[mythtv-users] LVM RAID 5 partition schemes

[Dan Christensen]

Milan Andric <mandric at gmail.com> writes:

> On Apr 7, 2005 4:57 PM, Dan Christensen <jdc at uwo.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Milan Andric <mandric at gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> likely go with this board (rather than add a promise TX4 card which costs ~$70),
>>> i figure i can just spend a few extra $$ for motherboard with alot of
>>> sata ports :
>>>  Epox "EP-8RDA6+Pro" NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset
>>> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-221&depa=1
>> 
>> That sounds like the motherboard I have.
>
> did you have any problems with the nforce2 chipset linux compat/tv-out?

I didn't try TV-out, I use a PVR-350 for that.

> the EP-8RDA6+Pro actually has 6 sata ports using 2 differnet chips ... 
> 2x SATA by MCP, 4x SATA with RAID 0/1/10 by Sil-3114 

Oh, so that's a bit different from mine, which just has the 4-port
Sil-3114.

>> I have three Samsung Spinpoint 160Gb drives.  I put a Panaflo fan in
>> the front, and run both fans at 7V.  I used a Mobile AMD 2500+.  The
>> machine is close to silent and is very cool, even when being stress
>> tested.  The loudest component is the power supply fan, which I
>> couldn't easy replace.

(But even it is impossible to hear except if the room is silent and
you try to listen for it.)

> not sure how to specify V on the fans ... play with some wires i guess?

Yep.  I'm not an expert with putting a system together and had someone
help me do it.

Dan