[mythtv-users] USB Drive question

[matt]

Ok, Let me start out by saying that I don't have any direct experience 
with this, but from what I've read I think you'll be better off with 
NFS. The USB bus tends to be unstable on many systems when dealing with 
large files (which I have experienced) and is more CPU intensive. USB 
uses your CPU more than other transfer methods. A quick search on usb 
v.s. firewire will give you some good articles if your interested.

Most of the other posts I've read on the myth list when this has come up 
have gone something like, "yeah it worked in the end but was painful to 
make stable" and\or "USB should be fine but NFS is better". Something 
else to consider is that if you are hooking this up to your front end 
there will be a lot of extra noise. If you use a server you bury it in 
the basement or closet where you can't hear it.

Matt

PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> I've just lucked into 4 250gb usb drives.  Is this ok to use for 
> livetv and recordings?  I'm planning to do xfs and either 
> symlinking or some other method.  Is this ok, or should 
> I break out my old server and set these ide drives up 
> as internal and nfs mount them over to the 
> mythbackend?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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