[linux-dvb] Re: HDD-Limitations

[Gerhard Achs <gerhard.achs@gmx.at>]

Hello,

Iīm running two cards on a Pentium 200MMX with 96MB and a 40GB HDD 
connected to the (slow) on-board IDE controller, without any problems. 
This machine is also working as mail-, file-, proxy-, web-, ... server, 
so I think thereīs no need for speed .... ;-)

Gerhard


Ingvar Nedrebo wrote:

> I'm in the planning stages of putting together a Linux box to
> use for VDR, amongst other things (database, web). Having
> spent my previous life working with Sun/Solaris, I'm a bit
> unfamiliar with PC hardware and components, and wondered if
> anybody could give some advice on how powerful my hardware
> needs to be? Advice on motherboard, do I need a 1GHz Athlon
> or will a 700MHz Duron do, PC100 vs PC133, that sort of
> thing. Is it better to get an AGP graphics card with MPEG2
> decoder and TV out, to take some load off the PCI bus
> when you're recording from several sources and watching
> a previous recording?
>
> Probably the answer is "get the fastest hardware you can
> afford", but I would appreciate any insights you have to
> share.
>
> Regards,
> Ingvar
>
> On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 11:55 , Axel Gruber wrote:
>
>>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>> are there any known hdd limitation if I want to record with 4 dvb-cards
>>> simultaneously? 5400 or 7200 rpm??
>>
>>
>> No Problem - i have changed the Buffer-Sice in VDR so i can record 
>> with 4 DVB-CARDīs at same time.
>> Aditional a  5. Record over the NETWORK (NFS).
>>
>> Here i have 4 Maxtor 100GB Harddrives (5400rpm).
>> But i think you only can do it by splitting the recordings to several 
>> Harddrives - VDR makes this by itīs own...
>
>
>





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