[mythtv-users] Proliant server as a backend...

[Carl Fongheiser]

On 11/10/05, Pete Clarke <pete at devilincarnate.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Would the following be acceptable as a media/tuner backend server multiple
> (4 or more) frontends...
>
> Proliant 8500r
> Quad PIII Xeon 700/2MB CPU's
> 2GB Ram;
> 2 x 1000SX Fiber NIC;
> 1 x Dual 10/100 backup NIC
> 4 x 73GB U160 SCSI drives, RAID (0/1/5);
> 2 x PVR250 PAL Tuners;


That should do just fine. Unless you're planning to do playback on this
machine, it won't need a sound card. You might consider throwing some more
disks in there, if you can manage it.

Carl Fongheiser
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