[mythtv-users] Storage speed requirements for record/playback?
Steven
mythmail at richardstraat.homedns.org
Wed Aug 18 12:45:42 EDT 2004
Op wo 18-08-2004, om 17:32 schreef Matt D. Robinson:
> Hi, all. I'm looking to externalize my storage from my front room
> if at all possible to eliminate drive noise. I think I can do
> this with iSCSI, but the question of speed comes up. What are the
> typical drive speeds required for record (write), playback (read),
> and a simultaneous read/write scenario with something recording
> while something is being played back?
>
> I can drive 60-80MB/s full duplex with iSCSI, about 40MB/s each way
> for sequential operations, but is that sufficient? What would be
> normal for record/playback/both?
>
> Externalizing the storage from the HTPC with iSCSI means I can
> drive the data to another room on a gigabit NIC over a long distance
> to another server in my garage without any noise.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback people can provide,
>
> --Matt
>
If you record in the higest bitrate with pvr250 you'll be using about 1
megabyte/second. Combine this with playback and maybe you'll double
that.
iSCSI seems overkill. 100 mbit network is plenty. USB 2.0 and firewire
will do also.
Steven
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