[mythtv-users] How much storage do you have for MythTV?

[Chad]

On 1/25/06, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> My /video partition is 140 GB, but I don't really use myth for recording
> much.  If I want to make sure something gets recorded, I usemy directv tivo,
>  If I want watch something on nework tv, I use test-mpeg2 and  mplayer on my
>  myth box.
>
> Come to think of,  I don't really use myth for anything.   I just tinker
> with it in my spare time for fun.
>
>
> On 1/24/06, Tom Lichti < tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:
> > Chris wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 16:39 +1100, Michael Fox wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 1/24/06, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 8 X $150 320GB Western Digital drives = 2560 GB = $1200
> > >>> 2 X Infrant ReadyNAS 600 units without drives = $1200
> > >>>
> > >
> > > hhmm i think i would go for something like this if you need _a lot_ of
> > > storage.
> > >
> > >
> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=VTrak&product_id=149
> > >
> > > e1000 fibercard and be happy :-))
> > >
> > We have a couple of those in our computer room, soon to be deployed.
> > Very nice... :)
> >
> > Tom
> > _______________________________________________

I broke down and bought another drive.  I started out with a 200GB
SATA drive, and for ~100 bucks I picked up a second 250GB SATA, so I'm
pusingg about 450 for my Myth directory that holds everything Myth
(data wise, like music, TV, videos... not the application/config's
etc).

Chad