[mythtv-users] Question re: multiple backends & where recordings are stored
Jared Valentine
hidden at xmission.com
Wed Aug 2 22:43:42 UTC 2006
I have a couple of questions about running multiple Backends. If anyone
could set me straight, that'd be great.
I currently plan on having one master backend sitting in my wiring closet in
the basement. It has two HD cards for OTA. It's a beefy machine with dual
CPUs, plenty of RAM & storage.
In addition to the backend, I plan on having 2 other machines. 1.) a combo
backend/frontend (PVR-150 connected to DirecTV), and 2.) basic frontend.
With this in mind, my questions are these:
1.) When the combo backend/frontend records a show, where is that stored?
2.) When the frontend-only wants to watch the show recorded in question #1,
does it stream the show from the master backend, or from the combo
frontend/backend? (I assume the show is stored on the combo box, and
therefore streamed from the combo box).
Unfortunately, the combo frontend/backend isn't a beefy machine and I have
concerns if it is going to be doing 3 things at once (streaming between
frontend and master backend, playback, and recording).
3.) If I take the combo machine's /myth dir and NFS mount it to the master
backend, does that change the answer to question #2? Would anything else
change the answer to #2 (short of moving the PVR-150 to the master backend)?
Thanks!
Jared Valentine
hidden at xmission.com
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