[mythtv-users] How much storage do you have for MythTV?

Nathan Allen Stratton nathan at robotics.net
Tue Jan 24 03:54:15 UTC 2006


On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Yeechang Lee wrote:

> Ross Campbell <ross.campbell at gmail.com> says:
> > My MythTV box is now at around 600gb and that seems like just about
> > enough storage for me for now with non-HD recordings,
>
> Indeed. A FireWire capture of a non-HDTV cable channel takes about
> 19MB/minute. 600GB = 526 hours. HDTV takes up to sevenfold more space

I just upgraded to 3.5 TB with 12 320 gig disks connected to a 3ware card.
I only have 5% used so no issues so far, but once I start to use this
space will I have a problem with myth slowing down?

-Nathan




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