[mythtv-users] Hardware Setup Advice

[Steven Adeff]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:28 PM, David Crawford
<davidcrawford83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 24 May 2012 17:14, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 05/24/2012 06:19 AM, Terjesen Jens Peder wrote:
>>>
>>> From: John Drescher
>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:27 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any tips, greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Put the OS / database on an SSD. Get at least a 64GB one for improved
>>>>> write endurance.
>>>>
>>>> You probably want to also record to more than 1 storage group at a time.
>>>> I would use independent disks.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think you need to record to more than one storage group to get
>>> load balancing over several disks.
>>> Actually I am sure you would want to.
>>>
>>> As I understand it, if you connect several disks to one storage group
>>> then MythTV will do the balancing according to the criteria you choose.
>>
>>
>> Right.  The confusion here is (once again) that a Storage Group is just a
>> name for a list of directories.  Too many people think that "Storage Group"
>> means directory.  It does not.  :)
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/516083#516083
>>
>> has an example of Storage Groups and directories.
>>
>> So, basically, you need one or more Storage Groups, such that those
>> Storage Groups contain directories, which provide access to multiple file
>> systems, ideally such that you have as many file systems available as you
>> will do concurrent recordings.  So, if you're doing 20 concurrent
>> recordings, you'd ideally have 20 file systems available within the Storage
>> Group(s) you use, which means you'd have at least 20 directories specified
>> within the one Storage Group.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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>
> Would that mean you would ideally want 20 storage groups per disc for 20
> streams or 20 spread over the various disc's your using?

the exact opposite. one storage group containing all the locations you
want Myth to be able to record to. If you have 6 discs, each with a
directory for recordings, each of those directories will go into the
singular storage group. Myth will load balance from there.


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Steve
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