[mythtv-users] Record on Backend, Watch LiveTV on Frontend?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

This argument only holds for the monolithic mythfrontend app; what about
other 'frontend' modules like mythweather and mythmusic?  They require
database access & don't have any backend.  I think it might be overkill to
suggest that mythweather have a backend solely for database access.

-Joe C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Chris Palmer
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:34 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Record on Backend, Watch LiveTV on Frontend?
>
>
>
> would I be out-of-line to bring up the idea that the backends
> (and maybe the master-backend) be the only machines that talk
> to the database directly?  I can guess that there would be a
> bit of work involved in making changes, so I'm not going to
> push hard on this, unless I make time to help, but I'd like
> the idea out there at any rate.
>
> I suppose one could argue about scaling issues with having all
> that data flow thru a single host, but the database is also a
> bottleneck for data flow, until multi-master cross-replication
> is released at some future point for MySQL (someday, I think).
>
> I think it would simplify frontend setup, so that it doesn't
> directly have multiple dependencies, nor require database
> libraries.  It might be nicer for security, too, especially
> if Myth recognizes the concept of a "user" at some point,
> which from the database structure, appears like it might
> have been planned.
>
> -Chris