[mythtv-users] BE Disk / Filesystem Layout

[Bryan Halter]

David Frascone wrote:
> I've read all the horror stories about the Raids.  I had been thinking 
> I'd use LVM, and just add disks as I need them -- but that would suffer 
> the same 100% loss on any disk failure.
>
> Does Myth support using multiple filesystems for storing data?  I'm 
> thinking that might be a way to mitigate loss if drive failure occurs.  
> Something like:
>
> /myth/disk1
> /myth/disk2
> ..
> ..
> ..
>
> Otherwise, I think LVM is probably the easiest solution -- but one day, 
> everything will be gone.
>
>
> And, the disk question:  I'm looking at segate barracude disks for 
> roughly $.25/Gb on pricegrabber.com.  I like segate since they have a 5 
> year warranty.  I'm also thinking $50 for 200Gb disks sounds about right 
> -- When I need more space, drop in another 200Gb.
>
> Are there any glaring flaws in my plan?
>
> -Dave
>
>   
When you need more space will come much sooner than you think, or 
atleast it did in my case and there is a limit to the number of disks 
you can put in an enclosure/on a power supply but aside from that your 
logic sounds reasonable.

--Bryan