[mythtv-users] Deleting Recordings does not release Disk Space

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 14 October 2004 11:00, Aaron Frerichs wrote:
> > Slight correction... AFAIK, NFS does not "combine" disparate
> > filesystems.  All NFS does it allow you to export a filesystem or
> > portion of a filesystem from one system, and mount the exported
> > filesystem on another machine on the network.  It's similar to the
> > way
> > you'd use Samba (or Windows) shares.
> >
> > -JAC
>
> I am seeing this problem also.  It really isn't much of an issue for
> me, but I thought since Isaac said it could be fixed by sharing files
> over NFS that I would give that a try.  I know how to set up NFS, but
> I only use remote frontends, so how would I get a remote frontend to
> use the files shared by NFS instead of having the backend server
> stream to it?

I've never set up a remote frontend myself, but I believe if you mount 
the NFS share under the same path name as it exists on the backend 
server, then mythfrontend will look there first for recordings before 
trying to stream from the backend.

i.e., if your recordings are in /mnt/store/mythtv on the backend, then 
mount the NFS export under /mnt/store/mythtv on the remote frontend.

-JAC