6GB ramdisk for timeshifting (1 Viewer)

[benjerry]

Hi. I just started to use RamDisk Plus from SuperSpeed (commercial product). It can create a ramdisk making use of higher then 4GB limit of windows 32bit version. It can even combine with to windows available memory as well.
I created a 6GB ramdisk in my pc with total 8GB for using as timeshifting buffer for TV-server and all is functioning well.

 

[zeebee]

How much "timeshift-time" do you get with 6GB and how much improves this the channelswitching? It is a nice idea, but 50$ is quite some money to spend.

 

[benjerry]

How much "timeshift-time" do you get with 6GB and how much improves this the channelswitching? It is a nice idea, but 50$ is quite some money to spend.

I've configured 12x500mb buffers in TV-server. I'm watching MTV Netherlands at the moment and 1 buffer is holding about 21 minutes. 12x21=252 minutes.

I don't know if channelswitching has improved or not. I'm using a ramdisk from the start.

I'm still expanding my system and planning for 4 clients, all being able to watch HD simultaniously. HDTV is taking much more buffespace. I expect that 6GB would be enough for a 15 minute buffer per client. But I didn't test yet.
Only having 1 client at the moment..

Planning for my harddrives is:
System: 500gb - windows/mediaportal
Recording: 500gb - tv-server recordings go here
Data: 2x 1tb - movie/tv/music/picture library

 

[frenzy]

I'm using an old 40GB IDE Maxtor for timeshifting. I wouldn't spend more than 10 euros for timeshifting alone.

 

[zeebee]

The idea behind Ramdisk-timeshifting is the speedup for channel switching and decreasing of hdd use. At least for me, I will try a 1GB Ramdisk when I have some time and then decide if the speedup is worth it.

 

[frenzy]

The OP spent ~150$ for timeshifting. That would amount to about .50$ per ms of speedup. A 1 or 2 GB Ramdisk would cost on average 10-30$. That's what I'm saying

 

[tourettes]

Just one fact about the timeshifting and RAM disk. It won't speed up the channel change times. Hard disk is not the bottleneck, unless you have managed to use over ten year old hardware

 

[frenzy]

unless you have managed to use over ten year old hardware

Hey my maxtor is only 5 years old

 

[zeebee]

Just one fact about the timeshifting and RAM disk. It won't speed up the channel change times. Hard disk is not the bottleneck, unless you have managed to use over ten year old hardware

Well, then it shouldn't say so in the manual: TV-Server/UserGuides/Ramdisk - MediaPortal Manual Documentation

 

[tourettes]

Just one fact about the timeshifting and RAM disk. It won't speed up the channel change times. Hard disk is not the bottleneck, unless you have managed to use over ten year old hardware

Well, then it shouldn't say so in the manual: TV-Server/UserGuides/Ramdisk - MediaPortal Manual Documentation

Well, now it does state that