[mythtv-users] OT: Virtualization

[Tim Draper]

On 4 July 2013 07:13, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using HD Homerun as it's too
> difficult/impossible to get PCI passthrough working for PCI tuner
> cards. Overall, I'm really happy with it.

This is not good to hear.
I keep getting the itch to move to a virtualised platform (xen most
likely), but i'm hearing so many different experiences with
passthrough (It'd be PCIe tuner for me) that i just dont have enough
interest to try if it's likely it will fail.

For me, moving to virtualisation would gain me snapshots (although
maybe i should look into LVM snapshots..) which would make upgrades
troublefree - i've had it in the past where an upgrade (mythtv
specifically) had a number of regressions in it. Obviously these were
fixed but it took a few weeks for things to be all ironed out again;
snapshot would of make that rollback so easy.

I'd also want to upgrade CPU; a dual core E6550 probably isnt enough
for 3-4 VM's. moving to a q6600 would double the power draw, and i
just dont have that kind of money spare for a low-wattage i5.