[mythtv-users] Samba shares for live TV issue

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a weird one that I haven't seen before.  I figured I'd throw the
> scenario out here before I did too much research, in case anyone knows
> what's going on.
>
> I used to have Live TV on a samba share across GB ethernet to a raid5
> array.  I lost the array and bought a Drobo as a quick replacement.  I threw
> the Drobo on a Mac Mini and shared it via samba and have working livetv,
> etc.
>
> I rebuilt my array and once again shared it via samba.
>
> If I put live TV on the samba shared raid array, the video is splotchy and
> stuttering.  If I put it on the Drobo, it's fine.
>
> The Drobo/samba combo transfers data at about 16 MB/s, the RAID5/samba combo
> transfers data at about 35 MB/s.  I'm not sure why I'm getting issues on the
> faster share.
>
> Any ideas?

One has a better network card than the other?