[mythtv-users] backend 4x pvr250 MB advice
David Rees
drees at greenhydrant.com
Fri Jul 30 14:40:17 EDT 2004
Maarten wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the two backends setup- and maintainability issues since
> I've never done it. But taking the price of the 4 PVR250s and the disks
> into account, there is not much price difference overall between one
> high-end system and two low-end ones, especially if it's decommisioned PCs.
> You'd have to connect the two backends over GigE, preferably over a
> crosscable but I'm not sure MythTVs' network topology allows for that.
Just a random tidbit of info: I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of
GigE adapters these days automatically detect when two NICs are plugged
directly into one another, you don't even need a crossover cable, a
straight cable will do. :-)
-Dave
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