[mythtv-users] Frontend - how to read recordings from NFS?

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Oct 29 21:30:07 UTC 2007


Mark Lehrer wrote:
> My current frontend/backend box has /var/lib/mythtv/recordings mounted
> over NFS.  Therefore, I am trying to have mythfrontend read the recordings
> over NFS instead of tripling the network traffic by having the backend
> stream it.
Why would you think that you are tripling the network traffic by letting the 
back end stream the recordings? There's some overhead, sure, but probably about 
the same as using NFS. Or don't you think that NFS uses some kind of protocol to 
shift data round the network?

Mike Perkins



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