[mythtv-users] Is an IDE hard drive enough?

[steve at nexusuk.org]

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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Matthew Geller wrote:

> Considering my options for disk.  I want to be able to record 2 shows while
> watching live TV on a front-end box.
> 
> The math is pretty simple, 3 x 12MBits/sec = 4.5 MB/sec which is easily
> attainable by IDE (35-40MB/sec on most drives with 8MB of cache).  But will
> the 4-5ms seek time kill drive performance writing 2 streams and reading
> one.

Easilly fast enough.  Infact I think most people here will tell you that 
even a 5400rpm drive will be fast enough.

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 - Steve                                             http://www.nexusuk.org/

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