[mythtv-users] Best diskless front-end. Power saving time!

[jack snodgrass]

I've started looking at using autofs for as many drives as I can,
moving stuff around so I can have as few 'permant' drives and
spinning down the drives that are unmounted by autofs. This
should reduce the heat, noice and electricity used by my
drives. I'm still working out the details. Do you have a lot
of drives in your systems? I've got 2+TB and I don't really
need all of that data mounted all of the time. ;)

jack

On 9/13/06, Matt Rude <mythtv-users at mattrude.com> wrote:
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>  Quoting list at onnow.net:
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>  > I have two dedicated machines that are on 24x7.  One is storage and
>  > the other the backend.  I want to start saving some power as the bills
>  > keep going up.
>  > I am thinking that I will agregate all to one backend, and then put in
>  > a couple of diskless frontends that use LTSP and boot off of the
>  > server as well.
>  >
>  > Does anyone have this scenario anywhere?  What machines have you had
>  > luck with?  How was sound etc...?  I have seen little diskless HP
>  > machines like the HP T5505 that I thought might be good.  Then at
>  > night etc... just shut them down and have the power button do a
>  > shutdown on them too.
>  >
>  > Looking for what has been known to work and such.
>  >
>  > Mark
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>  I am currently using minimyth that boot off my backend via PXE and work
> great it is using a VIA M mainboard and out puts to the TV nice and clear.
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> -Matt
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