[mythtv-users] thoughts about 2 drives 1 video storage 1 system + other

[Kerry Wilson]

Les Gondor wrote:
> Ryan Kremser wrote:
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>> What is everyones thoughts when it comes down to partitioning drives.  I 
>> have a 200 gig hd right now but am looking to reformat and i'm 
>> considering putting the video storage only on the 200 gig drive where 
>> i'll then put the system and tv buffer on a second 20~30 gig drive.  
>> Anyone see any benifits other than the increase in capacity?
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> There is the increase in reliability, as well. Separating the root and video partitions onto 
> different spindles means that if one drive fails, you still have the data on the other. Granted that 
> you might not be able to recover the video simply because of the size, but you still have the 
> mythconverg data (and you might even have that if the root disk fails if you have been dumping it 
> onto the video partition). Adding a drive removes eggs from the one basket you have them in right now.
>
>   
Yes, but you double your chances that a drive will fail...

Just a thought