[mythtv-users] Mooting architecture for a DataDirect replacement
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Thu Jun 21 20:32:10 UTC 2007
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:11:10PM -0500, Kevin Hulse wrote:
> > Doesn't *anyone* remember Usenet? :-)
>
> Yup.
>
> Big, bulky, inefficient, unwieldy.
Ah. Then you *don't* remember Usenet.
:-)
> > Most people will have their machines on and slurping all the time
> > anyway, so I don't see them *needing* "a full dump".
>
> Most isn't good enough.
There *will* likely be some commercial servers carrying the feed with
reasonable expiration policies, so you can get whatever you need.
Remember, there is a built in expiration date for guide data.
I was merely trying to propose an architecture that would make
practical the distribution of the load of 200,000 Mythboxen looking for
guide data every day. NNTP would.
Cheers,
-- jra
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