so the HD is a 7200rpm seagate running in its SATA enclosure with dedicated power supply . the enclosure itself has Usb 3.0 interface, but so far I'm using a rPi 3b+ which only has usb 2.0. .
it's a 2tb drive, with some 35gb of free space. the library is mainly Flacs, some APEs, a few Mp3s. maybe half the albums have Jpegs or other image files for the covers. I'm not aware that any files are corrupt
as far as I know the HD in good conditions and I checked it a couple of weeks ago. no bad sectors or other flaws were detected
the Pi has a 3.0A power supply and it's running smoothly, using a touch less of 30% RAM. as mentioned I've tested the whole setup with a Pi 3 B+ and will get a Pi4 or 5 soon even though the RAM usage makes me think the Pi3 is enough (at least as long as I use one client at the time, whereas probably it might not suffice if 2 or more devices were sourcing from the same Nas at once)
if I browse the HD from windows (hence SMB) it's quick and responsive
I should add that Moode in installed on another RP3b+ and that it was connected to the newtork via wifi. I had thought about connecting it via ethernet during the scan, but I didn't because lately I did so (running the scan via ethernet) with Volumio only to find that once I connected the RP via wifi it had to repeat the scan again. I don't now why, but that concerns Volumio and is probably beyond the scope of this forum. to avoid the risk of repeating the scan I simply connected the RP via wifi because that's how it will be used since it's part of a setup that sits in the middle of my living room and I don't want an ethernet cable across the floor.
given the speed of RP's wifi adapter, I think any concern with the Usb 2.0 port of the RP Nas is futile. To me the bottleneck is clearly the wifi adapter
As for the moOde library view not being the same as a traditional file browser, that's what I gathered when I noticed that the artist subfolders were in Moode's nas folder but not in the library view. the latter basically lags behind, and it actually makes sense. it's just something the novice may not consider until they stumble into it
again, no real trouble for me waiting hours for the initial full scan to complete. now it's playing fine. just my bit of advice for those who might encounter the same unexpected scanning stops. for me, simply restarting the scan (possibly 5 or 6 times) did the trick
I couldn't say why the newer versions of Moode need more than the fritzbox can give in terms of data transfer from the Nas, but as I recall from years back Moode wasn't as responsive as it is now with the RP Nas so the upgraded setup is more than welcome
In my case the RP Nas and the HD now sit in another room, next to an RJ45 outlet available next to a shelf
it's a 2tb drive, with some 35gb of free space. the library is mainly Flacs, some APEs, a few Mp3s. maybe half the albums have Jpegs or other image files for the covers. I'm not aware that any files are corrupt
as far as I know the HD in good conditions and I checked it a couple of weeks ago. no bad sectors or other flaws were detected
the Pi has a 3.0A power supply and it's running smoothly, using a touch less of 30% RAM. as mentioned I've tested the whole setup with a Pi 3 B+ and will get a Pi4 or 5 soon even though the RAM usage makes me think the Pi3 is enough (at least as long as I use one client at the time, whereas probably it might not suffice if 2 or more devices were sourcing from the same Nas at once)
if I browse the HD from windows (hence SMB) it's quick and responsive
I should add that Moode in installed on another RP3b+ and that it was connected to the newtork via wifi. I had thought about connecting it via ethernet during the scan, but I didn't because lately I did so (running the scan via ethernet) with Volumio only to find that once I connected the RP via wifi it had to repeat the scan again. I don't now why, but that concerns Volumio and is probably beyond the scope of this forum. to avoid the risk of repeating the scan I simply connected the RP via wifi because that's how it will be used since it's part of a setup that sits in the middle of my living room and I don't want an ethernet cable across the floor.
given the speed of RP's wifi adapter, I think any concern with the Usb 2.0 port of the RP Nas is futile. To me the bottleneck is clearly the wifi adapter
As for the moOde library view not being the same as a traditional file browser, that's what I gathered when I noticed that the artist subfolders were in Moode's nas folder but not in the library view. the latter basically lags behind, and it actually makes sense. it's just something the novice may not consider until they stumble into it
again, no real trouble for me waiting hours for the initial full scan to complete. now it's playing fine. just my bit of advice for those who might encounter the same unexpected scanning stops. for me, simply restarting the scan (possibly 5 or 6 times) did the trick
I couldn't say why the newer versions of Moode need more than the fritzbox can give in terms of data transfer from the Nas, but as I recall from years back Moode wasn't as responsive as it is now with the RP Nas so the upgraded setup is more than welcome
In my case the RP Nas and the HD now sit in another room, next to an RJ45 outlet available next to a shelf
