[mythtv-users] IOBOUND error over cifs (to nslu2)

[Steve Malenfant]

symlink is what I was doing before.  The nslu2 can keep writting...  I
have no problem copying huge file to it manually.  I don't understand
why when myth writes to it that the WA stays that high.

Steve M.

On 2/28/06, Brandon Stoll <mrmagoo at mrmagoo.org> wrote:
> On 2/28/06, Steve Malenfant <smalenfant at gmail.com> wrote:
> > WA is always using most of the CPU time...
> >
> > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
> >  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy id wa
> >  0  2    148  15012  20464 863052    0    0     0   216 3464  3993  4  7  0 89
> >  1  2    148  15012  20464 863052    0    0     0     0 3140  3462  0  1  0 99
> >  0  2    148  14996  20440 863108    0    0     0   208 3397  3688  3  7  0 90
> >  0  2    148  14968  20440 863108    0    0     0    16 3481  3695  1  6  0 93
> >  0  2    148  15036  20456 862996    0    0     0   208 3460  3758  4  6  0 90
> >
> > Now I'm getting these nice messages :
> > 2006-02-28 22:28:18.104 DevRdB(0) Error: Driver buffers overflowed
> >
> > I guess I can't use the NSLU2 for recording.  What I usually do is
> > move the files I won't watch for a while on it, cause reading is fine.
> >
> > Some high WA happens as well I try to watch 1 program and record 2
> > programs at once on my backend.  Poor 1.6 Ghz server can't handle 50
> > mbits recording/playing, but handles ftp at 400 mbits...
> >
> > Steve M.
>
>
>    I've never used one of those Linksys devices, but thats very odd
> (and a pretty bad product!) if it couldn't keep up with writing only a
> single HD stream.  There must be some way to improve the performance.
>    As a last resort, it should be possible to write to one of your
> faster Myth HDDs and have a cronjob move the files once the recording
> is complete to your NAS and symlink it back to the Myth directory.
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