[mythtv-users] Remove a Storage Group

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/28/2012 01:35 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>> I currently have two HDDs in my system.  One is mounted as /myth is
>> partitioned to hold photos, music, movies, fanart, livetv, and recording
>> shows (/myth/shows1).  The other disk is partitioned for the OS, and
>> recording shows (/myth/shows2).  Both directories (/myth/shows1,
>> /myth/shows2) are listed in the Default Storage Group.
>>
>> When watching certain shows that are actively recording, I experience a 1
>> sec pause, every 5-7 seconds.  It was determined that this was caused by
>> using the OS disk for recording shows (something about the amount of IO
>> generated by Mysql).  I do not experience this pausing problem when
>> watching livetv, since livetv is stored on the other disk.
>>
>> So, my plan is to install a 3rd HDD into the system, add that to the
>> Default Storage Group (/myth/shows3), and remove the OS disk (/myth/shows2).
>>
>> I want to know if removing /myth/shows2 from the Default Storage Group
>> will prevent me from watching any previously recorded shows that currently
>> reside within the /myth/shows2 directory.
>>
> Just create another storage group and add mythtv/shows2 to it... then the
> recordings will still be available, but because none of your recording
> rules target that group, nothing further will be written there.

Yes.

> Or, make the folder read-only to mythtv by changing the permissions...
> IIRC, the system will detect this and not attempt to write recordings there.
>

No, it will attempt to record to that directory (as you told it to do 
when you set up a recording rule to record to the directories in that 
Storage Group) and it will fail.

Mike