<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:01 AM, digid myth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:digidmyth@gmail.com">digidmyth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
You should not have a problem, if you spread your disk load. My backend is a dual core AMD with gigabit ethernet, 6 gig of DDR 2 ram, not a very fast system, by todays standards<div>I have a HD Homerun that I use for OTA recordings.<br>
<div>5 sata drives on the motherboard and a 4 port SATA 1 - PCI card with 4 more 2 TB drives attached.</div><div><br></div><div>Motherboard sata drives are,</div><div>1 fast boot drive, also holds mysql database (7200 RPM)</div>
<div>1 1TB drive for mythtv recordings (7200 RPM)</div><div>2 2TB drives in software RAID 1 for NAS storage (5400 RPM)</div><div>1 2 TB Spare drive. (5400 RPM)</div><div><br></div></div><div>PCI SATA 1 Card</div><div>2 2tb drives hold Mythvideo files (5400 RPM)</div>
<div>2 2tb drives used for remote backups (5400 RPM)</div><div><br></div><div>This is a myth backend, I PXE boot my front ends off this server. It also runs a webdav server, mail server, a OSX vm (running mail spam filters and iTunes), zone minder with 4 cameras, automated network backup software that backup all the desktop/workstations on the network, NFS/samba for NAS, and has gnome GUI up on the console all the time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Its not uncommon on the weekends for the system to be watching or recording 2 channels, streaming 3 videos, and someone accessing the NAS playing music etc. From time to time I even have handbrake ripping a DVD down. The CPU does max out from time to time, but the system has no problem dealing with the load. Memory is never a problem. If I try to bring a 2nd VM up everything goes to hell on the system! If the wife can not watch her SOAP's she gets a little upset! :-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Idle power is 78 watts, with peaks to 120 watts or so. This server is 3 years old and due to be upgraded. I think the key to making everything work is having a separate drive for the recordings, a very fast boot drive, and ram to spare.</div>
<div>All the drives except the Boot drive are set to spin down and go to sleep if idle for 15 min.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a dedicated gigabit switch to this server that has the hdhomerun, 2 myth front ends, and 2 media players (cinema tubes in the kids rooms), that play video via SAMBA attached, and 1 port that goes to the router. I did have problems when the server was plugged into the router with network saturation and latency but once I put it on its own switch that problem went away.</div>
</blockquote><div><br>Great reply, Digid.<br><br>You are doing almost exactly what I am doing, only I'm tackling it with newer (more powerful) hardware. Thanks for sharing that.<br><br>My server has 8 GB and I can bump that to 16 GB for $50. <br>
<br>I am going to duplicate what you have done and see where it gets me.<br><br><br></div></div>