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<blockquote data-quote="MikeKulls" data-source="post: 835900" data-attributes="member: 117668"><p>Thanks for the reply. It's interesting to know that it can work. The thing with the N40L is that it is powerful enough to act as a TV server, just not under ESXi. Your setup sounds awesome but it seams like a bit of overkill to me. I'm trying to keep power usage to a minimum. One computer running 24x7 uses up as much power as 2 full sized freezers and in your case it could be as much as 3. It will also use more power than lighting an entire house with CFLs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The cost would seem like an issue to me too in that I could just run 2 x N40Ls for a less dollars and less power yet still serve out TV no problems and serve out disk access at gigabit speed.</p><p></p><p>What I think might be the solution is the HDHomeRun box. This uses 5 watts and acts as a TV server. Then the machine at the TV can wake to record TV and that machine would be the TV server.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah I agree it's unlikely to help as the network is only running at 2.5% when streaming TV. Possibly the hard drive could be the issue, I could try a ramdisk for the buffer although I think it's just that the CPU is given to other VMs for too long and the TV server doesn't like the delays.</p><p></p><p>I think just running the PC that is on the media centre as the TV server could be the answer as long as I can get it to go to sleep and wake when needed. I am really trying to keep the amount of hardware to a minimum, use the minimum spec hardware within reason and keep power usage to a minimum (I'm sick of $500 elec bills <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeKulls, post: 835900, member: 117668"] Thanks for the reply. It's interesting to know that it can work. The thing with the N40L is that it is powerful enough to act as a TV server, just not under ESXi. Your setup sounds awesome but it seams like a bit of overkill to me. I'm trying to keep power usage to a minimum. One computer running 24x7 uses up as much power as 2 full sized freezers and in your case it could be as much as 3. It will also use more power than lighting an entire house with CFLs. :-) The cost would seem like an issue to me too in that I could just run 2 x N40Ls for a less dollars and less power yet still serve out TV no problems and serve out disk access at gigabit speed. What I think might be the solution is the HDHomeRun box. This uses 5 watts and acts as a TV server. Then the machine at the TV can wake to record TV and that machine would be the TV server. Yeah I agree it's unlikely to help as the network is only running at 2.5% when streaming TV. Possibly the hard drive could be the issue, I could try a ramdisk for the buffer although I think it's just that the CPU is given to other VMs for too long and the TV server doesn't like the delays. I think just running the PC that is on the media centre as the TV server could be the answer as long as I can get it to go to sleep and wake when needed. I am really trying to keep the amount of hardware to a minimum, use the minimum spec hardware within reason and keep power usage to a minimum (I'm sick of $500 elec bills :-)) [/QUOTE]
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