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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Tuesday, January
06, 2009 8:44 AM<br>
><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users]
Adding new <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1 Terabyte Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>
and Moving existingRecordings</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>>On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Lindsay Mathieson <<a
href="mailto:lindsay.mathieson@gmail.com">lindsay.mathieson@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>>I'm adding a 1000GB drive to my existing 500GB.<br>
>><br>
>>Heh - this gets asked a lot :) However I'd just like to confirm I've
got the<br>
>>procedure right.<br>
>><br>
>>1. The new drive will be formatted with XFS as my understanding
is that XFS<br>
>>is much better and quicker at handling large files - deletes no longer
clog up<br>
>>the system and I can turn slow deletes off.<br>
>><br>
>>2. Also I will be moving all my existing recordings off the 500GB
to the<br>
>>1000GB drive. I believe I can just move the files and update the storage
group<br>
>>(Default) to point to the new drive. No need to update the DB apart
from that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>><br>
>Or better yet, move everything to the new drive, mount the new drive where
the old drive was<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>mounted in your filesystem, then remount the old drive in a new
place for videos. Don't have<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>to change anything for Storage Groups.<br>
><br>
>Kevi<font color=black><span style='color:black'>n<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you really are going to move the videos
anyway, then I second Kevin. It will be much easier in the long run. Plus, don’t
delete the files from the 500GB straight away. Make sure everything copied over
first and works before deleting all of that data. After you have verified that
the data is good then you can delete the files.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Also, if you really are going to use XFS and
have never done so before…well just be careful and see if you can’t
make friends with someone who can help quickly first. There seem to me to be
two distinct groups “XFS was nothing but problems!” people and “I
have used it for years without incident!” people. Unfortunately I fall
into the first one on several occasions. I don’t want to completely discourage
you from trying it out, just to be cautious and it never hurts to learn all you
can ahead of time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Have fun!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>~Stack~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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