[mythtv-users] Storage groups: How to set 'SGweightLocalStarting' to 0?

[Yeechang Lee]

Jonathan Larson <jtlarson at u.washington.edu> says:
> What I found is that the Null entry did reset the local disk
> weighting to 0, making it equal to the remote disks. In spite of
> this, the system still chose to record to one of the local disks
> with less free space than some of the remote disks. This behavior
> would seem to be contrary to Chris's documentation, though I'm not
> sure why that happened. Any more insight from the experts?

I presume you've seen the thread starting at
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/346903#346903>
so you know how I stand on the issue.

I believe what happens is something like the following:

  * Disk A has 30GB free, but 100GB of expirable/deleted recordings
  * Disk B has 35GB free, but 5GB of expirable/deleted recordings
  * MythTV is told to keep 30GB minimum free on all disks
  * MythTV uses B for a new 10GB recording, as it has more free space
  * Once free space on B gets below 30GB, it expires the 5GB of
    expirable recordings, even if the 5GB was recorded just two hours
    ago

Check out
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/351309#351309>.
I have been running the patch for a week now, but believe the real key
is to have the new pass 2 run before (or instead of) the existing pass
1, not after.

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