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[Sky King]

My music server PC is currently an ASUS Vivo PC with an i5 processor and I updated the internal drive to a 1TB SSD.  I have begun to wonder where's the ideal place to store the music files themselves.  I have a QNAP NAS where the files are currently installed and am wondering if the music server PC itself would be better.  Six-one half-dozen the other or is there a more preferable location irrespective of the storage space?

Thanks for your thoughts!

[ferday]

my thoughts are that it's better on the internal PC, as there is less in the chain to go wrong and it will always be faster than on a server/NAS

i used to have a NAS set up, i never had any issue with it but in the end for my personal uses i sold off the NAS and run 6 x 4Tb internals, plus a litany of external drive backups.  i'm happier, but only because it fits my use case better.  others prefer the NAS/other route and it fits their use case better....

[6233638]

A NAS seems like a good solution if you have a number of devices in your home which can stream directly from it, and you don't want to leave a PC running 24/7

If you always have the PC on when playing back media, or leave the PC on 24/7, the NAS seems unnecessary in my opinion.
 
A NAS is a nice thing to have for a backup device though, as you can just schedule backups to happen overnight and it's completely isolated from the PC itself.

[Sky King]

Thanks for you thoughts everyone.  The ASUS Vivo PC is a very low power device, especially with the SSD, and the little fan runs at low speed and makes no noticeable noise so I think I will consider transitioning to the little PC with backups to the NAS to run on a schedule.