[mythtv-users] multiple back ends

[Tom Lichti]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> jack snodgrass wrote:
>   
>> I have a backend and a frontend server  .20-ish.
>> They share a /mnt/store using nfs.
>>
>> I want to run commercial and transcoding jobs on
>> my front end server when I'm not using it ( middle of the
>> night... morning, after noons, etc. )
>>
>> I can fire off the mythbackend process on it and it
>> contacts the master backend server.... now what do
>> I do to make use of the 2nd backend?
>>   
>>     
> Nothing really.  Just make sure in mythtv-setup that you have the boxes 
> checked to run the various jobs on that host and you don't have the 
> global "Run jobs on recording host only" checked.  The second backend 
> should pick up jobs whenever it is on.
>
> Kevin
>   
I also went a step further and setup my master backend so it didn't do 
any commflagging at all, for two reasons: firstly it is one of the lower 
powered CPU's in my network, secondly, I just wanted to keep the load 
off that server. I have my desktop and the actual frontend do the 
commflagging as they are both dual core P4's. The frontend flagged a one 
hour show in under 10 minutes. I might actually turn on real-time 
commflagging now, since it can actually keep up. I think it was running 
over 200fps when I checked it, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Tom