[mythtv-users] Super Micro X7SLA Atom server board for backend

[Justyn Butler]

2009/5/12 Herman Gerritsen <lfsmailing at gmail.com>:
> Would an Atom processor be fast enough for a backend?
> I mean would it be able to record shows and play recorded streams
> simultanoeusly?
>
> I thought these Atom processor are rather slow and intended for the
> less demanding user
> that only uses an internet browser and wordprocessors.

Well from the articles, these boards are designed for servers moving
data around but not doing processor intensive tasks, the company
clearly thinks there is a market for that. They have Gigabit ethernet.

I bought a Samsung NC10 netbook for my partner. It has a single core
Atom chip, and the GMA 950 chipset. It plays mythfrontend
*beautifully*, nearly as well as my Core Duo machine. Thats SD content
though, we don't get HD at the moment.
It's a pretty capably little thing, runs standard Ubuntu and Gnome and
fine for office software, GIMP etc too.

I would have thought an Atom backend would be fine for the recording
and streaming jobs, but it would be extremely slow for
transcoding/advert detection etc.