[mythtv-users] some more RAID and HD speed questions

[Steve Adeff]

On Tuesday 17 January 2006 18:31, kteague at speakeasy.net wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Adeff [mailto:adeffs at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:53 PM
> > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] some more RAID and HD speed questions
> >
> > also is there anything that can limit drive use in a similar way as nice
> > can limit cpu usage?
>
> I don't see why you shoudln't be able to use nice against the cp command
> (or whatever means you're using to transfer the data).  

which I have been doing, I just didn't think it would work for this. But I'll 
give it a try and hopefully won't have any issues =)

> As an alternative, 
> there is QoS (Quality of Service).  It will prioritize network
> packets/traffic based on packet type.  So if your myth streams are comming
> in with type X, and your copy is using type Y, you can regulate type Y
> traffic to be lower priority than type X.  QoS is mainly used in an
> environment where multiple services (say, VoIP and data transfer from
> servers) travel over the same medium.  The VoIP traffic can be given a
> higher priority over the data transfer in order to keep the voice comm.
> from chopping or the message from transferring late due to packet loss or
> late packet delivery.

that sounds more like for network traffic?

-- 
Steve