[mythtv-users] What kind of Myth setups do you all have?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Oct 7 22:36:18 UTC 2008


On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 02:46:44PM -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > On Oct 7, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I see quite a few have a 10/100mbps switch network, I am thinking of  
> >> getting a gigabit switch as I've had a plain ol' Linksys router for  
> >> quite some time now. How much of a difference would that make speed- 
> >> wise?
> >>     
> >
> > Nothing if you don't have gigabit ethernet cards in your machines that  
> > are connected.
> > Nothing if you aren't experiencing any network bandwidth-related  
> > issues currently.
> > A HUGE difference if your machines support gigabit and you are  
> > experiencing network bottlenecks.
> >
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> Realistically, with file transfers, you'll probably get 30-50MB/s over 
> gigabit.  Compare this with the 1-2MB/s for most recordings.

    Gigabit offers more total bandwidth. If you want to have 8
jobs running at once and still be able to use the network, then
GigE might be of help. It's not that expensive these days and
a lot of systems/boards already have it built in, so it seems
like a no-brainer.


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