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

Nathan Allen Stratton nathan at robotics.net
Tue Jan 24 03:56:16 UTC 2006


On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Yeechang Lee wrote:

> Precisely. I already had a 2.8TB RAID 5 array in a dual Xeon server,
> and frankly neither wanted nor needed more computing capacity (or
> accompanying administrative hassle). I also highly value a single
> filespace (yes, yes, I know you can do much of the same thing with
> multiple mounts in a single directory, but it's just not quite the
> same), which I gather isn't so much a concern for you. The 2.0TB comes
> from four 500GB drives ($1400), which are pretty pricey on a $/GB
> basis right now.

Why did you go with 500 gig drives? I ended up going with 12 320 gig
drives for 3.5 TB because it was much lower cost then going with 500 gig
drives.

-nathan


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