Ltek Posted April 18, 2015 #1 Posted April 18, 2015 I'm currently running separate machines for the following... i5 Laptop running: XBMC / Kodi & Blue Iris Syno DS1512 running lots of native and 3rd party apps for media, etc I'm tired of the so-so performance of the Syno and considering building an AIO system since I can run an HDMI from a closet near my TV and have the AIO server away so noise is not an issue. Any suggestions on what might be the best (easy + cost effective) solution for this? Should I run something like a cheap Dell or HP server or workstation? Should I run VMware Workstation for XPEnology and then have Kodi & Blue Iris run on the host Win7 OS? other things to consider? thank you for the input!
Nindustries Posted April 20, 2015 #2 Posted April 20, 2015 You cannot run programs with graphical output on DSM. Maybe a raspberry pi 2 is an option? I'm using it atm with OpenElec, it rocks! (and finally decent performance compared to the rpi1) Should I run something like a cheap Dell or HP server or workstation? Nope, the power consumption on these things is crazy. (They are cheap for a reason) Build your own server with the latest architecture, and keep it as small as possible. Look in this forum for suggestions.
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