[mythtv-users] backend 4x pvr250 MB advice

[Neil Davidson]

Steven,

I've thought of doing something similar myself, but it will have to be after
I move into a bigger place (no-where to hide the backend server in this
small apartment). I would like to have at least a LCD panel in most rooms to
play music amongst other things.

Have you looked at MiniMyth tailored for VIA EPIA M systems? could be a good
solution for your front ends.

Some thoughts I had for a power hungry set-up:
(Please correct me on any of these points if I'm off base)

Hive off the storage to dedicated boxes with RAID and gigE cards. This way
streaming of recorded material and CD/DVD rips will not effect the front end
directly. If you are going really full on, then have one RAID box for
archived material and one for the live recording.

Would Myth FrontEnd stream data directly from the RAID boxes or would the
backend need to be involved? I was thinking about the idea of splitting the
RAID boxes off to their own network from the front ends, but it is probably
not feasible and over complicating things.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Steven
Sent: 30 July 2004 09:22
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Subject: [mythtv-users] backend 4x pvr250 MB advice


Hi,

I'm trying to set-up a backend with 4 PVR250 cards (will be serving 7
diskless frontends). Anybody out there with such a configuration? Any
ideas what motherboard features would be needed for this (4 PCI slots, I
know :-). Anything else I should look out for?

Thanks