[mythtvnz] Setup query

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, January 10, 2007 3:46 pm, Jason Haar wrote:
> Steve Hodge wrote:
>> On 1/9/07, *Karl Leaning* <mythtv@objectivity.co.nz
>> <mailto:mythtv@objectivity.co.nz>> wrote:
>>
>>     I am in the throws of getting a system together with the primary
>>     purpose
>>     of running MythTV, and I would like to know if the box can be used
>>     also
>>     as a samba file server for a couple of windows PCs. I currently
>>     have a
>>     2.4GHz Pentium 4 box which is used for file serving and a couple o=
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>>     firebird sql databases. I can't recall every seeing this peak abov=
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>> 5%
>>     utilisation! The holder of the purse strings would like to reduce
>> the
>>     number of computers, thus the desire to have the MythTV box also
>>     act as
>>     a server.
>>
>
> I'm using our "home server" as our MythTV backend. It is our Samba file
> server, NFS server for 2-3 diskless frontends (Linux gaming workstation
> for the kids plus minimyth under the TV), as well as our mail
> (spamassassin plus 3 AV) server and Web server.
>
> All on a 2.6GHz Centrino. It's only when MythTV is recording that the
> CPU gets hit. I think you'll be fine :-)

What sort of cards are you using for recording?

Steve


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