[mythtv-users] How much horse power?

[Mario L]

500tb seems like quite a bit of space, does autoexpire ever run for you?


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:59:56 -0500, James Armstrong
<james at thearmstrongs.org> wrote:
> 
> Larry Sanderson wrote:
> > I'm hoping to put together my dream system in the next couple of weeks.  It
> > will look like this:
> >
> > Home built backend
> > - Athlon 64, 3800
> > - 2GB Ram
> > - Lot's of hard-drives (4x250M = 1TB)
> > - WinTV PVR 150
> > - pchdtv HD-3000
> >
> >
> > A fanless frontend from www.hushtechnologies.com 
> >
> >
> > The questions:
> >
> > 1) Do I need a powerhouse frontend to display HDTV streamed from the backend
> > over gigabit ethernet?  I was hoping to get away with a modest CPU to keep
> > the box cool.
> > 2) Any issues with my choice of tv tuners?  Will I be able to record an ATSC
> > stream off the pchdtv card while watching an NTSC stream off the WinTV card?
> > 3) Any experience using a 64-bit distro with these cards?
> >
> > Thanks for any guidance you have!
> >
> 
> Man, that backend is way overkill. I am running two Air2pc cards, 2
> PVR250's and 500tb of storage on a Athlon 2400 512 megs of memory. That
> is even more that I need. The power needs to be in the frontend.
> 
> My frontend is a P4 3g 1gig memory NVidia 5200.
> 
> - James
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