[mythtv] hdtvrecorder: dynamic ringbuffers?

Florin Andrei florin at andrei.myip.org
Wed Dec 22 22:00:42 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 15:26 -0500, Kyle Rose wrote:

> However, I can tell you anecdotally that all of my machines perform
> strictly better without swap than with it, given my usage
> patterns. YMMV.

In theory, most of the "appliance-like" systems (such as a dedicated
MythTV box) should exhibit usage patterns that favor a swapless
configuration.
Now, in practice there could be exceptions. But most of the times, that
dedicated MythTV box in your living room should work better without swap
(provided that the hardware was chosen properly).

I feel that such a recommendation (don't use swap if it's a dedicated
system) should actually be added to those MythTV HOWTOs floating around.

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/



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