[X4U] lacie ethernet mini

[Eric]

allan -   thanks for the response.   what you write does make sense, 
although what i want to do is simple.   i don't need to worry about 
multiple libraries, etc as i only use one computer.  my reason for 
wanting to do this is to free up space on my powerbook - 80 gigs and 
close to 50 gigs of music.   hence,  the idea to store the music 
elsewhere and access it via itunes sharing feature.

i have an old lombard with a firewire card and thus i thought i would 
invest in a big firewire drive, for backups and music.   if i connect 
the lombard to my router i can create a network to accomplish this.   
after reading about the lacie ethernet mini i thought that could 
accomplish the same thing.   i am leaning toward just an external 
firewire drive as it is cheaper for more space.

as an aside, i have another question.   what does it mean when i read 
that people plan to use an additional computer as an email server.   
how exactly do you do this and what are the advantages?

thanks again, eric



On Mar 16, 2005, at 1:09 PM, Allan Hise wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Eric wrote:
>
>> hi - i have a question about the lacie ethernet mini.
>>
>> http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10034
>>
>> specifically, is it possible to store your itunes library on it and
>> then use it to stream and access via itunes sharing, in the way that
>> you can access itunes from another computer and stream.
>
> I store my iTunes library on a network share. I don't see how this 
> device
> owuld be any different.
>
>>
>> i'm thinking of purchasing one of these if this is possible, rather
>> than, for example, using a firewire drive attached to another 
>> networked
>> computer to store itunes and then access it via my powerbook.
>
> You really have 2 options. Point one computer to this network shared 
> drive
> and setup iTunes to share the music to the other machines. This would 
> use
> iTunes sharing mechanism. Meaning your other machine couldn't create
> playlists, change ratings, etc.
>
> The other option would be to have each iTunes computer access the 
> music in
> its own library. This would let each computer setup its own playlists,
> assign ratings, etc. The downside is that iTunes cannot automatically
> detect when another computer has added music to the drive. In other
> words, you would have to manually add them to each other iTunes 
> library.
>
> It should be possible to put the iTunes library binary & XML files (in
> addition to the music files) on the drive and have all computers use 
> that,
> but there would be issues associated with two computers trying to 
> write at
> the same time. It would either lock out all but the first/owner or
> completely screw up everything. (I haven't tried it, thus teh 
> either/or).
>
> Hopefully this all makes sense....
>
>
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