[mythtv-users] Adding new sata drive. What should I move to it?

[Chris Rouch]

On 4/25/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2007, at 8:25 AM, William Munson wrote:
>
> >  Since adding recording inputs (hdhomerun) I am now running into hard
> > drive issues. When I set the system up I only had a pair of eide
> > drives
> > so they were set up hda holding the boot, swap and os partition as
> > well
> > as a LVM partition. hdb was all LVM. I am now running into problems
> > with
> > the mysql database accesses are making the video break up on hd when
> > carrying a full load of recordings. Not a cpu issue, I have ~ 20%
> > free cpu.
> >
> > With that background info, which would be better for performance? Just
> > moving the mysql database or moving the entire OS to the new drive?
> > Any
> > other options I should think about?
>
> I think it's a good idea to have your OS and MySQL db on a separate
> drive from your recordings. Not only for performance but backing up
> is less of a chore that way. Personally, I don't care that much about
> TV (it'll always be on again) so I don't bother backing up my
> recordings, but I do back up my system and database so I don't have
> to go through that trouble again. Oh.. and my DVD's and music so I
> don't have to rip discs over and over again. I have those on a
> separate drive from my recordings, too.
>

Also, if you have the db on a separate partition you can tune the
mount options. I mostly have the entire OS on one ext3 partition with
the default mounts, but with /var/lib on the same disk but a different
partition, also ext3 but mounted with 'noatime'.

Regards,

Chris