elsmandino

Thanks for that. One of the reasons I wanted to move over to Linux was because I wanted to run TVHeadend or MythTV backend on it (the latter is being developed for Windows but very much considered an unacceptable option). I also wanted to avoid using a VM on the server. I did look at all the programs mentioned above and from the looks of things, none are a patch on Stablebit for either functionality of ease of use. The only other option is something called UNRAID, do you happen to know anything about that?

Hi there, Have been using Drivepool for ages and couldn't be happier with it. However - I have been looking at Linux, recently, and was thinking my Server over from Windows 10. What are my options? 1. Is there any possible (and reasonable) way to keep on using DP on a Linux system? 2. If not, are there any Linux programs that come close to what DP offers? My initial research has yet to really find anything. If I do switch over to Linux, my current DP licence will not be wasted as I will still have a Desktop PC that can use it. However, the apparent lack of any decent drivepooling software on Linux is the only thing preventing me from having a go with Linux. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi, I am rebuilding my headless server with a mix of new and recycled parts: MSI B85M-E45 Mobo G1850 CPU 12 GB RAM (2 x 4GB and 2 x 2GB) - 6GB of this is as a RAMDisk and used for time-shifting 2 x Samsung F4 2TB HDD 1 x WD Red 6TB HDD 64SSD - have both a Crucial M4 and Sandisk Ultra Plus. Cannot decided which one is best to us. 2 x DVB-T tuner cards 1 x DVB-S2 tuner card It is going to be running Windows 10 as the OS. It is going to be using Argus TV backend for recording TV and playing live TV. I will also install Emby server to stream DVDs and music. It will also, of course, have Stablebit Drivepool and Scanner installed. My advice, really, is how best to set up Windows and my PVR software to work best with Stablebit. I will be pooling all three HDDs to give me 10TB space and then letting Stablebit balance recordings based on evenly spacing them over the drives and subject to load/heat. What is the suggested time to tell Windows to spin down my hard drives? I use to have this set at 5 mins but now I am beginning to think that perhaps this is a bad idea because my server is constantly going to be waking up each harddrive in turn to make each new recording and I know that start/stop is far worse for hard drives than having them on constantly. What would you suggest as the best compromise? I was thinking about either turning off spindown altogether - i.e. as long as the serve is in use, the hard drives are all spinning or setting spindown to a long duration (say 3 hours) so the chances are that any hard drive will be called upon before it has had to spin down. Apologies if the above is quite complicated - any guidance would be much appreciated.