[mythtv-users] OT: Filesystems for recordings

[Brian Wood]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Brett Kosinski wrote:

> Can I use ext-3 with LVM for MythTV without problems ?? The larger  
> files I've had are 10 GB - 12  GB (I don't record any HD contents).
>
> AFAIK, yes.  In the past, ext3 delete performance was an issue, but  
> with MythTV 0.20, incremental deletes largely solve that problem.
>

True, as long as Myth is the only thing doing any deleting. If you  
have any other apps deleting files on that filesystem, even files  
totally unrelated to Myth, it could still cause problems.

The incremental delete was a great idea, and if you have a filesystem  
where Myth is the only thing doing deletes it should pretty much take  
care of the ext3 problem.

BTW - a 12GB file would be almost 6 hours of SD video, what on earth  
are you recording that is that long ? Just curious :-)