location of minimserver on network

[DavidZ]

(10-05-2015 19:11)simoncn Wrote:  

(09-05-2015 17:55)DavidHB Wrote:  It is a pity that Simon is away at present, and therefore not posting a s frequently as usual. Only he can give detailed reasons for his advice. My own guess FWIW is that, because MinimServer works with multiple indexes 'on the fly', it generates a lot of file access, and this is what prompts his advice. But, as I say, that's only a guess.

The SMB performance overhead relates to scanning or rescanning the library. When browsing the library or playing music, the overhead from using SMB will be minimal and there should be no effect on sound quality or smooth streaming.

Quote:I presume that the suggestion is that the network share from the NAS should be mounted as a drive in the PC. This is a common, if now rather antiquated, technique, and is valuable where software applications cannot recognise SMB addresses. But AFAIK SMB is still used as the network file system protocol, and there is no alternative to using it in Windows.

This is correct and you will get slow scanning performance if you are ruinning MinimServer on Windows with the library on a mounted network share from a NAS.

Simon -- Thanks so much for your explanation. Very helpful -- David