Shared Media files, which access protocol?

[mikeford]

This is my first whack, other than a few shared folders which I found clumbsy to use, at network storage. Target box is an old 663 Celeron client (slim, low powerish) with XP pro currently running nothing but a very low usage chat server for my guild in a MMORPG (runs 24/7 but 5 lines of text over 10 min is typical load). I plan to swap the old 10GB WD for either a 250 or 300 GB Seagate from Frys, and move about 100 GB of MP3's from all our other systems to just this one.

Shared folders seem really clumbsy to me, but what else works well ftp? Something that kept a local searchable index on clients would be nice too.

 

[mikeford]

No ideas or experiences?

 

[Thoreau]

Just create said shares and map them to a drive. Keep in mind, however, the 10 connection limit of XP.

 

[mikeford]

So make a folder called (for example) Media, share it R/W to my "workgroup", then put in folders for TVshows, Movies, Music (with genre subfolders), then just "map" it to each of the other systems as if it were a local drive?

I am thinking its going to be very slow with just 100 ethernet, but not much work to set up and see how I like it.

Thanks.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: mikeford
So make a folder called (for example) Media, share it R/W to my "workgroup", then put in folders for TVshows, Movies, Music (with genre subfolders), then just "map" it to each of the other systems as if it were a local drive?

I am thinking its going to be very slow with just 100 ethernet, but not much work to set up and see how I like it.

Thanks.

I'll be fine.