[mythtv-users] Storage group question

[Joseph Fry]

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>> OK, that's what I thought would happen. A related question: Can the same
>> directory be mapped into multiple Storage groups? For example, if I have 3
>> directories for recordings like this:
>>
>> /srv/mythtv/a/recordings
>> /srv/mythtv/b/recordings
>> /srv/mythtv/c/recordings
>>
>> Mapped to the following Storage Groups like this:
>>
>> Default: /srv/mythtv/a/recordings, /srv/mythtv/b/recordings
>> Sports: /srv/mythtv/c/recordings, /srv/mythtv/a/recordings
>>
>> Will that be ok? I'm trying to come up with a scheme such that the small
>> space I have on /srv/mythtv/c/recordings that I want to use when I record
>> sports will be safe if I accidentally fill that drive up and some other
>> sports show is going to record.
>>
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> Yes, the same path can be entered in multiple storage group definitions,
> though I see little reason to assign the same paths to two storage groups,
> at that point you could get away with just one.  If  your goal is a bit
> more complex, you will want to keep in mind that mythtv has multiple
> methods for balancing the load/storage of recordings within the storage
> groups, you will want to select the one that makes the most sense to your
> goals.
>

Oh, and if two storage groups contain the same path... I'm not exactly sure
if mythtv will properly report the storage group for the individual
recordings.  For example if both the 'default' and 'sports' storage groups
share a particular folder, you may find that the recordings to the 'sports'
storage group will report that they are in the 'default' storage group.  I
know that mythtv will allow recordings to be moved around the file system,
thus between storage groups, so I suspect that it will detect all
recordings in a particular folder as being part of just one storage group;
not both.
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