[mythtv-users] 0.27 watching Live recording freezes

[Dave Hill]

On 11/24/2013 10:21 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Dave Hill <myth at davidrhill.com> wrote:
>> On 11/20/2013 11:21 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Dave Hill <myth at davidrhill.com> wrote:
>>> Could this be the result of too many capture cards with only one 
>>> storage group? My backend has 1 HDPVR + 2 HVR2000s and 1 PVR150 and 
>>> they all record to one storage group. Perhaps the load of a couple 
>>> of HD recordings + both commflagging + 1 frontend watching is too 
>>> much for the hard drive? I am considering adding a storage group on 
>>> a new drive to see if that helps. Thanks, Dave 
> sorry, meant starting livetv again.
> it sounds like your drive speed may not be up to the task you are asking of it.
>
> top shows wait i/o, %wa
>
That seems to have been the issue.  I added a 1TB WD Black drive as a 
second storage group and changed the scheduling to use Balanced Disk 
I/O.  It seemed to hold up fine during today's games; no freezes!
Thanks,
Dave