[mythtv-users] SheevaPlug for a master Backend?
Matthew Harrison
lists at mwharrison.co.uk
Mon Oct 26 19:52:10 UTC 2009
Jason Weida wrote:
> I heard about the SheevaPlug back in Feb, and I thought that there
> would be a *lot* of people on the list jumping on it. It seems like
> it would be a really good master backend if one uses an NAS or USB
> storage and an HDHR. But only one mention of it on here that I could
> find, and some googling only got me one site
> <http://computingplugs.com/index.php/Sheeva_Plug_as_a_MythTV_master_backend>
> that had anyone actually using it (and he's using it to wake up a
> slave BE during recording).
>
> Is anyone doing this? My setup is a MBE (old P4 1.3GHz w/ half gig of
> RAM and 3 IDE drives), two Frontends, and an HDHR. MBE is dedicated
> to Myth only, I don't run a website or even use it as a print server,
> but it's on 24/7. I've not had any issues with this setup.
> Commercial flagging takes a while, but for my viewing habits, it's not
> an issue.
>
> With the release of 0.22, and an impeding HD TV purchase (when my CRT
> finally goes out), I'm thinking of taking that opportunity to
> completely re-design the Myth system. Is there any reason I shouldn't
> get one of these SheevaPlugs as my master backend (I'd like to reduce
> the power, noise and clutter around my workspace)? With no video
> support, is setting up Mythbackend going to be difficult? How about
> storage, do you think I could use a USB hub with two USB hard disks
> (one small one for the OS/database, and another large one for
> recordings)? Obvously, the HDHR and MBE would be connected through my
> router, as I currently have. What am I missing? 11W max draw sure
> sounds nice compared to probably >80W idle of my current system!
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What about an OpenRD base?
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-20-openrd-base.aspx
It's the same chip as the SheevaPlug, but includes 2 native SATA lanes
(no USB bandwidth limits) and a PCIe socket.
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