[mythtv-users] How big is your database on disk?

Alex Butcher mythlist at assursys.co.uk
Sat Apr 23 10:27:44 UTC 2011


On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Dave Richardson wrote:

> I'm seeing some slight jumpiness on my frontends when the Guide is
> accessed during LiveTV.  Having seen some questions recently about
> optimized queries and indexing, I figured I'd just start with something
> simple by making sure my database wasn't out of scale to others...
>
> I'm curious if anyone feels that this database is average, large,
> unexpectedly large.
>
> du -hs /var/lib/mysql/mythconverg/
> 242M	/var/lib/mysql/mythconverg/
>
> Maybe a few of you could share your db sizes?

du -hs /var/lib/mysql/mythconverg
259M	/var/lib/mysql/mythconverg

12 tuners (3 physical x 4 multirec per physical)

Just over 1TB of recordings (640 files), UK Freeview lineup + EIT for radio.

> 11 tuners defined (3 comcast DTAs and 2X2(X2multirec) HDHRs
> 2 lineups
>
> Thanks.

HTH,
Alex


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