[mythtv-users] Storage group question

[Michael Watson]

On 9/05/2012 10:02 AM, James Linder wrote:
> On 08/05/2012, at 1:27 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>
>>> I have a lot of TV series ripped to my hard drives.. They are spread over
>>> 6 hard drives... They are each in their own folders  like this, Star
>>> Trek/Season 1/ name of episode.... I have central folder called TV_Series
>>> and all the TV series are linked using symbolic links....This way they are
>>> all presented under one menu sorted in alphabetical order... I recently
>>> read where this isn't the proper way to do this...My question is how would
>>> I get the same results using a different scheme?
>>>
>>>
>> Create the same file structure on each hard drive, "TV_Series" for
>> example.  Then, in mythtv setup, add each of these drives as a storage
>> group under Videos.  As long as the folder structures match on each drive,
>> myth will combine them and show them in the frontend as one single storage
>> area.
> Guys it sounds awefuly like you don't know how mount works
>
> say /mnt/store ...
> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/store/group1
> mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/store/group2
> etc
> ie each disc is mounted in the storage tree at the 'right spot'
>
> all done automatically with entries in /etc/fstab
> GUI tools depending on your distro eg yast for SuSE
>
> Because this statement is garbage:<Create the same file structure on each hard drive>
>
> Spend some time reading and digesting 'mount'
> Also consider my soapbox 'Seagate: ATA more than an interface ...' which argues that having more than a single consumer drive in a box will cause disk failures.
What utter shite.  Simple marketing ploy to convince the naive to invest 
in more expensive server grade hardware.  Whilst there are benefits to 
server grade drives not worth the extra $$$ for a myth setup.
> YMMV but the logic is impecable and tales of woe abound.
>
> James
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