HD allocation when recording?

[bboldschool]

If your using Sagerecorder...and have more than 1 HD..or multiple HD'a can you allocate were to store recorded programs? How would that work with a Raid 0 storage arrangement? So that you know when your HD(s) is full and may need to install another HD or delete programs? Any advice on how that works with SageTV software...

[Xleon]

SageRecorder can only save to one drive at a time as there is no intelligent drive control. You will have to change the directory SageRecorder saves to manually when the first drive fills up.

[Narflex]

SageTV would do all of this automatically, it allows for multiple hard drive selection.

[bboldschool]

So are you saying that a Raid arrangement would not be the best route to go..but go the route of partioning and having individual drives? I would appreciate any advice..Thanks

[Xleon]

You'd only need to use a RAID if you wanted lightening fast access (striped) or wanted some level of protection if a drive went down (parity / mirrored disks etc.).

I think that would be a bit overkill, unless you have a lot of capture cards in a server and the server fed the whole house. For a single unit, I don't think it warrants the extra expense.