MakeItAMudLight Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 What's a good inexpensive NAS to use with a Control4 controller just for music? I know I could just use a jump drive or hard drive but I want to be able to add the music from a computer in a different part of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I use Drobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 How much drive space are you looking for? You can still use a thumb drive plugged into controller and still be able to access it remotely over the network to change things out, etc. Otherwise, I use Synology for my NAS selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeItAMudLight Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, lippavisual said: How much drive space are you looking for? You can still use a thumb drive plugged into controller and still be able to access it remotely over the network to change things out, etc. Otherwise, I use Synology for my NAS selection. Honestly not much space but I know most storage is going to be 1GB+. I know you can do the thumb drive and access it but I also want other devices to be able to access the music as well. This isn't for me as I'm using a Synology myself. I just didn't know if anyone was using one of the more inexpensive NAS setups ie $100-200 range that worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 27 minutes ago, MakeItAMudLight said: I know you can do the thumb drive and access it but I also want other devices to be able to access the music as well. That's his point - the usb drive IS accessible as a basic network drive to other devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeItAMudLight Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, Cyknight said: That's his point - the usb drive IS accessible as a basic network drive to other devices. Would this still tie up resources on the controller when other devices use the music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Not really - I wouldnt suggest it for higher bandwidth items like movies etc due to it choking the network connection, but some music is no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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