[mythtv-users] Master/Slave Backend confusion

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Wed Dec 26 19:24:15 UTC 2007


On Dec 26, 2007 2:16 PM, Carl Fongheiser <carlfongheiser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 26, 2007 1:10 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > All -
> >
> > I'm preparing to ugrade my Myth backend next week, and I'm looking at
> > what to do about hard drive space.  If I set up my current backend as
> > a slave backend, will it store my recordings locally, or store tham on
> > the master backend's drive?  I'm probably not searching correctly, but
> > I can't find the answer on the Wiki.
> >
>
> It all depends on how you configure it.  If you give it a storage directory
> that's local, it'll store your recordings locally.  If you give it a remote
> one, it will store the recordings there.
>
> Carl Fongheiser
>

Is the storage directory independent for each backend, or is there one
directory where all recordings are stored?  If it's one directory, it
may make more sense for me to look at the SVN 0.21 version to get the
storage groups.


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