[mythtv-users] Enough power?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Jens Peter Vilstrup wrote:

>This might be slightly OT. Sorry if I offend anyone.
>I'm in the planning phase of my MythTV project, but unsure if my
>planned myth-backend has enough oomph.
>I have:
>Tyan Tiger MP with dual 1.4Ghz Athlon XP's and 1GB of RAM.
>Gbit NIC.
>2x PVR-250 cards.
>Some yet-to-be-determined SATA(n) card(s), possibly RAID (that, or
>software RAID).
>A whole lot of harddrives.
>MySQL will be on a different server.
>
>I want to be able to record two shows simultaneously, while watching
>on two frontends, while copying files at 100Mbit to or from a client
>PC...
>In your experience, is this a feasible goal?
>  
>
Considering that the PVR-250s are doing 99% of the work for recording 
for you and that playback/copying will be network based, I think you'll 
be fine, especially with that Gbit NIC.

Kevin