[mythtv-users] Running mythbackend on a low-power device

[Quinten Steenhuis]

Which Kirkwood/Sheeva device do you use? Are they all pretty much capable,
and are you able to run the newest MythTV release?


On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Mark Small <msmall at eastlink.ca> wrote:

> On Thursday 29 November 2012 20:33:47 Tortise wrote:
> >
> > I've been considering using a Rpi master backend, that connects with a
> > hdhomerun (or two?) and some sort of inevitably noisy multi hdd multi TB
> > machine out of ear shot in a utility space, preferably with demand power
> > control on that machine.
> >
> > A significant concern expressed previously is that the scheduler is a
> > significant run job that may be too big for the pis cpu to handle, which
> I
> > think is about the equivalent of a pentium 400 (?).  It seems if a
> > sheevaplug can run the scheduler then a pi should be able to also(?).
>
> I run the scheduler on a Kirkwood without any problems.  It takes longer
> than
> a spiffy new machine.  Just checked my logs and the last run took 11.6
> seconds.
> This is using an SSD on real SATA (not usb based).  When I ran it on a
> normal
> HD, it took 40-50 seconds.
>
> I'm not sure that I'd like to have my storage on a machine that that
> powers on
> on-demand.  Does anyone do this? I'd worry about lag on viewing.  Does myth
> know how to wake storage on demand?
>
> You might need to have your storage box on all the time.   If storage is
> on a
> machine that is on all the time, might as well just run the backend on the
> storage machine.
>
> Mark
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