[mythtv-users] Intel Atom backend?

[Greg Cope]

On 16 September 2015 at 09:22, Stephen Villano <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My BE is an aged Dell PowerEdge 2850, dual Xeon unit. It also does
> ZoneMinder and assorted other tasks.
>

Brilliant.

It does well for transcoding, but I also get thank you notes from my
> electric company.
>

And ear defender companies?

Hopefully you can shove a load of disks in it.


>
> 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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