[mythtv-users] Home media system

[peter nikolic]

On Sunday 07 September 2008, Brian Wood wrote:
> Mike Dent wrote:

> >
> > Yeah, 300gb is way over the top if its dedicated myth box only. I'd
> > expect an 80gb disk would be plenty for system.

Ok  more than likley 100Gb drive they seem easy to get round here 
and Reiserfs for the OS  i have been using reiserfs for years and never had 
any major problems all errors have been down to faulty hardware  
>
> Actually 40gb is overkill, but you'd be hard put to find one today, or
> even an 80.
>
What file system for the data drive  please do not say ext of any breed that 
is a total none starter (caused me way too many problems even on  recent new 
installs and new hardware) 

>
> As for the DVD drives, I'd think you would want those to be on the
> frontends, where the viewer can access them, and nobody I know can watch
> more than 1 DVD at a time, so I'd stick with the single drives.
>
> Or, assuming you live where it is legal, you could rip the DVDs and
> store the data along with the recordings.
Hummm  yes it may well wind up a bit of both is the best plan 

Pete .


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