On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:03:53 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:54:12PM +0100, Jens Peter Vilstrup wrote: > > This might be slightly OT. Sorry if I offend anyone. > > I'm in the planning phase of my MythTV project, but unsure if my > > planned myth-backend has enough oomph. > > I have: > > Tyan Tiger MP with dual 1.4Ghz Athlon XP's and 1GB of RAM. > > Gbit NIC. > > 2x PVR-250 cards. > > Some yet-to-be-determined SATA(n) card(s), possibly RAID (that, or > > software RAID). > > A whole lot of harddrives. > > MySQL will be on a different server. > > > > I want to be able to record two shows simultaneously, while watching > > on two frontends, while copying files at 100Mbit to or from a client > > PC... > > In your experience, is this a feasible goal? > > More than feasible, your backend seems to be overpowered. PVR-250 > effectively [...] Good. I like overpowered ;-) I guess I can do some transcoding at the same time then. Awesome.
> There is a network limitation. If your frontends are on the same > network as the PCs that are saturating the 100mibt network, then > a saturated net is a saturated net. I don't know about gbit networking > but with 100mbit the rule was that a 10mbit client on the network takes > 10x the bandwidth it is using, because it is time that matters. Ie. > if gbit works the same, then a 100mbit client connected to the switch > uses all of the switch if it is using the full 100mbit, it doesn't > use 10% of the switch. I have a managed 3com switch with a few gbit ports and the rest 100mbit, so I think it should work out alright.
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