- Dec 20, 2013
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First and foremost, I would like to say hello! First post!
Secondly, there is a wealth of information on this site and it has helped me through a lot of the questions that I have had regarding general/advanced computer questions.
Now here comes my question: So my goal is to set up a NAS on my home network. I will be receiving a media player/streaming device for christmas! (Super excited about that)
But onto the real question, I have seen a lot of talk about NAS and other related NAS questions but one that I havent found the answer to would be what is the bottle neck for streaming to my media player? My guess would be the WiFi signal between the NAS and media player might be the weak link but both units will be located in the same room as the router.
Also, I have read in other post that some members do fine with an older NAS set up for streaming files. So, my question is what would be the minimum I would need in terms of a NAS box? will one with 512mb ram do fine? Do I need more? What about for processing power? Do those have an effect on how fast it can turn over the information from the NAS to the streaming device?
Also to give some specs for my current set up, router has 10/100 ports and media player will be running on WiFi (if it doesnt give me any problems)
Let me know what you guys think!
Secondly, there is a wealth of information on this site and it has helped me through a lot of the questions that I have had regarding general/advanced computer questions.
Now here comes my question: So my goal is to set up a NAS on my home network. I will be receiving a media player/streaming device for christmas! (Super excited about that)
But onto the real question, I have seen a lot of talk about NAS and other related NAS questions but one that I havent found the answer to would be what is the bottle neck for streaming to my media player? My guess would be the WiFi signal between the NAS and media player might be the weak link but both units will be located in the same room as the router.
Also, I have read in other post that some members do fine with an older NAS set up for streaming files. So, my question is what would be the minimum I would need in terms of a NAS box? will one with 512mb ram do fine? Do I need more? What about for processing power? Do those have an effect on how fast it can turn over the information from the NAS to the streaming device?
Also to give some specs for my current set up, router has 10/100 ports and media player will be running on WiFi (if it doesnt give me any problems)
Let me know what you guys think!