Storing ISOs on Network Drive?

[Binsky734]

Hello everyone. I'm trying to clear up space on my tiny 120GB SSD, and ROM files tend to take up a bit of space. I would also like to keep the ISOs and save files in a network location so I can play on my laptop without having to constantly transfer save files. I have a 3TB WD My Book attached to my router, and I get around 15MB/s read speeds. At the moment I'm only playing GC games until I get a new USB Sensor bar. Would this be enough to properly run the ROMs ISOs at full speed?

[DJBarry004]

1- By "running a ISO properly" you mean emulate a game at full/acceptable speed?

2-Can you try compressing all your games using Dolphin? That could help, and keep the eye open for strange ISO weights.

[KHRZ]

The speed is faster than Wii discs, but still you won't save as much in some of the longest loadings like Dolphin usually does. I'd be more worried about the drive shutting down to save power after a while, then taking a few secs to start up. (My 2nd computer drive does this all the time...). Some games will "time out" a loading, then crash when it needs what it tried to load (I have no idea what this timeout time commonly is, but I've had it happen on a real Wii)

[Binsky734]

(09-26-2013, 06:16 AM)KHRZ Wrote: The speed is faster than Wii discs, but still you won't save as much in some of the longest loadings like Dolphin usually does. I'd be more worried about the drive shutting down to save power after a while, then taking a few secs to start up. (My 2nd computer drive does this all the time...). Some games will "time out" a loading, then crash when it needs what it tried to load (I have no idea what this timeout time commonly is, but I've had it happen on a real Wii)

That certainly is a concern that I hadn't considered. I believe that I can change the settings of my drive so that it doesn't time out. Maybe I can write a script to turn the timeout time on and off.

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(09-26-2013, 06:05 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: 1- By "running a ISO properly" you mean emulate a game at full/acceptable speed?

2-Can you try compressing all your games using Dolphin? That could help, and keep the eye open for strange ISO weights.

1- Yes, I have since edited the post to include that wording. I have also edited the post to include the fact that I would like to keep all of my ISOs and save files in a centralized location so I can play on my laptop without having to continually transfer save files.

[DJBarry004]

1-In newer revisions, the new directory is My Documents (or simply Documents)/Dolphin Emulator.

2-Using a faster HDD will help you load your ISOs faster, but that has nothing to do with emulation speed.

[AnyOldName3]

You can specify a custom location for settings + saves, so you could just set it to be on the networked drive.