[mythtv-users] File system setup

[Chris McCuller]

I figure I can use MythBurn to archive what I really want to DVD, and if 
lose the rest, no biggie, so redundancy isn't an important factor for me.

I've read that JFS and XFS are the two best filesystems to use for video 
storage...the MythWiki stated that they both run about the same, with 
XFS taking up more CPU cycles than JFS.

with an Athlon64 3000+ and 1GB of RAM, any advantages or disadvantages 
to going with XFS over JFS?

Thanks!
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list at onnow.net wrote:
> I think your setup is good.  It depends if you want redundancy.  If  
> you dont care about losing your data and just want lots of storage  
> space, LVM the whole lot.  If you do care, raid as you specify on  
> recordings and your mysql database.
> 
> I have had great luck with XFS too BTW.  Handles lage files very well.
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Chris McCuller <cpmccull at valdosta.edu>:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm about to build my first myth box, and have been going round and
>> round about how to setup the filesystem. I have 3 internal 80GB HDDs (2
>> IDE, 1 SATA), and an external USB2 500GB HDD. Initial thoughts were to
>> use the SATA drive as the system drive, RAID0 the two IDE 80s as the
>> 'recording' drive, and use the 500GB external as storage for recorded
>> shows that I wanted to archive. Decided that setup doesn't make maximum
>> use of my HDD capacity. The next idea was using LVM (based off of the
>> MythWiki) to combine all said drives into one large logical volume
>> group, then break off chunks into logical volumes for various tasks suhc
>> as recording, music, and stored shows. I'm leaning towards this setup as
>> I think it will make maximum use of my space and it allows me to extend
>> my volumes as I choose.
>>
>> What have some of you setup for storage, and how has it worked out for you?
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Chris McCuller
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