Hi there.
I have, for quite some time, been wanting to build a low-power computer to serve as a host for SqueezeCenter. There are various options:
- a custom built HTPC,
- a bog standard Atom based "net top",
- a tiny, tiny machine such as a PC-Machine's ALIX based board, or
- a Fit-PC2
(I'm sure there are many other options too...)
It seems that most people think that these "low powered" machines all have a suitably powerful enough CPU to basically throw music over the network, and for other DB based stuff (see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpo...8&postcount=32), but that often the web server part of SqueezeCenter tends to be s... l... o... w...
This got me thinking...
Is there a way to have a "split" server set up? That is, have one (low power, 24x7) machine running the DB and music streaming part of SC, while another machine could optionally connect to the "main" machine and/or it's DB and then host the web UI...?
(I'm not quite sure where the "JIVE" stuff fits into the whole picture here, but hey...)
What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Jon
I have, for quite some time, been wanting to build a low-power computer to serve as a host for SqueezeCenter. There are various options:
- a custom built HTPC,
- a bog standard Atom based "net top",
- a tiny, tiny machine such as a PC-Machine's ALIX based board, or
- a Fit-PC2
(I'm sure there are many other options too...)
It seems that most people think that these "low powered" machines all have a suitably powerful enough CPU to basically throw music over the network, and for other DB based stuff (see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpo...8&postcount=32), but that often the web server part of SqueezeCenter tends to be s... l... o... w...
This got me thinking...
Is there a way to have a "split" server set up? That is, have one (low power, 24x7) machine running the DB and music streaming part of SC, while another machine could optionally connect to the "main" machine and/or it's DB and then host the web UI...?
(I'm not quite sure where the "JIVE" stuff fits into the whole picture here, but hey...)
What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Jon
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