Milan Milojic
Cadet
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- Jan 31, 2015
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Hello all,
I have some old computer laying around, its AMD Athlon 3000+ (64-bit single core), 2GB RAM, WD 250GB HDD and another old 40GB HDD. I was thinking of using the 40GB HDD as installation disk and 250GB as media storage. Now I already have a D-Link ShareCenter with 2TB disks (and funplug installed), but DLNA support is awful so my plan is to continue to use D-Link as file backup and create a FreeNas server for torrents and miniDLNA. I'm hopping to have a better config options with this rig.
The thing that struck me was reading that version 9.3 requires 8GB of RAM?!?!
I don't want to spend any money for this setup. I'm only willing to give up my 8GB thumb drive if the 40GB disk fails to work (I haven't seen it, let alone used it for ages). This FreeNas server will only be used for torrents and watching media content through DLNA on my TV. The D-Link which has some embedded CPU and RAM that is measured in MB can cope with that, so why not my old computer?
I have downloaded versions 9.3 and 8.2 (the oldest currently available). Which should I use?
Thanks and best regards
Milan
Off-topic, has anyone successfully managed to play subtitles through DLNA? :) They work fine when I'm playing a video from my USB thumb drive.
I have some old computer laying around, its AMD Athlon 3000+ (64-bit single core), 2GB RAM, WD 250GB HDD and another old 40GB HDD. I was thinking of using the 40GB HDD as installation disk and 250GB as media storage. Now I already have a D-Link ShareCenter with 2TB disks (and funplug installed), but DLNA support is awful so my plan is to continue to use D-Link as file backup and create a FreeNas server for torrents and miniDLNA. I'm hopping to have a better config options with this rig.
The thing that struck me was reading that version 9.3 requires 8GB of RAM?!?!
I don't want to spend any money for this setup. I'm only willing to give up my 8GB thumb drive if the 40GB disk fails to work (I haven't seen it, let alone used it for ages). This FreeNas server will only be used for torrents and watching media content through DLNA on my TV. The D-Link which has some embedded CPU and RAM that is measured in MB can cope with that, so why not my old computer?
I have downloaded versions 9.3 and 8.2 (the oldest currently available). Which should I use?
Thanks and best regards
Milan
Off-topic, has anyone successfully managed to play subtitles through DLNA? :) They work fine when I'm playing a video from my USB thumb drive.