[mythtv-users] Running mythbackend on a low-power device

[Quinten Steenhuis]

I think I am going to go with a Kirkwood or other ARM-based device. It will
be a good option for me even if I only improve my in-home backup. I found
this handy overview of some of the products:

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms

I am looking at the Seagate goflex series, because they come with a speedy
SATA HD in the same package. I like the neatness of that. However, I don't
know if 128 MB of RAM is enough to run the mythbackend. Thoughts?





On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:18 AM, digid myth <digidmyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I played with this awhile and decided to stay with my larger server and
> have it on all the time. My current setup is a 6 core AMD based server with
> 12tb of hard drives.  It is used for many other things than just Myth.
> Current power consumption average is 94 watts last month. At current
> electric rates that's less than 10.00 per month. I could most likely get my
> average down more but have not taken the time to tweak it any further. In
> my opinion the savings in $$ to get much lower is not worth the trouble. A
> good efficient processor, which my bulldozer is not as far as low power, at
> least an 80% rated power supply and putting the drives to sleep when not
> used is the best bang for the buck in getting the power usage down. It's
> even possible to shut CPU cores down on the fly in Linux which can save
> some power. The drives seem to be 50% of my power on boot the power spikes
> to almost 200 watts. Shutting down the front ends when not in use is a
> better option also.  SSD drives allow for fast turn on if your FE can wake
> from USB then you can wake it with the remote. The only issue I have had
> with this is that any remote will wake the front end. Even if the inte nt
> is not to use myth.
>
> Dale
>
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