[mythtvnz] Drive throughput

tim Lockyer drtimlockyer at gmail.com
Sat Apr 10 12:43:09 BST 2010


Alan

I use 3 samsung 1TB set up as a Raid 5. It was so easy, even for some new
like me, and it gives a good level of security.

Tim

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:04 PM, AlanP <alan.p at orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> What would you all consider good in terms of enough performance for three
> channels recording at the same time (off the Freeview DVB-S streams), while
> also watching something from the same drive?
>
> Would a Samsung F2EG 1TB drive be enough? Should I go for a couple in Raid
> zero, with another IDE drive I already have as the boot one?
>
> I currently have a 160G IDE, and 2 320G SATA drives all lumped together in
> Linux'es native what-ever-it-is setup, and at times in the evenings it gets
> mildly laggy.
>
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