[mythtv-users] Central Storage

[Brent Norris]

noelcollins at optusnet.com.au wrote:

> How many streams (HD or SD) can a P4 2.4GHz CPU handle concurrently. I was limiting each machine to 2 streams from 1 card.
> These machines are to be in a rack (behind a DVD cabinet); in a non-air conditioned room (summer ambient up to 40 deg C); only have 200W PSU's and are USED, I don't want to work them too hard.

If you are using cards that encode the SD on the card then pretty much 
as many as you have cards for and your IO can handle.  HD cards and SD 
mpeg cards don't use the CPU at all (or very very little) when they are 
recording.

Brent