[mythtv-users] MythTV and power cuts

[Tim Phipps]

Quoting Rajil Saraswat <rajil.s at gmail.com>:
> Scenario 1
> 1. Run FE/BE locally on the machine with access to tv cards, readonly
> rootfs and a rw partition for the video files.
> 2. Run mysql server remotely on a server abroad hosted on VPN. MySQL
> server thus will never see power failures.
>
> Scenario 2
> 1. Run FE/BE locally on the machine with access to tv cards, readonly
> rootfs and a rw partition for the video files.
> 2. Mysql db on the rw partition as well. Mysql db should be replaced
> by a previous working backup on power restoration.
>
>
> In either scenario, I dont really care if i loose the video recordings
> or the mythtv database. The advantage of scenario 2 over 1 is that
> mythtv will continue to work even though there is no internet.
>

3. Everything on one machine with EXT4 for root and video partitions  
with barriers enabled. This is what I'm using and although power cuts  
are rare, I've had a few dozen without any corruption of filesystems  
or databases.

Cheers,
Tim.