[mythtv-users] Pixelation/Bad Recordings HDHR Prime -- I am at my wits end

[Tom Lichti]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 9/26/2013 3:49 PM, Tom Lichti wrote:
>
>
>> Since we are already off topic, does anyone have any recommendations for
>> a 4 port SATA card that doesn't need to have RAID, but is still high
>> performance? I have a two port card in my server now, (the on board mobo
>> only has 2 ports) I'd like to expand it, but I think the card I have now is
>> not performing well at all, so I'd like to replace it with something that
>> is proven.
>>
>
> Considering the motherboard only has two ports, I'm guessing this is an
> old board, and you're looking for PCI cards, in which case a single hard
> drive is sufficient to saturate your entire bus.  If that's the case,
> you're simply not going to get any performance out of anything, and the
> best option is to upgrade to something with more ports and/or PCI-express
> slots.
>
> It's a Dell PowerEdge 1U server, which may explain the lack of ports. I
can't find the model number, but I think it's got a PCI-E port on it, but
yes, I am seriously considering replacing it, if necessary, it sounds like
a jet airplane most of the time...
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