[mythtv-users] Fastest RAID for HD?
Brian C. Huffman
bhuffman at graze.net
Thu Feb 14 15:24:07 UTC 2008
Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
>
> > RAID 5 is too slow from what I have read.
>
> Too slow for what? Just mythtv? What are you planning on doing? On my
> system, even with a single SATA drive I've been able to simultaneously
> record 3 SD programs + 2 HD programs, run a single commflag, and
> playback a single HD program. Never tried pushing it any harder than
> that. I don't think RAID5 would be much of a problem unless you are
> going to be pushing the system VERY hard.
Agreed. I'm running hardware RAID 5 on an old Pentium 3 with no problems although I don't often do simultaneous recordings. Certainly recording and watching HD content on the RAID 5 hasn't been a problem.
-b
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