[mythtv-users] .23/.24 NFS mounting / Storage Groups

[Anthony Giggins]

On 21 October 2010 09:23, Scott <scott at frak.ms> wrote:

>
> On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Brent Bolin wrote:
> > My current setup is a back end with raid disk storage and tuners.  I
> > also have a back end running in a Xen environment as a guest helping
> > with commercial flagging.
> >
> > I also just upgraded my network to GB today.
> >
> > Flagging from the mythtv guest helps take the cpu load off the primary
> > back end, but still puts a stress on disk I/O.
> >
> > I've been toying with the idea of creating another storage directory
> > for mythtv recordings and that being an NFS mount from the primary
> > back end.  One of my main concerns is creating a complected
> > configuration.
> >
> > Is this the only way to spread disk usage between systems(NFS)?
>
> Are the disks really stressed during commflag? I have a single disk SATA
> 7200 RPM drive that records 3 HD streams from a HDHR while doing commflag at
> the same time. Disk IO has never been a bottleneck on the system.
>
> If you do want to spread the work, your best bet for simplicity is more
> physical drives in the same system. You can use mdtools or LVM to strip data
> across two disks. to spread the work.
>
>
or you can just add more disks to the Storage group.

Cheers,

Anthony
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