[mythtv-users] software raid 5 xfs

Daniel Agar daniel at agar.ca
Sat Apr 14 16:22:38 UTC 2007


What kind of hardware do you have? My backend is a sempron 2600 with a gig
of memory.

Also which distro are you using? I've always gone with fedora for my
mythboxes.


> On 4/14/07, Daniel Agar <daniel at agar.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I've been using software raid 5 in linux for years, but now I'm
>> considering setting up a raid 5 array for my recordings. I have a
>> central
>> backend with 3 pvr 150s and 2 frontends connected to it. So I'm only
>> dealing with SD content. Anyone have any real life experience with
>> software raid 5 for recording? The wiki says results are mixed, but I'd
>> like to hear from someone thats personally tried it, before I start
>> buying
>> more drives and rearranging things.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> I have been using Linux's software raid 5 under an XFS file system for a
> couple of years now.  I can easily record 4 HD programs, and watch
> another.
>
> If you do it, grab the latest version of mdadm.  It is some definatate
> improvements over previous versions.
>
> John
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