> I've got a back-end setup using a DVB-T card in my existing server (1 > GHz Nehemiah). It seems to be able to handle recording and serving > front ends at the same time without breaking sweat (< 10% CPU usage). > The only problem I have is there are now domestic conflicts over having > just 1 input card. > > I'm contemplating setting up a second box just to hold two DVB-T cards > and function as a dedicated back end. Disk-less and probably in the > attic (near to my aerial amplifier, which has spare outlets). Now if a > 1 GHz Nehemiah can handle recording from one DVB-T card with hardly any > load, how low power a unit can I get away with to handle two? Anyone > any experience of this? I'm thinking of perhaps a 600 MHz Mini-ITX > board. > > Note that the existing server and the proposed new box are for use > solely as back-ends.
Why not just bung a 2nd DVB-T card in the 1GHz box? I would have thought you'd need more horesepower in the backend than the frontend (guessing though!) DVB-T cards use hardly any CPU because they do no processing on the signal - they just dump the broadcast MPEG2 stream stright to disk. Regards, Phill _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
