aubuti;563864 Wrote: > I should also add that you shouldn't get too hung up on getting a NAS. > Most of them are closed systems and designed to run file server > software, which is less demanding than SBS. Instead, give a careful > look at low-powered computers, which are more flexible than NASs, more > powerful than most NASs, and sometimes just as energy efficient. And > just like a NAS you can run them headless (with no monitor, keyboard, > or mouse), instead logging in from another computer. And don't forget > that NASs are simply low-powered, specialized computers. > > Which reminds me...you posted in the SBS forum that you're planning to > connect the NAS directly to the Touch, with no home network. How are > you planning to put your music on the NAS? Disconnect it from the > Touch, connect it to your computer, transfer files, then reconnect it > to the Touch? That's certainly doing things the hard way. You would > also be giving up a lot of the control of SBS, since if the NAS isn't > on a home network then the only way you can connect to it is through > the Touch. The Touch simply doesn't have the UI for a lot of the > settings you might like to configure on whatever device you have > running SBS. > > Presumably you have your reasons for wanting to do things this way, but > I don't really get it yet.
I got the Touch with the intention of using it as a stand alone source in a relatively high end hifi (its by far the cheapest part). I have a very good audio configured PC already but I want something I can just play music from without having to wait for something to boot up, as well as being totally fanless (silent) for late night low volume listening. Although I do get a lot of new music I am happy to transfer across to a nas drive like this once a weeks or so. I may get round to setting up a home network in a few months after I have moved house, the benefits long term are probably worth the cost/hassle of sorting it out. I havnt even installed SBS on my PC so I am oblivious to any advanced feature, although I would probably never use them as I just want out and out sound quality and im not bothered about features. -- Dave (Northumberland) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
