[mythtv-users] thoughts on a combined backend/NAS box?

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm running a virtualized backend on a $300 Dell Poweredge I bought on ebay.
> My tuners are external and I haven't had any issues specific to the fact
> that it's a VM. What's really nice is that when it's time for a major
> upgrade, I can run a snapshot ahead of time in case the upgrade causes an
> issue - This saved my butt going from 10.04 to 12.10 a while back (Keep in
> mind I am an idiot when it comes to Linux).

I do not want to go there (again), but read the archives about not needing
virtualization to do any of these things (although, if you have a hammer,
everything looks like a nail, even a screw (wrong tool for wrong job)).

Gary