Dave (Northumberland);563844 Wrote: > I have a friend who can help me get it set up (a programmer) when I get > a nas, but I dont know what I should be looking for in terms of specs > etc when buying. Can someone tell me what are the minimum specs I need > to be looking for and then I can look for them (or see if this has > them). I have run SBS 7.5 on a LinkStation Pro v1, which has 128MB RAM and a 400MHz ARM CPU. I'd say both are the very bare minimum you could use, and most people would say that is well below minimum, especially the RAM. The limitation isn't so much streaming, because it does that fine to multiple SBs. But scanning the music library is very slow, and the SBS web ui is very slow. Those limitations didn't bother me so much, because I got used to not using the web ui (the IR remote and SB Controller are much better anyway). Also, you don't have to rescan that often, and when you do, you can just start it and leave it until it's done.
I think realistically you should be looking for at least 256MB RAM, or really 512MB. For the CPU I'm not sure, but probably at least 700MHz to 1GHz. Make sure that your programmer friend is clearly apprised of what he/she is getting into. Most NASs are extremely closed systems, to the point where some serious hacking is involved, and sometimes creating alternative firmware (all of which invalidates your warranty, btw). It's rarely as straightforward as opening up a terminal window on the NAS and issuing some standard commands. I think a more useful approach for you may be to look at the many NASs that are already _known_ to work with SBS. Look over in the 3rd Party Hardware forum and you'll find plenty, including some in the same price range. In particular you may want to look at the Sheevaplug, especially if you already have a USB drive that you will use for your music library. It's inexpensive, powerful enough, demands little electricity, and is well-supported by the community. Another good option to look at is the Vortexbox Appliance, although that is more expensive. Good luck. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
