[mythtv-users] mythbackend deletes recording extremely fast

[Martin Compton]

On 04/28/2014 06:02 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 04/27/2014 06:25 PM, Karl Dietz wrote:
>> On 27.04.2014 20:09, Nicolas Krzywinski wrote:
>>
>>> some recordings my MythTV box deletes really fast after the recording
>>> time (slightly over 3 hours). Additionally this is a permanent delete
>>> without the possibility to recover from the auto expire screen in
>>> mythfrontend.
>>> There are other recordings scheduled for deletion with equal priority
>>> that are much older!
>>>
>>> Does mythbackend treat this recording as LiveTV type? It was no live 
>>> tv,
>>> but a "power search" recording rule of weekly type.
>>> This does not happen arbitrarily for all types of recordings, it does
>>> happen only to specific recordings ... but I have no clue why?
>>
>> I think this thread may contain some hints
>> http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2012-December/343988.html
>>
>> Basically the first guess is that you may have multiple file systems 
>> with unbalanced expire-able recordings.
>
> And make sure you do not use the Balanced Free Space (default) or 
> Balanced Percent Free Space Storage Group Disk Schedulers if you're 
> running with full file systems and relying on auto-expire for deletion.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/532093#532093
If I understand correctly, when relying on "Auto Expire" to clear disk 
space one should use "Balanced Disk I/O"?

I have experienced similar issues using "Combination".  Should I 
investigate the non-IU "Weighting" options closely?