[mythtv-users] Partitioning advice request

[Mike Perkins]

On 15/04/11 16:51, francis3 wrote:
> * Mike Perkins<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>  [150411, 11:31]:
>
>> I agree with all of the above, but surely the point of having one drive per
>> tuner is that you reduce head movement - assuming mythtv is smart enough to
>> spread the recordings around.
>
> Assuming I add another 2T drive for recordings, do I have to play with
> storage groups to spread the recordings between the two drives?
>
Yup. One spindle, one partition, one entry in the storage group set. Preferably, 
both entries in the same set (ie default). Chopping a big drive into partitions 
just means the heads have to go hammering all over the place. Myth will take 
care of assigning recordings to drives as required.

* If you haven't seen the note yet, you should make sure to make your video 
directory(s) (and hence your storage group entry) a level /below/ the mount 
point. That way, if the mount fails for any reason, myth won't fill up your root 
partition :P

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Mike Perkins