[mythtv-users] Server Setup

[Mike Perkins]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Sunday 17 January 2010 07:22:40 am robert Larson wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am pretty new to this group and with tinkering with mythtv. My Current
>> setup is  frontend/backend combo setup running on a Dell sc420. Integrated
>> Intel Graphics(pia) 4 gigs of ram and 1.4tb of external disk.
>>
>> My xmas present was a HP DL580G2 4 gigs of ram, 2x36gb internal disk (scsi)
>> (not 64x). Yes. a 4U server.This thing is bigger then my kitchen table. But
>> I figure that I should be able to host the backend on this thing without a
>> problem seeing that my sc420 is able to do front and back.
>>
>> So with that being said, I was wondering how some of you would build this
>>  if you had this beast in your kitchen and your wife was yelling at you to
>>  get it up and going... =)
> 
> I'd first send the wife out of town for a week or two.
> 
> The first question in my mind: What is your capture hardware?
> 
> Do you want to run a backend on the bare iron, or perhaps in a virtual 
> machine? I'm not familiar with that particular server, but if it has hardware 
> virtualization in the CPUs, you could run a VM with PCI passthrough so you 
> could use PCI capture hardware.
> 
> This depends on what other functions you need the machine to perform, and what 
> capture (and other) hardware you are using or plan to use.
> 
> Probably the first thing I'd do is set up a good UPS.
> 
> If running in a VM, you will first need to choose a host OS, and a 
> virtualization solution. If you want to run a B/E on the bare iron, it's a 
> pretty straightforward installation, I would think.
> 
> The server is probably a bit noisy, you'll likely want to place it in a garage 
> or basement, so running the needed network and RF cables will be an early 
> task. Leaving it in the kitchen is asking for WAF problems.
> 
Oh yeah. You're gonna need bigger disks. There's no way 36Gb is going to be 
enough video storage. Good for the OS, but trust me, you'll need more for video. 
Much, much more.

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Mike Perkins