[mythtv-users] Opinion on a P4 Backend // HDD Throughput

[Josh White]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> When recording, Myth inserts stuff into the database like crazy, which
> > results in a lot of head thrashing (write stream one, write to database,
> > write stream two, write to database)  Throughput on the drives can be
> > fine, but as soon as you're causing constant seeking, the system starts
> > to
> > suffer.
> >
> > Greg
>
>
> The OP asked if his hardware would handle 4 tuners/4 frontends.
> Yesterday, I was able to watch 3 different things, record 5 different
> things, commercial flag 2 of the 5 recordings - simultaneously, on 7 year
> old hardware.  I was recording to 1 LVM comprised of 2 ATA 133 hard drives.
> It seems to me that if that won't push it too far, then I don't know what
> will.
>
> I think we need a better definition of "like crazy" and "a lot" before we
> build systems around it.


oh, and a better definition of "suffer" too.
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