[slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread swayzak
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Thin-Client-gt7725-Ethernet/dp/B005C7W4JQ/ref=sr_1_11?s=computersie=UTF8qid=1349433358sr=1-11 I hadn't heard of these before. Would it be possible / straightforward to use one of these out-the-box as a low power machine to run LMS / local music collection ?

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread fragfutter
the linked amazon deal is strange. The picture is for a small gt7725 that has onboard radeon. The FireMV would be a double wide. HP ThinPro GT is a customized debian lenny. They are basic PCs with an external power brick. I don't remember if they have a fan (The FireMV has one, but i forgot

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread swayzak
fragfutter wrote: the linked amazon deal is strange. The picture is for a small gt7725 that has onboard radeon. The FireMV would be a double wide. HP ThinPro GT is a customized debian lenny. They are basic PCs with an external power brick. I don't remember if they have a fan (The FireMV

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread bebop
The are several users who has used HP Thin clients as LMS servers with success. bebop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17061 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread swayzak
bebop wrote: The are several users who has used HP Thin clients as LMS servers with success. Thanks - I didn't think of posting in that subforum. Will ask there. swayzak's Profile:

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread fragfutter
afaik The smallest gt7725 has 1gb ram and 1gb flash. You can install any os you like as long as the storage constrict allows it or you install it on some external USB storage. fragfutter's Profile:

Re: [slim] Thin Clients as music servers ?

2012-10-05 Thread azinck3
These are just small computers. I recently switched to using a Foxconn NT-A3500 as a server and I'm very happy. Cheap, low power consumption, much more powerful and more capable than a NAS. azinck3's Profile: