Matt Wise;302618 Wrote:
Just thought I'd point out that I've been running SqueezeCenter 7 on
Ubuntu on my Fit-PC (http://www.fit-pc.com/new/) for months now with
great success. It uses less than 5 watts at full draw, and less than 3
at idle!
http://www.fit-pc.com/new/specifications.html
Guys,
Thank you very much for the info and wisdom. I've forwarded and
discussed with my friends at the computer store.
Pat; I'm taking your suggestion about the hardware controller. Was a
bit surprised by my retailer's advice that I then needed a spare
controller as a backup, the logic being
I was thinking of going with a Mac Mini. Currently it's running on one
of my web servers which I want to get rid off.
The Mac Mini, from what I understand, uses 35-85Watts depending on use.
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Just how much -is- a kwh of electricity in rural Hawai'i?
If you're concerned about power usage (and I am too - at 0.193/KWH),
don't forget to pay attention to the power used by the disks.
Currently, the current champs (GB/KW) are the WD green 1TB. Also
think about -not- using a RAID - just make
Just thought I'd point out that I've been running SqueezeCenter 7 on
Ubuntu on my Fit-PC (http://www.fit-pc.com/new/) for months now with
great success. It uses less than 5 watts at full draw, and less than 3
at idle!
http://www.fit-pc.com/new/specifications.html
I've actually just replaced it
Hi!
I just registered to the forum. I recently ripped all my cd collection
and wanted to put in a server with some other service.
The initial plan was to use an old computer but I has some problem with
it so I build a new one for cheap. (changed CPU + RAM + MB + the PSU
which was rather crappy)
Harry G;302035 Wrote:
My needs are similar to those of Ron M but a little more specific and
for a larger music collection.
Currently, I have two wired and one wireless SB3's, streaming a library
of 96,000 songs, mostly in flac from my home office XP machine running
SlimServer 6.3.1 (I
Harry G;302035 Wrote:
I'm thinking of having my local repair and we build it for you
computer shop put together a low powered machine to just stream music,
using the Inguz EQ plugin, into the Squeezeboxes and possibly stream
video to a few UPNP client devices that now stream from attached
My needs are similar to those of Ron M but a little more specific and
for a larger music collection.
Currently, I have two wired and one wireless SB3's, streaming a library
of 96,000 songs, mostly in flac from my home office XP machine running
SlimServer 6.3.1 (I know its ancient but it runs and
I use the QNAP TS-109. The main reason I use this instead of an old PC
is that the power usage in operation is 14.4W and 6.6W at idle.
It does run Linux, which you say you'd rather not use, but in my
experience this is much more stable to run 24/7 than a Windows OS.
See the third party hardware
Was just surfing the web looking for a Duet supplier and saw the
following TranquilPC Windows Home servers:
http://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/241
Cheers,
Menno
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ncarver;299765 Wrote:
I used my daughter's recently discarded 2.5GHz P4 to set up a dedicated
server to run SC, DNS (Bind), support file backups, and serve photos,
etc. Bought two 1TB drives and a SATA controller card, and am running
the drives in RAID1 using Linux software RAID. Machine
grrman;300054 Wrote:
With the SATA card, how many drives will it support?
The card I got was a Promise SATA300 TX4, which supports 4 (internal)
SATA connections.
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I've been using my old PC to run SlimServer. It has a 250 gig internal
drive for storing the music and I have an external 250 gig drive for
back-up.
Recently, I installed SlimCenter on my 'main' PC to try it out and
connected the external drive to play the music. I can't honestly say
that the
RonM;299393 Wrote:
Not sure why a ripping device on a server is an advantage -- if I'm
using another computer on the network with this capacity, I'd be
inclined to just rip on that computer, but rip it to a drive on the
server.r.
Just for convenience of having it all in one place. I
I used my daughter's recently discarded 2.5GHz P4 to set up a dedicated
server to run SC, DNS (Bind), support file backups, and serve photos,
etc. Bought two 1TB drives and a SATA controller card, and am running
the drives in RAID1 using Linux software RAID. Machine runs SSH and
Samba for file
chrislayeruk;299060 Wrote:
Ron, are you looking for somthing like this.
http://www.ripfactory.com/ripserverfaq.html
Cheers,Chris :)
Hmm. Doesn't look to me like it can have SC installed on it, so some
computer on the network would have to be running. Unless I'm missing
something,
You have some pretty natural requirements there, but I feel you're going
to have to prioritise them a little to make it easier to make a
decision.
For example, a device that uses less electricity is going to have a
smaller power supply because, ultimately, it's a less powerful piece of
kit.
A
iPhone;298796 Wrote:
I prefer to build my own servers because I control the parts and cost.
And because I built it, I can service it if need be.
I'd be interested in seeing your specs for the ones you've built. I've
been struggling to find the right server solution myself. I do have
grrman wrote:
I'd be interested in seeing your specs for the ones you've built.
I built mine out of a left over PC that my kid rejected. Its an AMD
2000+ CPU, one GB of ram, had a built in nic and video card. Tower case,
have three IDE drives and one SATA. For some reason, it has a Promise
grrman;299388 Wrote:
I'd be interested in seeing your specs for the ones you've built. I've
been struggling to find the right server solution myself. I do have
expansion and flexibility in mind. Would like a server with a DVD so I
can eventually rip DVDs to stream as well as music.
jaffacake;299340 Wrote:
One low power option you could go for might be a cheap laptop with a big
external USB drive on it for storage. It would be near silent and use
much less juice than an equivalent desktop.
In fact, that is one thing I'm looking at. My work has an old IBM R51,
quite a
RonM wrote:
Not sure why a ripping device on a server is an advantage -- if I'm
using another computer on the network with this capacity, I'd be
inclined to just rip on that computer, but rip it to a drive on the
server.
My squeezeCenter and before it slimserver has always had a CD reader,
RonM wrote:
Hi all,
I'd like to set up a server arrangement, whereby a server with all my
music files was always on, so my computer didn't have to be, in order
to use the Duet at random times. I'm not exactly sure what my options
are.
The objectives are:
1. Always available
2. Low
We use mac minis as servers for a lot of our trade shows. They are
relatively quiet and easy to install squeezecenter on. they may cost a
bit more than you are looking to spend but they are a great solution.
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Ron, are you looking for somthing like this.
http://www.ripfactory.com/ripserverfaq.html
Cheers,Chris :)
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Hi all,
I'd like to set up a server arrangement, whereby a server with all my
music files was always on, so my computer didn't have to be, in order
to use the Duet at random times. I'm not exactly sure what my options
are.
The objectives are:
1. Always available
2. Low power consumption
Yes, you can install SC on WHS no problem. Check the 3rd party hardware
forum for more.
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RonM;298784 Wrote:
Here's what I don't know -- can SqueezeCenter be installed on a device
running Windows Home Server? I think I saw a thread that said it could
but I can't find it now. When I ask the sales-people in the stores
(e.g. Best Buy) they usually don't have a clue.
Yes, it
RonM;298784 Wrote:
Hi all,
I'd like to set up a server arrangement, whereby a server with all my
music files was always on, so my computer didn't have to be, in order
to use the Duet at random times. I'm not exactly sure what my options
are.
The objectives are:
1. Always available
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