I got a MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org) box set up over the Columbus Day weekend and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but it does consume disk space like it's going out of style. As the great Whil Hentzen predicted years ago in a FoxTalk article, everyone will want a terabyte server in their basement. I'm looking at alternatives to beefing up the storage of the system to hold a two week's supply of shows, and suspect I'll need a couple hundred gig at least. Shopping at New Egg for SATA hard drives, Western Digital has a 500 Gb drive for ~$ 180 USD, so striping a couple of these for storage seems pretty feasible.
Since this is just recreational storage, backups aren't needed. The plan is for a backend system in the lower level to capture the videos, archive the CDs and DVDs, and a front end player (perhaps an older laptop) in the living room as a component in the stereo rack to feed video and audio. Has anyone done this? Alternatively, have you set up NAS or a SAN for access? Any pointers? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
