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<blockquote data-quote="giantjoebot" data-source="post: 153230" data-attributes="member: 26289">I'm planning out my HTPC/Media Server, and and-81 here on the media portal forum suggested that I divided the load for media portal on to 3 drives (OS, Recording, and time shifting) since I'll be using 1 server and 2 clients, plus I'll have several other apps running.&nbsp; I did some calculations, and I should be fine with recording and time shifting on one drive even when I move to HD, but it still might be a good idea to lighten the load a bit.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is the drive space in my case is limited, and it will also be storing all my media.&nbsp; I really don't want to take up one of the bays just for time shifting, because that means 250 to 500gb less that I can add to my storage capacity.&nbsp; So I was thinking that I could use a USB flash drive for time shifting, but I'm worried that it might wear out too fast.&nbsp; I know people that use them for web caches in Linux firewalls, which also reads and writes a lot, but does time shifting a constant process?&nbsp; I have had a couple different DVRs, and it seems as though time shifting is always going on them.&nbsp; The USB flash drive that I plan on using is the&nbsp; <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233052" target="_blank">CORSAIR Flash Voyager GT 2GB Flash Drive</a>.&nbsp; According to my calculation below it should be able to handel SD and HD time shifting.HD records at 10GB/hourthere are 3600 seconds in one hour10,000/MB/3600=2.78MB/sSD is one tenth the speed HD = 278KB/sHere is a Link to another thread with more details on my system plans<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/media_server_htpc_all_one_need_some-p150552.html#post150552" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/media_server_htpc_all_one_need_some-p150552.html#post150552</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="giantjoebot, post: 153230, member: 26289"] I'm planning out my HTPC/Media Server, and and-81 here on the media portal forum suggested that I divided the load for media portal on to 3 drives (OS, Recording, and time shifting) since I'll be using 1 server and 2 clients, plus I'll have several other apps running. I did some calculations, and I should be fine with recording and time shifting on one drive even when I move to HD, but it still might be a good idea to lighten the load a bit. The problem is the drive space in my case is limited, and it will also be storing all my media. I really don't want to take up one of the bays just for time shifting, because that means 250 to 500gb less that I can add to my storage capacity. So I was thinking that I could use a USB flash drive for time shifting, but I'm worried that it might wear out too fast. I know people that use them for web caches in Linux firewalls, which also reads and writes a lot, but does time shifting a constant process? I have had a couple different DVRs, and it seems as though time shifting is always going on them. The USB flash drive that I plan on using is the [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233052"]CORSAIR Flash Voyager GT 2GB Flash Drive[/URL]. According to my calculation below it should be able to handel SD and HD time shifting. HD records at 10GB/hour there are 3600 seconds in one hour 10,000/MB/3600=2.78MB/s SD is one tenth the speed HD = 278KB/s Here is a Link to another thread with more details on my system plans [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/media_server_htpc_all_one_need_some-p150552.html#post150552"]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/media_server_htpc_all_one_need_some-p150552.html#post150552[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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