[mythtv-users] CPU for dedicated backend

[Joseph Fry]

>
> > I have a little question about it. I have a ION board frontend and the
> > backend in the same place, is it a good idea to join both frontend and
> > backend in the same machine? This CPU could manage both service very
> > good, I could add a dedicated GPU.
>
>     I would keep the frontend separate. You are bound to do things with
> the backend that are likely to generate heat and noise and be disruptive
> to your playback environment.
>
>     If the backend is somewhere else entirely, you can let loose with it
> and do whatever you want.


He said that he has the backend and frontend in the same place... he wasn't
proposing to move the backend elsewhere.  If the backend is going to be
there anyway, why have a separate frontend  right next to it... just
combine them.
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