[mythtv-users] Partitioning 1TB disk to MythTV

[Travis Tabbal]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for your replyes, I am not any expert on this, so I must read
> lots before start to config the partition, I used to select automatic
> partition on my last Debian installs.
>
> For the second drive, ¿which will be the ideal one? ¿SSD? My HTPC has
> a small box, so it will be 2,5 inches, it is SATA.
>


SSD is overkill, but would work well. If you need a 2.5, a basic laptop HDD
will work fine as well. I used an old 40G IDE drive from a TiVo and it
worked great. Boot was a little slow, but still plenty quick and I didn't
see it waiting on the DB much. Recordings should go on a dedicated drive,
you will be much happier as you start loading the system down with
recordings and such. I had to switch after the fact, much harder than doing
it right the first time.

I don't really recommend the slowest drive you can find either, but I had
the 40G sitting in a box and wanted to see if it would help. It did. For the
1TB, I would do a single partition, XFS with the parameters mentioned on the
wiki. Personally, I would skip LVM on a drive for recordings. You don't need
it and it's another layer for the data to go through. If you want to expand,
all you need to do is add another drive or replace the existing one with a
file copy before starting Myth again. Another benefit to using the whole
drive for recordings only. :)
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