[mythtv-users] Mythbackend causing high load

Mario Bernard Mario.Bernhard at gmx.net
Mon Jul 3 08:17:33 UTC 2006


>It appears the cause is due to fragmentation in the file system. Once
>reiserfs is severely fragmented it starts to take huge amounts of CPU to
>search for free blocks. 

>Do you record two programs at once often? Apparently this is what causes
>the most fragmentation. So depending on how badly your file system is
>fragmented will depend on how much free space you're going to have to
>keep available at all times. With a ~500gb drive, I would recommend you
>keep between 50-60gb free at all times. 

I record with 3 tuners heavily.

>I finally got in touch with the reiserfs guys and it looks like this may
>be a bug, so hopefully we can help them track it down and get it fixed. 

The actual version is 3, or not ?
When will the version 4 be released, or will the problem also exist in this version.

Mario


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