[mythtv-users] gigabyte i-ram

[Michael Freeman]

woo for 0.20...sadly, i just remembered that i filled all my pci slots on my
linux box with tuners already.
at least i could use one to get rid of my windows pagefile on that machine.


for now a drive might be enough...with only a couple of HD tuners.
even though your 320 GB HDDs are SATA, they're never going to saturate the
bus.  this will practically always.



On 3/4/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 03/04/2006 12:52 AM, Michael Freeman wrote:
> > http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp?productid=4369706&affid=10000485
> > <http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp?productid=4369706&affid=10000485>
> >
> > is there a way to use this as a buffer in mythtv while still using a
> > 500 GB drive for the finished recording products?
> > it would seriously reduce wear and tear on hard drives if you had
> > multiple analog and digital tuners on one box...or make a great
> > netboot space for a frontend
>
> Not with 0.19.  Eventually (probably before 0.20), we'll see "Storage
> Groups", which would allow this (have a storage group dedicated to
> LiveTV that writes to the directory at which the i-RAM is mounted and
> set your default (and other) storage groups to write to HDD's).
>
> Although, IMHO, even at a rock-bottom $30/512MB stick, $140 (for i-RAM)
> plus $120 for 2GB of storage (or $240 for 4GB at $60/1GB stick) is
> pretty darn expensive.  I'm guessing two 320GB HDD for $120 each (or
> less) would serve you better--even considering wear and tear on the
> HDD.  (
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010150014+1035313428&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=14
> )
>
> Mike
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