[mythtv-users] mythtv noob - hardware questions
Jarod C. Wilson
jcw at wilsonet.com
Wed Feb 18 11:41:29 EST 2004
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On Tuesday 17 February 2004 22:27, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> >>> -256MB RAM (I don't have a problem upgrading this)
> >>
> >> All possible. I'd upgrade the RAM and get a bigger hard drive.
> >
> > Why upgrade the RAM?
>
> Um, didn't I answer that further down? Oh, look! Yes, I did.
>
> You asked: What would be a good amount of RAM to upgrade to? Over
> 512MB?
Er, the OP asked, not you, my mistake...
> I replied: I find 512MB to be more than sufficient. I'd recommend 384
> as a minimum (256
> can be used, but you'll see swapping, which I prefer to eliminate).
>
> > What are the memory intensive applications under Mythtv that would
> > push the need beyond 250MB?
>
> The UI, the database, commercial flagging, scaling video to fit the
> screen, deinterlacing video, the OS itself, etc., all use memory. With
> only 256MB, I've seen a system start to use swap. Touching swap impacts
> performance, and RAM is cheap. Both my active Myth boxes have 512MB.
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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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