[vdr] Re: Drop support for multiple video dirs? [was: FeatureRequest]

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Manuel Hartl wrote:
> 
> hi
> > And even without support for several /video directories
> > you could still have several disks mounted under the top
> > level /video directory and store your recordings on the
> > various disks.
> >
> > So here's my proposal: if nobody objects I'd like to
> > drop the support for multiple /video directories in
> > version 1.3. If necessary I can provide a script that
> > converts an existing linked /video0, /video1,... structure
> > into a plain directory structure.
> >
> > Any comments?
> - why removing a feature, that does not disturb anybody (nobody _has to_ use it!?),

Because it causes trouble and needs to be maintained?

> it is an option! -> maybe leave it at least as compiler switch

I'd really prefer to drop it altogether.

> - with raid (stripes) i have the same problem (even worse!!) as the problems with a
> crashed drive with the vdr solution. -> when the raid stripe crashes, there is nothing
> left... (not even parts of recordings)

I was thinking more along the lines of having a RAID system that
can survive the death of one of its drives (I have no own
experience with RAID, but AFAIK this would be RAID5).

In my world a "normal" VDR has a (single) disk with something
around 40-80GB, which is way enough for the average couch
potato. If you build a system with a lot more disk space,
you need to plan for the death of a drive, so I guess a real
RAID5 would be best.

> - how can i mount several drives on the same mount point!?

You can't. I meant that you can have several mount points _under_
the top level /video directory. Or you can link your drives into
that directory, as suggested by Carsten Koch in an other posting
in this thread.

Klaus


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