[mythtv-users] Howto prevent MythTV flushing/Syncing disk writes (LiveTV/Recordings) [ SOLVED ]

[Albert Graham]

Mike Perkins wrote:
> Albert Graham wrote:
>   
>> OK, in my case I am not interested in tracking frontends for this 
>> purpose, but the idea is to "quieten the disks at night time", when 
>> no_sync is disabled - so in other words, that would be an alternative 
>> configuration option - switch to no_sync mode when I'm not watching TV - 
>> i.e. (assuming people sleep at night time) :)
>>
>> I think the patch  (no_sync)  would be a good "feature" for many, I know 
>> I'm using extreme settings, but that is at OS level and nothing  really 
>> to do with MythTV, on the other hand the "night time" thing was just an 
>> idea that could utilize the concept.
>>
>>     
> Why don't you just do what a lot of Myth users do, and put the noisy parts of 
> Myth in the basement? Or, if like me you don't have a basement, put them in a 
> (well-ventilated!) cupboard somewhere out of the way? Seems to me a lot less 
> complicated than endless tweaking the OS - unless you like that kind of thing, I 
> suppose.
>
> Mike Perkins
>   
This may sound strange, but I don't have a single cupboard in the entire 
apartment, hence this thread :)