Re: [mythtv-users] dumb low power backend... questions on proposed setup

2005-10-11 Thread David
Bob wrote: > > Have you considered a low power, always on master backend with no > tuner - DVB cards in it, just a load of hard drives, Aren't the hard drives the biggest power consumers? David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http

Re: [mythtv-users] dumb low power backend... questions on proposed setup

2005-10-10 Thread Bob
Andrew Wilson wrote: I'm considering rearranging my setup as follows, and I need some advice. 8< 8< Snip questions I don't know the answer to. - If this is not possible, How quick / how reliable is Wake-On-LAN? it's reliable, the speed is the same as the unattended boot time of your PC -

[mythtv-users] dumb low power backend... questions on proposed setup

2005-10-03 Thread Andrew Wilson
I'm considering rearranging my setup as follows, and I need some advice. Currently I have a single box, with 2x DVB cards, which is on all of the time. In order to reduce noise and power consumption, I want to build another v. low power backend box to accomodate these cards and hibernate when not