[mythtv-users] 30 minute freezups

[Jan Ceuleers]

Carl Fongheiser wrote:
> Anyway, there are lots of
> other ways to save energy that don't cause nearly as much hassle.  As
> I mentioned earlier, technologies like SpeedStep and Cool'n Quiet can
> yield much bigger returns, and don't impact system stability much at
> all.

Furthermore, I address this side of the equation by selecting low-power 
hardware to begin with. My main server, which is also my master backend, 
is based on a Via C7 at 1.5GHz. Although this is very slow by today's 
standards it is ample for what I need it for. I don't need my 
mythcommflags to be fast, nor am I bothered about waiting for the 
occasional kernel compile to finish. And I use frequency scaling.

My SATA interfaces are deliberately run at 1.5 Gbit/s although they are 
capable of 3 Gbit/s. This is because they consume less power this way, 
and also because I haven't been able to measure any appreciable 
performance increase due to SATA2. (The PCI bus is the bottleneck on my 
system).

My frontends are diskless, such that the disks connected to the main 
server are the only disks in the house (except for laptops etc).

Etc.

KR, Jan