Patric;638980 Wrote: > Gary, > Thanks for the great response. It's clearer now about how much I don't > know. > I already returned a Netgear low end NAS. I researched it AFTER I got > it home. In my defense I had a Best Buy gift card burning a hole in my > pocket. > > If you had a small collection of media, would a 1TB drive be sufficient > for a start? > If you already have an iPod Touch 4g, is ipeng the best choice for > control? > Is the iPod/ipeng combo similar to the look and feel of the Sonos > remote? (I'm aware that's not compatible) > > If this is your first server, would a novice be better off with a > ReadyNAS or a Vortexbox? > > Patrick
1TB is fine for less than, say 20,000 tracks??. The ipeng app on your ipod touch will be more or less like the sonos remote, except A LOT BETTER. I was a true networking, SBS, NAS novice when I started down this path several years ago. In retrospect, I wish I had gone straight to the Vortexbox Appliance. For me, it was 5 minutes from unpacking the box to having SqueezeBoxServer showing up on my network and found by my SB players. Took a bit longer to scan my 60,000+ files, but it was truly plug and play for me. Some people have hiccups. But read the ReadyNAS forums and you see lots of hiccups there. Neither one is helped by those of us that have only WINDOWS skills. If it were me, I'd plunk down the cash for a vortexbox appliance, 2TB model (keep in mind that you can store video, other files, etc. there too). Lots of people here or at the vortexbox forums (some of the same folks, including the vortexbox lead developer) to help with any setup/use issues, but I predict you'll have only the normal questions about using the stuff vs setup. I don't work for vortexbox, just a happy user. (And I don't even use the automatic ripping function of vortexbox and still prefer it). http://vortexbox.org/buy/ There are lots of other server options (cheap laptop, any old computer, squeezeplug, various NAS boxes). Everyone has their favorites. -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88589 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
