[mythtv-users] Proliant server as a backend...

[Jason Werpy]

On 11/10/05, Jeff volckaert <jvolckaert at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Proliant 8500r
> > >Quad PIII Xeon 700/2MB CPU's
> > >2GB Ram;
> > >2 x 1000SX Fiber NIC;
> > >1 x Dual 10/100 backup NIC
> > >4 x 73GB U160 SCSI drives, RAID (0/1/5);
> > >2 x PVR250 PAL Tuners;
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> 4 x 73GB would be 210GB after raid 5 right? That should be good for 100 to
> 150 hours of recordings. I use a 160GB drive and can store over 100 hours. I
> think I have a 2.5M bit rate. Unless you want to archive long term, I
> wouldn't worry too much about the posts saying you will need more disk. Set
> it up and see how fast you go through it. 73GB scsi drives are not cheap.
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> Jeff
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Also with that much processor power transcoding to smaller file sizes won't
be a problem either.
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