Min Specs for SageTV 7

[rgroves]

What are the minimum and recommended specs for SageTV 7 Server?

What I need to support:
2 Analog tuners and 1 HDHR, and distribute to 1 client PC, 1 HD200, and 1 HD300?


I just need to know the minimum and recommended specs, please.

[PLUCKYHD]

Open ended question. For headless server not much is required.

Do you want to commercial skip?

How many extenders used at once?

Are you going to use fanart heavy UI's (Diamond/phoenix)

[david1234]

maybe we can give a prize for whoever has the "lamest" server running

I've got it running on a core duo 2.1Ghz with 2GB memory. Not blazing fast, but quick enough and plenty cheap. It's dedicated to Sagetv- running 4 atsc tuners and comskip running in the background.

[rgroves]

Ok, non-headless.... KB, mouse, monitor attached. Will do most of the scheduling, via the SageTV on the server.

Only 2 extenders in the house, But probably only 1 in use at a time.
Only 1 additional client that might be in use at the same time as an extender.
ComSkip - Never really got it working, but might try to get it running again.
No Fan art - for now... maybe after I get it up and running and can afford more/better hardware.

Not sure if I want to throw it back on to WHS V1 or run it on Win7 Home Prem.

Maybe I'll just cough up to money and get a AMD PhenomII X4, 4GB RAM, and not worry about the minimum. I had it all on an AMD AthlonII X2 w/ 4GB and it all bit the dust recently, I was hoping to just scrounge up some hardware and limp along till Google/SageTV come up with something new.... but the heck with it. I'll just go for it now and have the D'oh moment later when privces drop or something better hits the market.

[photon]

I ran SageTV v6 on the Original Windows home server EX470 1.8 Ghz single core. 2GB RAM. When I added comskip processing of the files I upped the processor to 1.6 GHz single core I think it was. later I went to a dual core. I think 2.2 GHz dual core 45 watt is where I am now. I use SageMC GUI on HD100s and a HD300. Everything works fine with comskip processing set for slow during watching times of the day. Comskip processing is the only thing that stresses the server.

I haven't had any need to change anything but I picked up a EX495 2.5 GHz before they were gone and am very lazily working on a Sage build on that. It is much more upgradable than the EX470. I'm trying to talk my self out of a Quadcore processor upgrade to ensure multiple instances of comskip can be run at the same time.

[rgroves]

I thought about an HP WHS box, but I need PCI expansion slots for the analog tuners.

[photon]

Originally Posted by rgroves

I thought about an HP WHS box, but I need PCI expansion slots for the analog tuners.

Analog? Didn't analog broadcast go away? Digital is all that is broadcast where I live. I use HDHomerun tuners.
http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/

[rgroves]

Beleive it or not.....Charter Cable in Tennessee still Regular broadcast channels on my cable system. The HDHR only pick up the stations in the 700's, and I sometimes record the regular def stations of some shows.

[pknowles]

Originally Posted by david1234

maybe we can give a prize for whoever has the "lamest" server running

I've got it running on a core duo 2.1Ghz with 2GB memory. Not blazing fast, but quick enough and plenty cheap. It's dedicated to Sagetv- running 4 atsc tuners and comskip running in the background.

If not the winner I have to be close on the "lamest" server running (see sig). My server does play back HD content, but it has to do it using overlay, and can't be doing ANYTHING else. If it's recording another show I see occasional shuddering, recording two other shows and it's real bad.

[brewston]

I have 7.0 running on a VIA 1.33GHz CPU with 1GB memory serving 3 extenders. It can playback on all 3 at the same time. Menus are not as quick as a fast machine though (I've used a faster machine but its noisier and the server sits in my lounge)