[mythtv-users] software raid 5 xfs

John P Poet jppoet at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 16:17:30 UTC 2007


On 4/14/07, Daniel Agar <daniel at agar.ca> wrote:
>
> I've been using software raid 5 in linux for years, but now I'm
> considering setting up a raid 5 array for my recordings. I have a central
> backend with 3 pvr 150s and 2 frontends connected to it. So I'm only
> dealing with SD content. Anyone have any real life experience with
> software raid 5 for recording? The wiki says results are mixed, but I'd
> like to hear from someone thats personally tried it, before I start buying
> more drives and rearranging things.
>
> Thanks
>

I have been using Linux's software raid 5 under an XFS file system for a
couple of years now.  I can easily record 4 HD programs, and watch another.

If you do it, grab the latest version of mdadm.  It is some definatate
improvements over previous versions.

John
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