[mythtv-users] Thoughts - Master Backend versus 2 FE/BE

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Brian Wood wrote:

> Mike Geisterfer wrote:
>> People,   what are your thoughts of running 2 FE and 1 BE versus 2  
>> FE/BE.
>>
>> I have 2 MythBox's - Ones mine (in the pit) and the other is my
>> wife's (in the family room).
>>
>> We presently run them as 2 standalone units. Are there any advantages
>> to run them as 2 FEs and use one machine as a backend.
>
> The advantages would be less load on SD and the net, and increased  
> ease
> of sharing recordings and other media.

Another advantage is taking advantage of additional tuner(s) to  
resolve recording conflicts. Rather than 2 recordings conflicting on  
a backend while the other backend is idle, you could be recording  
both shows at the same time.