[mythtvnz] Mythfrontends using CF
Toby Mills
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:27:19 +1300
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yes i was a bit worried about CF dying, but both frontends have been
going for 6 months now with no sign of any CF problems,
i made sure I turned off anything thats not really needed to reduce the
amount of disk access so it only really hits the CF on boot or when you
load something new in myth.
i believe that its writes that kill CF so if you minimise writes and are
generally only reading then it should last fairly well.
my frontends shut themselves down every night as an additional
precaution.
Cheers
Toby
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From: mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
[mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Sam Banks
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:17 PM
To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Mythfrontends using CF
I tried that but the CF card didn't last long so I am back on IDE till I
find a cost effective solution
On 2/14/06, Toby Mills < toby@np.co.nz <mailto:toby@np.co.nz> > wrote:
Hi
I'm using 2Gb CF cards with IDE converters in my frontends, I'd be
interested to know if anyone else is doing something like this in order
to achieve silence.
I have my big grunty noisy backend box out in the garage with near
silent frontends in the house that don't need any spinning disk or much
horsepower to generate heat.
Seeing as the frontends only need enough space for the OS and myth I
found this was the cleanest and cheapest way of getting a silent system
(anyone else have any better ideas). I just use NFS to mount MP3 and
Video directories off the backend server.
The only time the case fan spins up is when I'm ripping a DVD so it's a
practically silent solution that doesn't involve spending bucketloads of
money.
Cheers
Toby
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believe that its writes that kill CF so if you minimise writes and are =
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using 2Gb CF cards with IDE converters in my frontends, I'd be=20
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order<BR>to achieve silence.<BR><BR>I have my big grunty noisy =
backend box=20
out in the garage with near<BR>silent frontends in the house that =
don't need=20
any spinning disk or much <BR>horsepower to generate heat.<BR>Seeing =
as the=20
frontends only need enough space for the OS and myth I<BR>found this =
was the=20
cleanest and cheapest way of getting a silent system<BR>(anyone else =
have=20
any better ideas). I just use NFS to mount MP3 and <BR>Video =
directories off=20
the backend server.<BR><BR>The only time the case fan spins up is =
when I'm=20
ripping a DVD so it's a<BR>practically silent solution that doesn't =
involve=20
spending bucketloads of<BR>money.<BR><BR>Cheers=20
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