[mythtv-users] "Normal" storage requirements?

Eni Gma enigma at thedonnerparty.com
Wed Jun 4 12:30:12 EDT 2003


Ben Davis wrote:

> This is more of a poll to see what kind of storage you all have on 
> your myth boxes, and also the total amount of recording hours you've 
> got, whether it be on one box or several boxes networked together.
>
> TIVO boasts being able to record up to 80 hours.  What would it take 
> to do 80 hours on a Myth Box?  (I guess this would also depend on 
> compression methods used)
>
>  
>
I have 331 GB of RAID-5 for my Myth systems (and other things) and 
currently have about 50 GB of Myth-recorded video.  I average about 500 
MB/hr (I have to use low-quality settings because my frontends are all 
weak boxes) so I have the capacity for about 660 hours.

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