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<blockquote data-quote="JACOB B" data-source="post: 862288" data-attributes="member: 82222">With multiple HDTV channels recording at the same time, I found recording to a single HDD gave me too many stutters. &nbsp;I have a WHS 2011 setup running my TV server. OS and MP TV-server (and FTR plugin) runs on a 64 GB SSD.I have 3 tuners and three dedicated HDDs. Each tuner gets a seperat HDD for recording. Timeshift was initially tried on a RAMdisk, but with only 8 GB available on WHS 2011, a 4 GB ramdisk for timeshift was too small for my taste (only watching HDTV). I actually bought 16 GB RAM, but later found out you can only use 8 Gb on WHS 2011...&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp;Now, I use the Tuner with lowest priority (lets call it tuner 3) harddrive for timeshift buffer. It's a compromise, but this way most of the time this HDD will only be used for timeshift. If I am recording from three tuners, I can't watch live TV anyway, unless it happens to be on the same MUX. This will rarely happen for me.&nbsp;In addition, I plan on (new setup <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) running a script at night moving all recordings to a dedicated storage HDD. Thus, most of the time when watching recordings, you will be watching from the storage HDD, while the recording HDDs are used just for that, recording.This keeps the recording HDDs clean and defragged.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JACOB B, post: 862288, member: 82222"] With multiple HDTV channels recording at the same time, I found recording to a single HDD gave me too many stutters. I have a WHS 2011 setup running my TV server. OS and MP TV-server (and FTR plugin) runs on a 64 GB SSD. I have 3 tuners and three dedicated HDDs. Each tuner gets a seperat HDD for recording. Timeshift was initially tried on a RAMdisk, but with only 8 GB available on WHS 2011, a 4 GB ramdisk for timeshift was too small for my taste (only watching HDTV). I actually bought 16 GB RAM, but later found out you can only use 8 Gb on WHS 2011... :mad: :eek: Now, I use the Tuner with lowest priority (lets call it tuner 3) harddrive for timeshift buffer. It's a compromise, but this way most of the time this HDD will only be used for timeshift. If I am recording from three tuners, I can't watch live TV anyway, unless it happens to be on the same MUX. This will rarely happen for me. In addition, I plan on (new setup :-)) running a script at night moving all recordings to a dedicated storage HDD. Thus, most of the time when watching recordings, you will be watching from the storage HDD, while the recording HDDs are used just for that, recording. This keeps the recording HDDs clean and defragged. [/QUOTE]

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