JohnSwenson;488360 Wrote: > If your computer will be on whenever the Touch is being used you can > setup a traditional Squeezebox Server on the PC and plug the external HD > into the PC. Both the PC and SBS can access files on the HD. > > If the PC will not be on when the Touch is being used you either have > to have the server running on a NAS, or use the internal server and > External drive. > > Some NAS solutions are not too expensive, a Vortex box works very well > and comes preloaded with SBS. If you all ready have the external HD you > can get a SheevaPlug ($99) and install the SBS software and plug in the > existing HD. This works well but takes a little effort to get setup. > > Or as has been mentioned you can plug the external drive into the Touch > and access it over the network from the PC. Since the Touch is primarily > designed as a music player you might not get super high performance as a > file server, especially if the Touch is playing music while you are > trying to remotely access the files. I'm not sure any body has actually > tested the performance as a file server. (It works, I'm just not sure > how fast) > > John S.
Thanks a lot for an very informative mail. You came up with some good ideas. Is there a SheevaPlug clone (Like TonidoPlug or Pogoplug ( http://www.pogoplug.com/ http://www.tonidoplug.com/tonido_plug.html ) that is BORN with a Squeezeserver (SBS) - to hard to set up for me ? I think Vortex Box (software) is a good solution - is there any other small hardware solutions (other than these three: http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/ ) that is made specific for running Vortex Box ? Can I install Vortex on another partition to try it out - before I buy dedicated hardware ? And most important - is it a 'noob' solution or do I need to study rocket science.....not into code at all. Guess your are right - Samba on SBT might not be powerfull enough - or are we wrong dear "Logitech Forum" ??! I have not come to a final conclusion yet - so I do not know if I should buy WD My Book EXTARNAL USB HARDDRIVE or WD EXTERNAL ETHERNET HARDDRIVE now ? - I am out of space .....apropos rocket science ;-) Thanks again for your good answer ! -- Dr. Akoya ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Akoya's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71703 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
