by raharris » Sun May 10, 2009 2:02 pm
I am a sort of network user.
Several XP computers, 1 MAC
All music is on NAS drives (4 now)
Whole system is wired EXCEPT from the (single) PC that does the streaming to multiple Airport expressii
Thus system is a network but there is only 1 MediaMonkey user (hence "I am sort of a network user").
Nevertheless, in this configuration, I reliably (100% of the time) stream to up to 3 Airport expresses. No drop outs, lockups, etc, even when PC is doing other stuff (like moving lots of data around the network). PC is an older slow machine - single core, etc.
I have tried 2 Maxtor NAS drives (work but vacuum cleaner loud fans at times), Passport drive - quiet and works and recently an IOCELL device container. I really like the IOCELL because one just pops an ESATA drive into the box and the drive can be USB or NAS or ESATA. I was able to plug in USB and NAS without hassle or issues. They are quiet and look ok. They have various sizes and one can bind 7 devices together
Hope this helps
raharris
I am a sort of network user.
Several XP computers, 1 MAC
All music is on NAS drives (4 now)
Whole system is wired EXCEPT from the (single) PC that does the streaming to multiple Airport expressii
Thus system is a network but there is only 1 MediaMonkey user (hence "I am sort of a network user").
Nevertheless, in this configuration, I reliably (100% of the time) stream to up to 3 Airport expresses. No drop outs, lockups, etc, even when PC is doing other stuff (like moving lots of data around the network). PC is an older slow machine - single core, etc.
I have tried 2 Maxtor NAS drives (work but vacuum cleaner loud fans at times), Passport drive - quiet and works and recently an IOCELL device container. I really like the IOCELL because one just pops an ESATA drive into the box and the drive can be USB or NAS or ESATA. I was able to plug in USB and NAS without hassle or issues. They are quiet and look ok. They have various sizes and one can bind 7 devices together
Hope this helps
raharris