[vdr] Re: Some hardware-questions

["Rene Hertell" <linuxtv@hertell.com>]

Hi Roland!

> > I have finally convinced myself that I will build myself a VDR ASAP.
> Welcome to the club!

Thanks! :-)

> > 1Gig Ram
> For what? 128MB is enough for VDR, even if you have no swap-space on
> HD. But with 1GB of RAM you might consider to mount it to /video as
> tmpfs. ;-)
> RAM needs lots of power and more power means that there is more heat
> to deal with.

I was first thinking about mounting swap into ram, but if you say that VDR
manages with 128Mb, then this would be useless.. If I manage to boot from a
CF-card, then I could just mount the whole system into RAM...


>
> > Large and silent 5400 rpm HDD
> I recommend the Samsung-drives. I own a SV1604 and it's really silent
> (with rubber-bearing from Noiseblocker) and stays quite cool.

Is by the way the 5400 rpm drive fast enough for recording and wathing
simultaneously?


> I was planning the same but when I heard how silent the HD is, I
> decided to let it be. The drive is really silent, so there's no need
> for spinning down.

The main reason why I was thinking about booting the system from a CF-memory
was that it would be more fail proof. The file system would not get messed
up when switching off the machine with the power-button..

Rene



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