My music library consists of about 3000 Cd's ripped in FLAC. Also, there is a light sprinkling of some Hi-Res stuff from HDTracks and others. The Server consists of a Gigabyte BRIX BXi3H-5010 Mini PC, 8GB of RAM and a Samsung EVO 850 2TB SSD. I actually do the ripping/tagging on my big machine and then just transfer the files over to the server. Then I access LMS, using a browser, and tell it to re-index. Re-indexing takes about 4 or 5 minutes. The server is set to go to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity. Whenever I turn on a Squeezebox, it wakes up the server which takes about 15 seconds until music starts playing.
I also have a Sonos, a Definitive Technology W-Amp, a Denon Hoes 5 Speaker, a Google Chromecast Audio and a Google Chromescast Video (V2) in the house. However, none of these devices will wake up the server. So, I always have to turn on a Squeezebox and then use one of the other devices. Also, I have it setup so my phone can access the server whenever I have a WiFi connection. This comes in real handy if I'm over a friends/relatives house or when traveling. BTW, the phone can wake up the server remotely.
For years I used CompuLab Fanless PC's for the server. When I decided to upgrade this year, I wanted something a little bit more powerful. For a similar CompuLab PC, I was looking at more than double the cost of the BRIX. While the BRIX does have a fan in it, it's so quite when serving up music that I have to put my head within about a foot to hear the fan. Also, I occasionally use the BRIX whenever my big machine is being upgraded; It makes a good general purpose PC.
I also have a Sonos, a Definitive Technology W-Amp, a Denon Hoes 5 Speaker, a Google Chromecast Audio and a Google Chromescast Video (V2) in the house. However, none of these devices will wake up the server. So, I always have to turn on a Squeezebox and then use one of the other devices. Also, I have it setup so my phone can access the server whenever I have a WiFi connection. This comes in real handy if I'm over a friends/relatives house or when traveling. BTW, the phone can wake up the server remotely.
For years I used CompuLab Fanless PC's for the server. When I decided to upgrade this year, I wanted something a little bit more powerful. For a similar CompuLab PC, I was looking at more than double the cost of the BRIX. While the BRIX does have a fan in it, it's so quite when serving up music that I have to put my head within about a foot to hear the fan. Also, I occasionally use the BRIX whenever my big machine is being upgraded; It makes a good general purpose PC.