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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: Sky King on July 12, 2014, 11:56:07 am
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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!
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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....
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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.
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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.