Is QNAP RAM adequate.

[JEM2]

Hi. I have a large collection of classical music albums (285) on my QNAP TS-412. I am using a Raspberry Pi with ASSET Premium. The system has started to become flaky and it has been suggested that the Pi is running out of RAM.
I note that you now supply a *19 ASSET program that would be suitable for my QNAP TS-412. Given that my QNAP I understand from the net has only 286MB of RAM and 57% of the RAM is currently used if I were to install ASSET would it support a large and increasing music library please?

[dbfan]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

Describe flaky.

The pi has twice as much memory as the qnap. How many tracks do you have exactly?

[JEM2]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

Pi has become unreliable as I have added albums recently.

To explain, if I add a new album and start a scan for changes or a scan all Pi has started going off line and I loose the count of tracks and albums. If I click on a Restart Asset there is no response. If I de power the Pi, wait and re power it will only occasionally boot. When booted as it is now I can stream music reliably. I have no playlists as they automatically fill with 500 tracks.

I have 3371 tracks.

[PeterP]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

The next Asset update for all Linux targets will contain memory use optimizations.

However 3371 tracks isn't THAT bad, my worst-case test setup is QNAP TS-109 ( CPU speed close to the Raspberry Pi, 256 MB RAM ) with over 10000 tracks, nothing particularly horrible going on, it's slow but mainly due to the CPU and everything finishes within reasonable timeframes.

[Spoon]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

>If I de power the Pi, wait and re power it will only occasionally boot.

This suggests the Pi its self is not healthy.

[PeterP]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

>If I de power the Pi, wait and re power it will only occasionally boot.

This suggests the Pi its self is not healthy.

.. that or your SD card isn't healthy.

[JEM2]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

OK. I accept that the Pi could well be not healthy. So I have stopped making any changes and so far I can still listen to music.

My key question is if I install ASSET on my QNAP TS 412 can I expect it to handle a large and increasing album library please. I am happy to do this and remove the complication of the Pi provided I can expect the change to be successful.

Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

With your number of tracks, it should be fine on the QNAP, for me a large number of tracks is 60,000

[JEM2]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

Hi
I purchased and downloaded *19 QNAP app, thanks. On following the instructions the file failed to install at the install step with the following notification "Update failure:File format error". Please advise what I might do next. Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

Delete this install file, clear your internet cache and redownload, it suggests you only have part of the file downloaded.

[JEM2]

Re: Is QNAP RAM adequate.

It worked a treat. Asset Premium loaded on QNAP all working well except playlists. Thanks. I will start a new Thread on Playlists for clarity.