Does anyone run their iTunes library from a NAS?

just to make sure:

• launch system preferences
• select network
• ethernet should be on top of the list. click on advanced and go to the ethernet pane.

what do you see for speed and duplex ?

the loc-man wrote:

mine is 100baseTX

so you're not getting gigabit speed. you're getting 100mbps , which is slower than a wireless-n connection (300mbps).

i believe your troubles stem from that fact !

I'm not dure how to change it to 1000BaseT

either you don't have the proper ethernet cables (again, you need CAT5 or CAT6) or your router isn't capable of gigabit speed.

I have an older Apple Airport base station (Wireless N) to setup still, will this help?

possibly. what kind (express or extreme) is it and what is the model number ?

So you think this is the "fault", 100 is not fast enough for when I want to add something to library?

i'm not positive but it's a possibility. another possibility is that you're using incorrect of faulty ethernet cables.

My AEBS is an older one I've bought off eBay, a A1143, it does have gigabit 1000 but haven't had a chance to set it up yet.

set it up and see if it makes a difference. you may find this article useful.

what about the console messages about throttling and transaction etc?

i honestly have no idea what exactly the messages mean. again, it could be an incorrect or faulty ethernet cable.

FWIW, check out these google search results.

the loc-man wrote:

spinny wheel

have a look here: Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball.

I made this video and this is a lot more convenient

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vhcmEd0Y8o

Just add my comments. It is very important to have the NAS awake and mounted before launching itunes. My MBP will take a while to mount the NAS after opening the lid. That being said, it have the spinning ball issues all the time with and without wireless.

Jolly Giant wrote:

Added an album but seem the same speed as before, ie very very very slow.

couple of things to check:

• if your Mac is connecting to the network wirelessly, run an ethernet cable from it to the router. turn off airport and add an album. what happens ?
• make sure the ethernet cable going from the NAS to the router is okay or use a different one for testing. it needs to be a CAT5 or CAT6 cable.
• do you have the software firewall enabled on your Mac ?

Also when I open iTunes it always asks the 1st time of opening iTunes after my NAS has been asleep to open/create library. I chose it from the NAS, next time I open its fine.

make sure the NAS is awake and the share mounted before you launch iTunes.

I have not encounter any problems, Do you get some sort of error?

Hi,

I've also recently moved my entire iTunes Media to a NAS. After having had waaay to many spinning beach balls, I saw a few posts that provided me with an answer. Basically, your actual library file (.itl) should be stored locally on your computer and your media itself should be on your NAS. The post I read basically said that if you are changing things to any iTunes media files, iTunes first has to access the library file and actually change the information about the file in its database, i.e., the library file (.itl). I tried it and it worked like a charm for me. I basically created a new library on my local drive and then:

iTunes --> Preferences --> Advanced = Changed the iTunes Media Folder location to point to my main folder where I've put all my media files on my NAS.

The only hitch I'm having now is that for some reason, when I update a new app, it stores it locally in the folder where my library is (?) instead of storing on my NAS with the other apps...still haven't figured out why it's doing that...

Hope this helps!

It worked for me...