[mythtv-users] Hardware Setup Advice

[David Crawford]

On 24 May 2012 17:14, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:

> On 05/24/2012 06:19 AM, Terjesen Jens Peder wrote:
>
>> From: John Drescher
>>
>>  On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:27 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any tips, greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Put the OS / database on an SSD. Get at least a 64GB one for improved
>>>> write endurance.
>>>>
>>> You probably want to also record to more than 1 storage group at a time.
>>> I would use independent disks.
>>>
>>
>> I don't think you need to record to more than one storage group to get
>> load balancing over several disks.
>> Actually I am sure you would want to.
>>
>> As I understand it, if you connect several disks to one storage group
>> then MythTV will do the balancing according to the criteria you choose.
>>
>
> Right.  The confusion here is (once again) that a Storage Group is just a
> name for a list of directories.  Too many people think that "Storage Group"
> means directory.  It does not.  :)
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.**com/lists/mythtv/users/516083#**516083<http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/516083#516083>
>
> has an example of Storage Groups and directories.
>
> So, basically, you need one or more Storage Groups, such that those
> Storage Groups contain directories, which provide access to multiple file
> systems, ideally such that you have as many file systems available as you
> will do concurrent recordings.  So, if you're doing 20 concurrent
> recordings, you'd ideally have 20 file systems available within the Storage
> Group(s) you use, which means you'd have at least 20 directories specified
> within the one Storage Group.
>
> Mike
>
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Would that mean you would ideally want 20 storage groups per disc for 20
streams or 20 spread over the various disc's your using?
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