Anyone have their rom collections on a NAS drive?

[jimmy2x2x]

Just wondered if anyone had done this around their home/den/mancave

I imagine it would work quite well for smallish roms, larger CHD or CDROM images might not work so well.

Anyone tried?

[ark_ader]

Actually this scenario is exactly what I have, and it split up by revision, including console.

Sure saves time, and disc space.

Forget CHDs like Firefox or CQ, the rest loads in just fine, under b/g too.

I also run a server for my PSPs with a ancient laptop and the NAS.

I could not recommend it more.

Just make sure you do backups. 

[DillonFoulds]

On "ug", there's a nice 2tb project going on, with ~2tb setups. These are all -playable- roms, not hacks, not japanese. Just USA games, or euro releases with english options.

In my particular setup, I've got a 2tb drive in my file server that i keep all the project on. For any machine I want to play the roms on (my htpc and my 4p MAME cab) I drop in a 160gb drive for the os, emulators, and demo movies, configure the emulators, and play all the roms streaming across the network.

So basically, on my HTPC or my arcade, I stream all my roms, and all the saves are centralized, so that if i decide i want to play a game, I have flex between my joysticks, or a 360 pad connected to the HTPC.

[WhereEaglesDare]

On "ug", there's a nice 2tb project going on, with ~2tb setups. These are all -playable- roms, not hacks, not japanese. Just USA games, or euro releases with english options.

In my particular setup, I've got a 2tb drive in my file server that i keep all the project on. For any machine I want to play the roms on (my htpc and my 4p MAME cab) I drop in a 160gb drive for the os, emulators, and demo movies, configure the emulators, and play all the roms streaming across the network.

So basically, on my HTPC or my arcade, I stream all my roms, and all the saves are centralized, so that if i decide i want to play a game, I have flex between my joysticks, or a 360 pad connected to the HTPC.

Ohh I didnt think about having a central spot for save games...  That is a great idea...

[JODY]

I do everything over a network including CHD and LD-CHD files; however, it is a little heavier duty than a NAS.  I use Windows Home Server.  PCs reading CHD or LD-CHD have gigabit ethernet as well as the server..  Firefox loads and ready to play in 2 seconds.