[mythtv-users] Problems with multiple pvr cards

[Brian Walter]

Tom Lichti wrote:
> Brian Walter wrote:
>   
>> Well, I think I have isolated it to something in the disk subsystem.  I 
>> upped the default write buffer in libmythtv, and, lo and behold, the 
>> error now only occurs once every 30 minutes...
>>   
>>     
> Is your backend also running mysql? If so, and the errors are occurring 
> on the half hour, it's likely the scheduling queries that are causing 
> the error. I have 2 PVR-250's, 1 PVR-150, and an HDHR with one HD and 
> one QAM/SD tuner setup, and I can record from all 5 at once with only 
> very occasionally getting a buffer problem (which does not take down the 
> whole box, btw), but I have the database on another machine, and I am 
> running a RAID5 disk, so it can be done.
>
> Tom
>
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>   
Tom,

Yeah, I'm beginning to think RAID might solve a lot of problems.  
There's nothing else running on the backend except the backend.  Mysql 
is on another machine, as is all the commflag jobs.

Brian