past couple of days however it has been unable to get a proper IP address on my network (should be 192.168.1.xxx) always getting something which I think began with 259. Today I said enough of this and hit the factory reset option to try a clean start. However the result has been getting stuck in a dead end where the Controller runs what I assume is a set-up wizard (which I don't remember from the first time I set it up) and appears to connect to my network but then goes to a screen where it asks me to set up my Receiver - which of course I don't have - and cannot get out of this place without simply going back and doing it again. As of now the Controller is completely useless. I have tried disabling WEP security on my router and done multiple hard resets of the Controller and am now out of ideas. I would appreciate some help if anybody knows how to break out of this rut. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
Thanks Andy, do you know what it is? The only reason I ask is that I seem to be able to skip at will using the Last.fm client, certainly far more tracks than I can skip using the official Last.fm plugin. Would be interesting to compare. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal Remote Code - JVC DVD?
unclepuncle;323492 Wrote: What two codes? I was meaning the 3 or 4 digit codes you mensioned in your first post. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50307 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
The limit is specified as part of their API response, but it's currently 6 I believe. I don't know why their official client doesn't use it. I'll ask if we could ignore it too. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?
mikelee999;323409 Wrote: If true, wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble to provide a test applet to validate the PSM implementation on various routers? You're asking people to replace hardware without proving that it's the problem and without making recommendations for what will work. You already have the facility to test if PSM is correctly implemented in your router: If your Controller experiences network connectivity/stability issues when PSM is enabled and yet you have solid network connectivity when PSM is disabled, then chances are your router has poorly implemented/defective PSM support... The best option might be to start a thread or wiki entry discussing known good and known bad routers with regard to PSM support. My Controller has just arrived so in the next few days I'll be able to test it with my Linksys WRT54GS running Sveasoft Talisman 1.3 (or thereabouts) firmware... this setup works perfectly with my Nokia internet tablets which have maximum PSM enabled. -- Milhouse Milhouse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47190 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Frustration
to my network but then goes to a screen where it asks me to set up my Receiver - which of course I don't have - and cannot get out of this place without simply going back and doing it again. Press and hold LEFT (back) to get out of that mode. You should then be able to select your player. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
Hi,
I've been meaning to ask this for a while. When configuring my SBC with
Static IP, I was limited to choosing the DNS-ip's 1. digit to 1 or 0,
i.e. {0|1}xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Just clicking through without altering the pre-filled numbers resulted
in the field being filled with my gateway ip.
It seems to work fine both when connected locally and to
SqueezeNetwork. But I would like to know what is going on though ? How
does the SBC resolve ip's?
My isp-provided dns is on the form 2xx.xxx.xxx.xxx .
Thanks, Bjørn
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Re: [slim] Controller Frustration
Well, typically, getting a bad IP address was something I got from my linksys router because of a memory leak. I did a firmware update on my linksys router and that fixed the problem for good. That being said, it could be a faulty controller.. not sure though. Have you tried calling support? -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
Thanks Andy. Just to confirm (because I just did another test), I can skip 10+ tracks using either the Last.fm client or the web interface without hitting the limit - maybe because I am a subscriber, or maybe it's just an API thing. Either way, it would be nice to extend the skip limit out a bit if it can be done - some of my Recommendations have been a bit wide of the mark recently! ;-) -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time With Terabyte drives so cheap these days, there's no good reason not to do a mirror. My best advice is similar to what everybody's saying. Mirror! I currently have a mirror for all my data, running two SEAGATE drives (seagate has a 5 year warranty, and a good track record from what I've seen). The minute one failes, you send it back, get a new one, pop it in, repair the mirror, and continue like nothing happened. Avoid software raid- those will cause nothing but problems. Hardware raid only- and don't go cheap. Expect to spend at least $75 - $150 on the raid controller alone. As awlways- http://www.newegg.com (I am not affiliated with Newegg, but they are cheap!) -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode?
Voted. Let's make party mode happen! -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47592 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
I had a problem once that the ip was (fictious!) 192.123.232.079 and it changed to 244.236.022.079 When I tried to change the first numer to a '2' it wouldn't let me because it would have become 292 which is not possible... try changing the second number to 5 or below and give it another shot. -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
many home routers act as dns proxies, they configure themselves from the ISP's dhcp and pass on any lookups they get. That's probably why it works for you with the gateway ip. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time Great discussion everybody. Keep it coming. In doing research and from suggestions from earlier in the thread (thanks) which of these two drives would one choose? One hundred dollar price difference: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148278Tpk=N82E16822148278 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148299Tpk=ST31000340SV Thanks. -CB -- ctbarker32 ctbarker32's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems with Squeezebox/Orange Livebox HELP!
I cant really help, but the Orange box is known for causing all sorts of problems like this. Not just with Squeezebox, but Xbox360's and all sorts of other devices. It's very cheap, it was made to be given away, and they have to give them away free as no one would ever buy one it would seem. This is not the answer to your question, but I would seriously think about buying a decent router. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50313 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
ctbarker32 wrote: In doing research and from suggestions from earlier in the thread (thanks) which of these two drives would one choose? One hundred dollar price difference: I'd go with the cheaper one. Or check and see if two @ 1/2 T is cheaper still. server drives are a lot more expensive. I'm not see that they are proportionally more reliable. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time i don't have an opinion as to which drive you should purchase but I wanted to add my two cents. I have a couple of friends who work for a data recovery company. Their mantra is that all drives fail-some manufacturers have a better rep than others but all manufacturers sell drives that die. Therefore the most important thing is to have a proper backup strategy. my own setup: two 500 gig external la cie firewire 800 drives. I'm on a mac so I use a program called deja vu to backup my music every night. deja vu does a good job of keeping the two music directories perfectly in sync. I also have an internal mirror drive of my main system hard drive. I use a program called superduper to backup my main system drive every night as well. so if my main system died I would just switch over to the mirror and keep on going. and this actually happened to me about six months ago when my original main hard drive died. But since I had a perfect mirror, the transfer from one drive to the other was seamless. my personal feeling is that a RAID setup is overkill. I work with RAIDS professionally and they do work well but in a home environment it's not necessary. good luck. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
Milhouse;323407 Wrote: threads I'm subscribed to and have just posted in don't then appear in New Posts Why would/should it show in New Posts when you are the last one who posted? By definition, if you posted the last post, then you have seen the most recent post in that thread (you wrote it!), in which case there is nothing new in there that you haven't seen. New is supposed to mean new to you -- something you haven't seen yet not new to the forum -- recent posts -- jsharper jsharper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
itm;323263 Wrote: I've got a library of 70,000 tracks (which don't include podcasts), and the current MIP estimate is 28 weeks to analyse them all. I'm not sure I can wait 6 months for this!! Too many people get hung up on the analysis part of this. You can start using MIP before doing the lengthy analysis. I have not done the full analysis and I use MIP all of the time. Initially, it will based mixes strictly on your tags. This works quite well. When you perform the full analysis, each track is fingerprinted allowing more finely tuned mixes. Earler in this thread (which has gotten quite large!) a developer from MIP commented on this very topic confirming that MIP will work well even without full analysis. -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browsing music folder: SB3 doesn't show tracks in some dirs
pipetman;323323 Wrote: I just finished re-scanning my music library and that seemed to fix the problem. Somewhat strange and counterintuitive (plus counterproductive), that a folder browse function is affected by the db. Nonetheless, thanks for pointing me into the right direction. :o) - well to me it is extremely counterintuitive that the mere act of browsing or not browsing a folder determines whether or not the files in the folder end up in the database - but I guess I'm in a minority of 1 (and I do understand why this was done - as a quick way of playing new music) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50277 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iPhone application
Hi all, I'm currently developing an iPhone application to control the squeezecenter. It makes JSON calls using cli commands. It starts working and I'm looking for a designer able to help me doing some artwork (buttons, icons) and general look feel. It'll become open-source as soon I have a beta version. BTW, feel free to make any feature requests or comments that could help. Thank you Thomas -- blaaah blaaah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16126 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't save Limiting Bandwith setting !?
But why were these settings possible with 6.54? And I was able to listen to all three SBs synced ONLY BECAUSE OF this setting! With all three SBs set to FLAC the network would break down causing the SBs to stutter. So I limited the one in the kitchen to 320/MP3 and all three worked together just fine. Puzzled... -- topa topa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7118 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50229 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPhone application
I'm currently developing an iPhone application to control the squeezecenter. Seems to be rather popular recently. I've read from about three guys working on this. Maybe you should join your efforts? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't save Limiting Bandwith setting !?
But why were these settings possible with 6.54? Because synching was broken by design? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time Raid isn't terribly overkill when you consider the price (Not that expensive) vs convenience (you don't have to remember to do backups!). That being said, a raid mirror doesn't substitute for a good backup. It will protect you against hardware failure, but not against user error (Accidental deletion, overwriting a file, viruses, etc). So both a mirror and a backup solution are optimal. I'd go with the cheaper of the two drives, they seem identical in specs. Seagate all the way!! -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode?
Placed my vote. Lets get the party started! -- Dean100 Dean100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47592 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time exile;323533 Wrote: my personal feeling is that a RAID setup is overkill. I work with RAIDS professionally and they do work well but in a home environment it's not necessary. I would disagree. With the amount of data I'm talking about I would need 8x 500GB and 8x1TB drives. That is a significant difference, especially as i would have needed to go with a very large PC case and custom build a server with at least one pretty expensive RAID card to get all those ports (or a couple of cheaper ones i guess). a 5 drive RAID-5 NAS is pretty easy to set up and get working, they don't take up much space either. Granted I'm not a average home user, but still, i think there are a significant number like me on here and other forums i frequent :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
We are splitting hairs here, but for me not seeing posts i'd recently read or posted in included in the New Posts search was confusing at first, mainly because thats how all my other forums work. It also makes it *slightly* harder to work out what is new since the last time you hit New Posts in the same session as there isn't a bunch of non-bold read threads marking where you were :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPhone application
Have a look at iPeng - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49821 -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time funkstar- I agree if you're dealing with multiple TB's of data then the RAID scenario is the most logical. But I do think that multiple TB's is the exception to the norm of most home media servers. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time My backup scare came when I patched Solaris and it failed to boot afterwords. I was able to mount my filesystem from the CD and make an nfs mount, so I was able to save my music, but that was too close. My music collection isn't overly large, but I do need to service my Solaris and Windows boxes. I picked up a Linksys Slug and installed the unslung firmware so I could install the nfs daemon. I use rsync on the Solaris box and SyncBack on the Windows box to backup to the Slug. I eventually picked up another Slug and installed it at my parent's house, again unslung, running ssh and rsync to have a remote backup. All of their pictures and such are backed up to the Slug at their place, which is then mirrored on mine. If a file gets accidentally deleted or corrupted I'm still screwed, but if my house goes up in flames I still have a copy of my data someplace else. The Slugs were relatively cheap and do well enough. The one at my parents house with unslung 6.10 seems to need a reboot every couple of weeks where mine with 6.8 just keeps on going... -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.1 + Solaris 10 x86: Because everything else would've been easy! '4mula1 on Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/4mula1) 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPhone application
Thomas, Michael, is right, you are at least #4 ;-) And I also feel it miht be a good idea to join forced. What I have so far is a lot of artwork ;-), a fully functional skin, Erland's plugin that can help a lot on menu functionality and plugins, lots of JSON/RPC based business logic that just needs porting to Objective C and a few nice looking controllers that need lots of glue. Somebody else has tried to use CLI instead of JSON/RPC and it looks as if it could perform much better. blaaah;323553 Wrote: I'm currently developing an iPhone application to control the squeezecenter. It makes JSON calls using cli commands. It starts working and I'm looking for a designer able to help me doing some artwork (buttons, icons) and general look feel. Have a look at iPeng ;-) It'll become open-source as soon I have a beta version. You haven't really read that License Agreement and NDA you signed when downloading the SDK, didn't you? Can't go open source on iPhone. BTW, feel free to make any feature requests or comments that could help. What I feel is right to do tonight or tomorrow: I will set up some pages on native iPhone dev. on penguinlovesmusic.com that we could use to discuss on how a joint effort could be set up. The difficult part is: you cannot exchange code openly, but you have to make sure everybody signed up on Apple's NDA, so google code is not possible (Google retains the rights to use any code on there). But we could set up a private svn. The I feel we might need to agree upon some general guidelines on things like: how should this whole baby look like. And the, of course, we need to get this through the App Store. Any feelings? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
jsharper;323539 Wrote: Why would/should it show in New Posts when you are the last one who posted? By definition, if you posted the last post, then you have seen the most recent post in that thread (you wrote it!), in which case there is nothing new in there that you haven't seen. New is supposed to mean new to you -- something you haven't seen yet not new to the forum -- recent posts Because that's the way it's always worked on forums and it's what I am (and I'm sure many others are) used to seeing - not seeing it appear led me to believe something was broken with the forum indexing, now I understand it's a configuration change that someone thought was a good idea and has made a global setting. Not really sure I fully understand the reason for the change, but I'd have thought offering the option for members to continue with the old way (which is standard on just about every forum) would have been a good idea. -- Milhouse Milhouse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
Presumably you have to wait until the validation is complete before you can start using it? -- itm itm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hourly Skip Limit on Last.fm?
There is also a bug when you reach your skip limit - if you press pause and then press play you just see the message about the skip limit - there doesn't seem to be anyway of resuming playback. -- brookheather brookheather's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4317 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
New Posts works exactly as I'd expect. I like that it has a divider between those threads that have new posts made since my last visit. I wouldn't expect a post in which I was the last poster to appear on this page, since there's no new content. Try Quick Links Subscribed Threads. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
maggior;323540 Wrote: Too many people get hung up on the analysis part of this. You can start using MIP before doing the lengthy analysis. I have not done the full analysis and I use MIP all of the time. Initially, it will based mixes strictly on your tags. This works quite well. When you perform the full analysis, each track is fingerprinted allowing more finely tuned mixes. Earler in this thread (which has gotten quite large!) a developer from MIP commented on this very topic confirming that MIP will work well even without full analysis. If, without full analysis, it mixes just from tags, how does this differ from simply generating a random mix of a genre? BTW: Because of its slowness, I'm suspicious about how the analysis is actually done. I have a feeling there's this big locked room in India with a T1 line, rows and rows of desks, and. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Monkey-typing.jpg All of the workers gravely listening to each of our tunes on headphones before making their artistic decisions. Seriously, this is such a powerful tool that its really a shame that the setup is a barrier to the non-technical. I'm now comfortable using MIP. However, of the eight friends I've gotten into Squeezeboxen, all bright people, the only ones I will introduce MusicIP to are a computer store owner and a digital engineer. For the others, the setup and ongoing maintenance, when they stumble, would become my job:-( I am hoping that Logitech will license MIP as other companies have and properly integrate it into their product. The old Slim Devices got so much work for free from their enthusiastic user base that it gave management an odd, jealous attitude about outsiders making money from their product. Logitech is a real company with a history of paying real money for what they need. I'm hoping one of the company's Suits will read the feedback on this plugin and see the logic in properly embracing this process. -- Harry G Harry G's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time I've had two MyBook Essential hard disk failures to date The Amazon consumer reviews reveal the unreliability of this particular model, which is still very popular because of its attractive price http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-500-Book-Essential/dp/B000XRK3LG/ -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
Thanks for the answers on both of my questions. They seem like plausible explanations, and i will try to verify when i get time. For anyone reading this thread: The reason i'm using static ip has nothing to do with connection problems, rather it is because it makes my controller wake up from standby significantly faster. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Frustration
Michael, I had been trying the hold left move several times without it doing anything and then - of course almost immediately after I vented my frustration on the forum here - it did work and got me to exactly where it should and allowed me to get back on track. All is now fine, except a slight concern as to how it could become so messed up, seemingly without provocation. Thanks, davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode?
voted as well...I also like play doing play next vs. play now. -- Jonnio Jonnio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47592 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.0.1 does not scan library at all
chrisinparis, well done mate, I agree the Squeezebox Duet should be the best useable gadget around. As I mentioned I used a Roku M1000 and was great, software updates screwed it up, displays were no longer correct and the main issue was the Analog audio out would not always work, music was playing according to the display but no audio, had to keep reboting the unit and then it worked. Next step for me was the Sonos, but it is a bit long in the tooth and rumors about the newer versions did not sound that good, it was claimed they dropped the second audio out connections and I need that: optical to my home theatre pre amp and analog for the outdoor area on the other side of the wall, hence the importance of the 2 way RF remote with the display (Roku was simple 1 way IR type. The SB Duet seemed to fit my requirements 100%, and allow easy expansion. Let's see what the response will be. Best regards. -- phaedra phaedra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48453 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rhapsody request with playlists
New and very satisfied Duet user! I love that I can mix playlists between my local library and online Rhapsody tracks. However, if you scroll through the current playlist and select a track from 'my library', there is an option to 'remove from playlist.. Tracks from Rhapsody only have 'add to my library' (and something else, I forget at the moment). Why can't we have a 'remove from playlist' on those tracks also.! -- ZenRhapsody ZenRhapsody's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50336 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] dos window opens ever time I play a song
First of all, please forgive me if this has been asked before. I could not find an answer, hence posting this. Every time I start playing a song from SqueezeCenter to my wireless Slimdevice, I get a windows command line window opening up... Can someone please tell me how to stop this rather annoying feature? I have an AMD computer running Windows XP Thanks! -- MoodyDragon MoodyDragon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPhone application
It's not completely clear, at least to me, that you cannot release the source to iPhone applications. Some are doing it: http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/24/version-11-and-beyond/ Some additional discussion here: http://plasmasturm.org/log/512/ http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/24/apple-gpl-iphone -- dean dean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controlling Server with Other App in MacOS X
Instead of using the SlimServer database, if I create my own music database in some other application (eg, FileMaker), is there a protocol for another app to send commands to SlimServer to play a specified list of music files that are not stored in the SlimServer database? (Should I move this question to a different forum?) -- Bob Stern Bob Stern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19010 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controlling Server with Other App in MacOS X
Bob Stern wrote: Instead of using the SlimServer database, if I create my own music database in some other application (eg, FileMaker), is there a protocol for another app to send commands to SlimServer to play a specified list of music files that are not stored in the SlimServer database? Can you be a bit more specific? The SqueezeCenter database does not contain the music, those bits live in files on your disk. The database contains artist/album/song data, more precisely, meta data, data about the music. The SqueezeCenter uses its database of metadata to know what to stream to the SqueezeBox/Receiver/Transporter. Playlists are separate, they are just lists of files to play. Its easy to make playlists with nearly anything and have the SqueezeCenter play the songs that are living in the disk structure that the SqueezeCenter knows about. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controlling Server with Other App in MacOS X
Perhaps what I need to do is command SlimServer (programmatically, not via the GUI) to add several music files to its database, create a playlist containing those files, and then play the playlist. Is this documented somewhere? When I'm done listening to this playlist, I expect I'd want to delete the playlist (and perhaps even the pointers to the files) from the SlimServer database. Thanks, Pat! -- Bob Stern Bob Stern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19010 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
I'm pretty sure that the squeezebox does not drop its DHCP lease when it goes into standby. Are you using wireless? -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controlling Server with Other App in MacOS X
Bob Stern wrote: Perhaps what I need to do is command SlimServer (programmatically, not via the GUI) to add several music files to its database, create a playlist containing those files, and then play the playlist. I'm not sure you are using playlist the same way that the SqueezeCenter Do you mean a selection? or do you really mean a playlist (m3u file)? Is this documented somewhere? The command line interface can be use programatically by any programming language. Its documented in the SC help, http://schost:9000/html/docs/help.html When I'm done listening to this playlist, I expect I'd want to delete the playlist (and perhaps even the pointers to the files) from the SlimServer database. Why would you want to do this? Again, you can 'rescan' the library, but I don't see any reason to remove the songs from the database. I can't see any downside from having the tunes in the database -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug
And that one's -not- a switching power supply? Or does the linear part mean it's nicer to the power on your mains? -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50082 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller - Static IP - DNS question
bobkoure wrote: I'm pretty sure that the squeezebox does not drop its DHCP lease when it goes into standby. Actually, when it was posted, I was wondering what the lease expiry time is. I can see it being so short that you'd have to reconnect when you wake up. The easier solution would be to change the DHCP server to give longer leases. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
Harry G;323613 Wrote: If, without full analysis, it mixes just from tags, how does this differ from simply generating a random mix of a genre? BTW: Because of its slowness, I'm suspicious about how the analysis is actually done. I have a feeling there's this big locked room in India with a T1 line, rows and rows of desks, and. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Monkey-typing.jpg All of the workers gravely listening to each of our tunes on headphones before making their artistic decisions. Seriously, this is such a powerful tool that its really a shame that the setup is a barrier to the non-technical. I'm now comfortable using MIP. However, of the eight friends I've gotten into Squeezeboxen, all bright people, the only ones I will introduce MusicIP to are a computer store owner and a digital engineer. For the others, the setup and ongoing maintenance, when they stumble, would become my job:-( I am hoping that Logitech will license MIP as other companies have and properly integrate it into their product. The old Slim Devices got so much work for free from their enthusiastic user base that it gave management an odd, jealous attitude about outsiders making money from their product. Logitech is a real company with a history of paying real money for what they need. I'm hoping one of the company's Suits will read the feedback on this plugin and see the logic in properly embracing this process. It's a lot different than just a random mix. When you do the full anslysis, it looks to see if there is a fingerprint for the track in the MIP database (accessed over the internet). If there is, it applies it to the track. If not, it generates one. That's what takes time - to generate the fingerprint, it analyzes the audio data. If you don't do the full analysis, you still get valid mixes that work quite well. These mixes are still based on the algorithms used in MIP. You just *may* not have the best mix possible. For instance, a live version of a song might be handled differently than a studio version if a full analysis has been done. I suggest you read back in this thread. You will see that just adding the tracks creates mixable tracks from even the most obscure artists and albums. I have a lot of indie imported electronic music that is listed as mixable without doing any analysis. I was very impressed. I do agree that better integration would be nice. However, many of the issues lie on the MIP side. I run my MIP server headless on a Linux server and find that I have to restart it at least once a week. This, plus the lack of understanding on how to add tracks efficiently, what the advantage is of doing full analysis on tracks, what MIP is actually doing, and so on, are not issues with Logitech, but with *MIP*. Getting it going can certainly be a frustrating experience. I was lucky and found some good info on the 'net that helped and I was up and running with something in a short amount of time. But it took me time to figure out how to hack my init script to start MIP automatically when SC is started. I agree that there is room for improvement, but, IMHO, many of the issues lie at MIP's doorstep, not Logitech's. The community has done a great job of providing info (much of it developed in this thread), but it can only go so far with the current implementation. -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
FredFredrickson wrote: A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time With Terabyte drives so cheap these days, there's no good reason not to do a mirror. My best advice is similar to what everybody's saying. Mirror! I currently have a mirror for all my data, running two SEAGATE drives (seagate has a 5 year warranty, and a good track record from what I've seen). The minute one failes, you send it back, get a new one, pop it in, repair the mirror, and continue like nothing happened. Avoid software raid- those will cause nothing but problems. Hardware raid only- and don't go cheap. Expect to spend at least $75 - $150 on the raid controller alone. On the topic of hardware vs. (Linux) software RAID: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008696.html http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html I have a colleague who got bitten real hard by one of those cheap (yes, $150 is cheap) hardware controllers. Lost everything, no backup. Hardware RAID on professional servers with 4 hour maintenance contracts from reputable vendors are a good idea but you're much better off with a reliable software RAID like Linux MD than with a hobby card with barely any support. You need backups in any case. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
Pat Farrell wrote: ctbarker32 wrote: In doing research and from suggestions from earlier in the thread (thanks) which of these two drives would one choose? One hundred dollar price difference: I'd go with the cheaper one. Or check and see if two @ 1/2 T is cheaper still. server drives are a lot more expensive. I'm not see that they are proportionally more reliable. FWIW: I just had a server class drive fail a month ago. I haven't had a consumer drive fail in years. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
