[mythtv-users] mount recordings

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Michael,

Monday, September 8, 2014, 5:50:09 PM, you wrote:

> On 08/23/2014 05:52 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 23/08/14 19:31, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 08/23/2014 01:24 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>> 1. If the directory isn't there already, type:
>>>>>
>>>>>      sudo mkdir /mnt/storage
>>>> I think you mean:
>>>> sudo mkdir -p /media/storage
>>>
>>> Thanks for spotting that
>>>
>> I would point out that /media/... directories are usually reserved for 
>> dismountable media like USB sticks, CD-ROMs, DVDs and the like.

> Exactly.  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MEDIAMOUNTPOINT

>> I believe that hard disks would normally be mounted under /mnt/... if 
>> not system media mounted as part of the normal tree.
>>

> Technically, /mnt is provided to allow the system administrator to 
> temporarily mount file systems as needed.

> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MNTMOUNTPOINTFORATEMPORARILYMOUNT

> So, really, no application should be using any "temporary" file system
> in /mnt.

> IMHO, MythTV data belongs in /srv:

> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM

> but it seems I'm the only one left in the world who really cares about
> the FHS.  :)

> Some distros put MythTV data in /var/lib (which is not in line with FHS:
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION
> ), but is much better than putting it in some user's (even a "mythtv" 
> account's) home directory (which some people often try to do).

> Mike
> _______________________________________________

You're fully right, but I doubt you will find a /srv tree on any
system but mainframes or big servers.
To me /home is broader then home directories. It is user related data
as opposed to system related data. Within that distinction I don't
want it in /var which is, if I am correct, meant for changeable
application data, which normally on a server is system related.
On my server I have in /home, next to a few home directories a public
directory, an ftp directory, a samba tree (for samba shares, samba
home directories and mail directories), a nfs tree for nfs shares
(which are mostly remounts from the samba tree), a backup tree (where
from users themselves can restore old file versions) and a recordings
tree for myth. 
This way I have this all insulated from the system, with /home being a
separate volume itself with extra separate volumes where
needed/wanted. And volume management done through LVM with a separate
volume group (next to the system volume group) for all these volumes.
I guess most of that should be in /srv.

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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