Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip & MythTV)

[Mark Knecht]

Hope so! Thanks.

On 8/2/05, Bryan Whitehead <driver@×××××××××.net> wrote:
> I think it is much more easy to get NFS working right... ;)
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Michael Crute wrote:
>
> > Well if you are a perl or python kinda guy you could write a more
> > sophisticated script to copy the files and update the database so that
> > everything is transparent as far as myth is concerned.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike,
> >> Thanks for the idea. I like the idea of being able to record
> >> locally for 15 hours safely and then just using the new NFS storage
> >> for playback only, but I think it won't work from a practical
> >> standpoint:
> >>
> >> 1) MythTV runs in conjunction with MySQL which is managing the data
> >> files. If I simply move the data files to some other location then
> >> MySQL won't know where they are for playback.
> >>
> >> 2) As far as I know MythTV expects all the data file to be in a single
> >> location for playback. I've never heard of anyone having multiple
> >> disks for playback, but if they could then your idea would possibly
> >> work.
> >>
> >> I like the idea though and will do some research to see if there's
> >> a practical solution. Possibly some sort of logical disk drive? That's
> >> a bit beyond my meager skill set.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> On 8/2/05, Michael Crute <mcrute@×××××.com> wrote:
> >>> Mark,
> >>>
> >>> Here is my suggestion to get the best of both worlds (note my limited
> >>> knowledge of mythtv). Setup a shell script to copy all your video files
> >> from
> >>> the myth capture directory over to the nfs share and delete the files
> >> thus
> >>> clearing your local space and also allowing you to capture 135 hours.
> >> You
> >>> could even cron it so you don't have to think about it. Pardon me if
> >> this is
> >>> a gross misunderstanding of mythtv but if its not it should work like a
> >>> charm.
> >>>
> >>> -Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/2/05, Matthew Cline <matthew.cline@×××××.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> but how do I know it's being used? And how do I know that the
> >> rsize
> >>>>>> option is being used?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Mark
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Could you watch the traffic between the two using something like
> >>>>> ethereal? This should tell you which protocol is being used.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Matt,
> >>>> OK, ethereal was pretty easy to use, and it does indeed show that
> >>>> I'm using TCP for packat transfer. I see a proto=NFS packet followed
> >>>> by a number of TCP packets with sizes of 8K bytes so this seems to
> >>>> verify that both options I was looking for ar indeed working.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> Unfortunately this means I'm no closer to the root cause of my real
> >>>> problem which is mythbackend shutting down without warning. It
> >>>> happened again just a few minutes ago. This all started happening
> >>>> after I brought this NFS mount on-line as storage for the mythbackend
> >>>> server. I suppose I'll have to go back to the reduced storage option
> >>>> (15 hours instead of 120 hours) and make sure that it's really this
> >>>> disk/PC/network connection.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again for your help.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Mark
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> ________________________________
> >>>
> >>> Michael E. Crute
> >>> Software Developer
> >>> SoftGroup Development Corporation
> >>>
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