[mythtv-users] Buffering LiveTV data to save hard drive wear?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Jul 15 16:21:12 UTC 2008


> Seagate (which is the only mfg I'll buy for the warranty) makes a DB35 line
> specifically for DVRs
>
> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/db35_series/
>
> Whether that truly is necessary for Myth or makes any difference, I doubt
> it.  My drives don't seem to wear out any faster with Myth than any other
> system I've used.
>
At work where we have several hundred IDE/SATA drives I do not see the
more used ones having any higher failure rate then the lesser used
ones.

John


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