Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

loosetooth;576400 Wrote: Also would Sqeezebox server work on a Qnap NAS? You bet it does as long as you get a reasonable processor. On my Qnap TS-239 I feel I have a perfect solution for not only using Squeezebox but all the other features of a proper NAS box. The expression You get what you

[slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

Today I heard that the shop that I bought my abortive Seagate BlackArmor NAS from is accepting return. Yay me, the money should be back with me tonight - A word to people researching NAS... Seagate's Blackamor works great... as long as you do not have a Mac, or are running Vista or want to

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

Also would Sqeezebox server work on a Qnap NAS? -- loosetooth loosetooth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81980

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

I bought a readynas duo. Yes it will run SbS. But it is extremely SLOOW in terms of the user inferface (Web GUI or ipeng on Iphone). It was too painful. I quit using it for SbS. I went to a vortexbox appliance and couldn't be happier. Also cheaper than a READYNAS. I think the readynas Pro

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

Vortexbox seconded. I've been using mine for a year now and it so much better than my previous Ubuntu implementation. Just plug and play... -- cphan Server: VortexBox Appliance v1.4 Remote: iPod Touch running iPeng 1.2.5 Living room: SB3 Alesis M1 Active MkII Bedroom: Boombox

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

If you like something new, the best options are: - Vortexbox appliance - Custom built mini-itx machine - An old computer - Sheevaplug Regular NAS boxes aren't optimized to run server software like Squeezebox Server. It works on some of them but the performance is usually poor unless you get a

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

Like garym I used to use my ReadyNAS Duo as my SB server. However, having recognised how slow it was and consequently how many excellent plugins I wasn't able to use properly I decided to take a different approach. I now still use my readynas as my network storage but I have a new Mac Mini

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

loosetooth;576398 Wrote: Today I heard that the shop that I bought my abortive Seagate BlackArmor NAS from is accepting return. Yay me, the money should be back with me tonight - A word to people researching NAS... Seagate's Blackamor works great... as long as you do not have a Mac, or