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

[Bryan Whitehead]

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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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> SoftGroup Development Corporation
>>>
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