Yet again, another Squeezbox related question!

[WAD62]

Chris,
Just because I don't understand why using a NAS makes the SBT work without issues doesn't mean I'm not listening to suggestions.

Craig, the Squeezebox architecture is 1 LMS server and one or more clients/players, you can also activate the SBTouch to be both server and player (as you have), however this gives ever increasingly poor results as the size of the collection attached to it grows

the SBTouch only has 128MB of RAM...

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.ph...are_comparison

...and a a puny processor at 533Mhz.

It is perfectly capable as a player but don't ask it to be a server too, unless you want to continue in this manner...

My 8 year old NAS has a 1.2Ghz processor and 500MB of RAM, 2TB HD, and happily holds the flac store and runs LMS

However I'm now using a RPi3 to run LMS 7.9, £29, 1.2Ghz quadcore CPU, 1GB RAM...referencing the QNAP Flac library

With LMS running on my NAS, a full index rebuild of 3k cds in FLAC takes about 50 mins, and about 5 to 6 minutes for a 'new and changed music' scan...perfectly acceptable

With LMS on the pi3, connected to the QNAP via a TP-link ethernet, a full scan in 20 mins, and a delta in under 3...even more acceptable

[icehockeyboy]

Would a Western Digital 2TB ' My Cloud' NAS do the job?

Approximately £120 at PC World

[WAD62]

Would a Western Digital 2TB ' My Cloud' NAS do the job?

Approximately £120 at PC World

I've no experience of Western Digital's 'my cloud' NAS, but it gets a right slating in the amazon review section...

I'd recommend QNAP from personal experience, however they are no longer 'packaging' the latest LMS releases, hence me using a pi for LMS 7.9.

I think if I were starting out again I'd look to a Synology, there are a lot of LMS users and there's a forum on the subject...

https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewf...0f03a57a41349f

[icehockeyboy]

I've no experience of Western Digital's 'my cloud' NAS, but it gets a right slating in the amazon review section...

I'd recommend QNAP from personal experience, however they are no longer 'packaging' the latest LMS releases, hence me using a pi for LMS 7
I think if I were starting out again I'd look to a Synology, there are a lot of LMS users and there's a forum on the subject...

https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewf...0f03a57a41349f

There looks to be lots of problems similar to what I've experienced over the years discussed!

Makes me want to go down the Sonos route! ��

[struth]

i looked at nas myself but felt it beyond my skills. i decided just to use an attached hhd. its pretty simple this way...a bit like me i hear folk say

[icehockeyboy]

i looked at nas myself but felt it beyond my skills. i decided just to use an attached hhd. its pretty simple this way...a bit like me i hear folk say

That sounds like my set up, but according to those in the know, it isn't right.

[Stratmangler]

This is the NAS unit, it just needs a HDD - how big is your USB HDD?
HDDs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Desktop...008JJLXO6?th=1
NAS unithttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zyxel-NSA3...YAAOSwbtVZUVxY

[icehockeyboy]

This is the NAS unit, it just needs a HDD - how big is your USB HDD?
HDDs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Desktop...008JJLXO6?th=1
NAS unithttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zyxel-NSA3...YAAOSwbtVZUVxY

It's only a 320gb, but I haven't even used 25% of if yet.

[WAD62]

That sounds like my set up, but according to those in the know, it isn't right.

Unfair!...Grant's all in one pi solution was a great suggestion...that was option 2 if I recall...

[skimminstones]

This is the NAS unit, it just needs a HDD - how big is your USB HDD?
HDDs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Desktop...008JJLXO6?th=1
NAS unithttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zyxel-NSA3...YAAOSwbtVZUVxY

been using the same NAS with a 1TB drive for a couple of years and had zero issues.