[mythtv-users] master backend on nslu2 ?

[Guillaume Membré]

What about a kurobox ? Bigger but it sounds like that it have more ram
and a better cpu. Any feedback ?

On 5/21/07, Guillaume Membré <guillaume.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/21/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > Steve Daniels wrote:
> >
> > > Just thought I'd mention, I know a fair few people who's master backends
> > > have no capture devices at all. They are used purely for storage and the
> > > like, and the slave backends with the capture devices are brought online
> > > as and when needed.
> >
> > I thought about that after I posted. Of course you could use a B/E for a
> > lot of things other than capturing live video, and you can capture video
> > on a slug using a USB 2.0 device.
> >
> > But I think my main point is valid, the slug is an underpowered NAS
> > device, fun to play with and useful for a lot of things, but a used PIII
> > box will do a lot more, faster, with drive bays, IDE interfaces and a
> > lot more for the same or less $$$.
> >
> > If you happen to have a slug or 2 to play with, along with all the
> > requisite stuff like drives, it's a fun hobby, but I wouldn't go out and
> > buy one for the express purpose of running a Myth B/E and/or NAS server.
>
> Ok, so what do you recommand to act as a Nas and a Myth B/E ?
>
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