[mythtv-users] Myth autoexpiring brand new shows

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 21:47:38 UTC 2008


On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Allen Edwards <
allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com> wrote:

>
> I thought I was following this but maybe I was not.
>
> If you have two drives in the same storage group, why do you want to
> leave an empty one empty and delete files on a full one?


The key designator is remote vs. local.  In the case where all disks are in
the same system attached to the motherboard, it will not leave one empty but
balance the recordings (this is how my system works).  In the case of the
OP, some of his disks were network mounted, and Myth considers network
mounted storage lower priority than direct attached disks resulting in the
confusion he had.

>
>
> I am having a hard time understanding why anyone would want that to
> happen.  I mean, if I set the drives up in the same storage group, why
> is it an advantage to me as a user to effectively not use the drive,
> which is what I read would happen...


In the case of network disks, it has to do with network I/O from, for
example, multiple HD recordings + multiple commflag operations that could
seriously degrade a network and/or result in bad recordings.

Kevin
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