[mythtv-users] Intel Atom backend?

[Stephen Villano]

My BE is an aged Dell PowerEdge 2850, dual Xeon unit. It also does
ZoneMinder and assorted other tasks.
It does well for transcoding, but I also get thank you notes from my
electric company.

On 9/16/15, Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh.
>
> Forgot to add;
>
> Reasons for this are;
>
>
>    - I have a spare brought off ebay for £80 odd which means I can either
>    swap out if issues or do near seemless upgrades
>    - With disks it consumes around 20/25w - power costs are a concern
>
>
> On 16 September 2015 at 09:08, Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 16 September 2015 at 08:09, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Christopher Sean Hilton <chris at vindaloo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Am I going to be happy with the Atom or disappointed?
>>>
>>> Depends on your expectations.
>>
>>
>> I have been using an older Acer Revo R3610 (dual core older atom) and it
>> works fine.
>>
>> However I rarely transcode, and if I do, it is near real time on most UK
>> SD channels.
>>
>> I use mine as a combined backend/frontend/general server.  It can record
>> and play HD ok.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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