<div dir="ltr">I virtualization is all about saving money an power and testing. I can get dual xeon server for $300 with vtd support so <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">You will receive So statment "</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> I'm using HD Homerun as it's too</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">difficult/impossible to get PCI passthrough working for PCI tuner</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">cards. Overall, I'm really happy with it." is incorrect is very easy to pass pci devices. If you want you could build pc that passes video card to myth-frontend end runs separate backend and other services. My backend has 8 x 4 tb hard drives raid controller card couple hauppauge usb silicon dust tunners. The box also runs freepbx, pfsense, 3 x server 2012 ( domain controler, exchange server) </font><div class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
</div> </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Raymond Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com" target="_blank">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 7/4/2013 2:15 AM, <a href="mailto:ajp@cantabrian.co.nz" target="_blank">ajp@cantabrian.co.nz</a> wrote:<br>
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What would you be gaining from the virtulization?<br>
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I have used ESXi boxes for years at work and home but don't have any<br>
homeruns but certainly that is where I want to do. It's easy to back-up<br>
completely. With Myth upgrades it should be great, simply backup the VM and<br>
try an upgrade and if it doesn't work try again quickly and easily. In a<br>
perfect world I would have my data on a nice fast RAID NAS box.<br>
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Apart from using the cloud, which doesn't apply here, virtualization makes<br>
life so much easier.<br>
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No, it doesn't. Isolation makes life so much easier. Isolation means you can upgrade MythTV without affecting any other services running on the system. Isolation means you can easily snapshot your system, and revert it if there are any issues. Virtualization requires isolation, but isolation does not require virtualization.<br>
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Virtualization is used if you expect your system to be compromised, and you must sandbox it to reduce the risk to other services. Virtualization is used if you must simulate a certain environment for compatibility or development purposes. Virtualization is used for high availability and the ability to migrate instances from one piece of hardware to another, when it is not economical to redesign the application to provide those capabilities itself more efficiently. Virtualization is not used for ease of management, except for virtualization tools providing an easy way to achieve isolation.<div class="im">
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But yes I would be interested to know if there are any downsides.<br>
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Unnecessary overhead and hardware driver issues.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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