On my backend/frontend system i have 4 tb of storage. The 2tb recordings drive is now 85% full, usage of the pair of 1tb drives is fairly light.
So my idea was can storage groups be set up on the 1 tb drives to provide extra storage for particular recordings.
Could i setup a group say for films(ota), could i then set any future film recordings to be saved to this group/drive/directory location.
Would it also be possible to move existing recording into this group/drive/directory location.
Does this sound possible or have i got it all wrong?
UPDATE
I have done some experimentation and have now got 3 additional storage groups set up. When selecting programs to record i can now define
which storage group to use. Hi Def content and OTA Films can now be recorded to the lightly used 1 TB drives. This should reduce the rate at
which the 2 TB drive is filled, delaying the point at which a new larger drive is needed.
It is not clear to me if i can get Mythbuntu to move existing recordings from one storage group to another, but this current solution is OK for now.
storage group options
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Re: storage group options
It is my understanding that you can move the files to any storage place you have listed in the setup as a drive for recordings and it should still work. Try moving one file and see if it works. If it does, great... if not, you can simply move it back.
I don't think this will break anything with the database.
Let us know how it works out!
Marc
I don't think this will break anything with the database.
Let us know how it works out!
Marc