Hi,

 

New guy here.  Been following unraid developments on and off for a while now.

 

I am considering using an unraid server for my sagetv recordings.  I would like to have sage read and write directly from and to the unraid server.  Worst case scenario would be two OTA HD captures, two SD captures, and two HD playbacks simultaneously.  Can unraid handle this smoothly?

 

TIA

 

Jesse

 

 

I use my UnRaid for my SageTV recordings.  I have 1 HD, 1 SD and 1 playback and it mostly works for HD, have never had any issues with SD. 

 

I've run throughput tests on my UnRaid and the raw numbers say it should work.  In practice I see that it usually does.  Sometimes I get get glitchly/jerky playback.  I've tested and seen that the glitches are in the recording.  My only guess is that the UnRaid has a momentary pause in writing and the write buffer for Sage overflows causing a loss of data.  I only have this issue when writing to the UnRaid and have never had it while writing to a local disk in my Sage server.  I would expect, but have not verified, that it is more likely to happen when both an HD and SD show are being recorded simultaneously.  I don't believe that recording a HD show, during playback causes issues.  I have also not had this happen writing do a disk served via XP (non-RAID) so I don't think it is network related.

 

I'm pretty sure that 2HD, 2SD, and 2 playback would be 2 much for the UnRaid box to handle.  At least from my experience.

 

My UnRaid is using the stock hardware, gigabit network between all points.

 

What I'm waiting for is the ability to put disks in the UnRaid box, outside the array.  This would let me put the sagetv recording disks in the same box, but not under RAID protection for enhanced write performance.  If I want to archive the show, I would then move it onto a protected disk for long term archival and playback.

 

YMMV,

 

Hi,

 

Thanks very much for the info, it is appreciated.  I am disappointed.  I really like the features of unraid vs. raid 5 and I was hoping I could put it to use.  So close....

 

Thanks again,

 

Jesse