[mythtv-users] Output to h.264  Mike Perkins mikep at
randomtraveller.org.uk Fri Aug 6 11:27:57 UTC 2010  mike at
grounded.net wrote: > So the question is, would I be better off
building one backend, which I can > even add more cards to down
the road or two low power backend servers which I > won't be
able to add anything into later. Power wise, the low power
machines > cost much less to run than even one of the IBM
servers. But expandability > wise, the IBM seems like a better
idea and I would still be setting up the > intended plan of
having backend and front end. This is a question you don't
really need to ask just at the moment. Get  something going that
works, first. It might be a single box that acts as both  front
and back end, it might be two boxes. More would probably add
much extra  complexity you just don't need at the moment.  I can
tell you something that everyone else here has found out the
hard way: You  are almost certainly guaranteed to be running
different hardware after you have  discovered