<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For reliable disk configurations, you
can run a linux box like your mythtv server as a RAID-1 (mirrored) reliable
storage system. See http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lvm.html for an example,
also http://www.linux.com/howtos/Software-RAID-HOWTO-11.shtml</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set up your mirrored partitions, drop
them into Logical Volume Manager, extend or create your filesystems and
there you are!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Why spend $ on another server or RAID
card when you can spend it on more disk? </font>
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<br><font size=3>Indulis</font>
<br><font size=3>(I *am* going to do this for my music collection which
took a lot of effort to get into the computer, but not my mythtv TV recordings,
which I consider "transient data")</font>